Paper Info
Title
Seek Or Provide: Comparative Effects Of Online Information Sharing On Seniors' Quality Of Life
Abstract
Seniors' social activities are critical in assuring their quality of life, and seniors' quality of life (QoL) declines with the deterioration of their social activity. Social support from online social relationships has been considered to be important determinants of QoL, and is an important goal of the design of online health communities to support patient-centered e-health initiatives. In this study, we find that, rather than attempting to improve seniors' quality of life through interventions and online community platforms that are designed directly to increase social interactions and focus on social relationship formation, it is more effective for such online health communities to be designed to facilitate information sharing. Information sharing may be an easy way for seniors to become familiar with the online environment and pave the w ay for subsequent online social relationships. This study investigated seniors' online information sharing behaviors and the impacts on their quality of life. Survey data from 130 seniors was used to test our research model. Seniors' online information seeking and provision indirectly affect their quality of life, and the relative importance of information seeking and information provision varies depending on the seniors' perceived subjective age, i.e., cognitive age.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2014
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS
online information sharing, senior Internet usage, quality of life, cognitive age
Field
DocType
Volume
Internet privacy,World Wide Web,Quality of life,Engineering,Information sharing
Journal
34
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1529-3181
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joo Hee Choi100.68
sunjae kim200.34
Jae Yun Moon346353.66
jungmin kang400.34
Inseong Lee534321.78
Jinwoo Kim61918168.52