Paper Info
Title
"Tell It Like It Really Is": A Case of Online Content Creation and Sharing Among Older Adult Bloggers.
Abstract
While the majority of older adults are now active online, they are often perceived as passive consumers of online information rather than active creators of content. As a counter to this view, we examine the practices of older adult bloggers (N=20) through in-depth interviews. We study this group of older adults as a unique case of content creation and sharing. We find that the practice of creating and sharing through blogging meets several important psychological and social needs for older adults. Specifically, blogging supports the development of identity in older adulthood; fosters self-expression that supports older adults' values; provides meaningful engagement during retirement; and enables a sense of community and social interaction that is important for wellbeing in late-life. We argue for a focus on designing for late-life development and detail opportunities for online systems to better support the dynamic experience of growing older through online content creation and sharing.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1145/2858036.2858379
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
Blogging, older adults, creative expression, identity
Social relation,Computer science,Sense of community,Content creation,Multimedia
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-3362-7
18
0.92
References 
Authors
33
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Robin N. Brewer1564.75
Anne Marie Piper258647.70