Integrating older adults into social networking sites through ambient intelligence

Authors:
Raymundo Cornejo
Affiliations:
CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico
Venue:
Proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Supporting group work
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Social Networking sites (SNS) use helps teenagers and younger adults to increase their social network and maintain those offline connections made in their daily activities. However older adults are often left aside from SNS, missing interaction opportunities with the members of their social network. The lack of participation and access to these social capital sources might be relevant because several studies indicate the impact that causes the quality of the social network in the physical and mental health of the older adult. Therefore the goal of my dissertation is to investigate the impact and issues raised by the use of ambient information systems to help older adults to socialize through SNSs in natural ways creating an ambient social network site.