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Abstract | ||
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China has become the second largest Internet-using country in the world, but the percentage of use by those aged above 50 is extremely low, at less than 3.5%, and there are few studies aimed at senior citizens. In this paper we first investigate senior citizens' Internet anxiety and analyze the sub-types of Internet anxiety and other attributes. Next, we further explore seniors' willingness to use the Internet as well as difficulties and obstacles they often face. Then, to ease their anxieties and satisfy their needs, we propose a system called the Senior Internet Support & Learning Environment and demonstrate it. Finally we demonstrate the proposal's usability. The implications of the study are valuable: it is based on the conditions of China and highlights the differences faced in China in comparison to overseas studies. Moreover, the proposed environment can provide Internet developers with a better understanding of the situation of local senior citizens with respect to the Internet, as well as a framework for further implementing the development phase for narrowing the digital divide in China. |
Year | Venue | Keywords |
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2006 | ICCE | internet developer,senior citizens,learning environment,internet anxiety,better understanding,largest internet-using country,local senior citizen,senior internet support,senior citizen,digital divide,development phase |
Field | DocType | ISBN |
Digital divide,Computer science,Usability,Anxiety,China,Knowledge management,Learning environment,The Internet | Conference | 1-58603-687-4 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 5 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wei Zhou | 1 | 122 | 54.40 |
| Takami Yasuda | 2 | 91 | 25.92 |
| Shigeki Yokoi | 3 | 114 | 34.20 |