The Impact of Facebook on the Quality of Life of Senior Citizens in Cape Town
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Older adults tend to maintain smaller but higher-quality social networks, primarily comprising family and close friends.
“Older adults tend to maintain smaller but higher-quality social networks, primarily comprising family and close friends (Rylands & Van Belle, 2017;Sims et al., 2017).”
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- Authors
- Rylands, D., & Van Belle, J.-P.
- Affiliations
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Venue
- IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2017
- Volume
- AICT-504
- Pages
- 740-752
- ISSN
- 1868-422X (ISSN-L)
- 1868-4238
- OpenAlex
- W2614125464
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.23
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- inria.hal.science
- Licence
- Locations
- IFIP advances in information and communication technology (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Keywords
- Facebook, social networking sites, quality of life, older adults, social connectedness, social exclusion, social engagement, happiness, CASP-19, Cape Town
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