The network nation: human communication via computer
The network nation: human communication via computer
Human-computer interaction
A slice of life in my virtual community
Global networks
Empathic communities: reaching out across the Web
interactions
Designing the Internet for a networked society
Communications of the ACM - The Adaptive Web
The quality of online social relationships
Communications of the ACM - How the virtual inspires the real
Online Communities: Designing Usability and Supporting Socialbilty
Online Communities: Designing Usability and Supporting Socialbilty
Patterns of empathy in online communication
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Online social support for older people
ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing
Age differences in online social networking
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Social support in empathic online communities for older people
BCS-HCI '07 Proceedings of the 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: HCI...but not as we know it - Volume 2
Older adults' perceptions and experiences of online social support
Interacting with Computers
Investigating social network patterns within an empathic online community for older people
Computers in Human Behavior
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Internet use and online social support among same sex attracted individuals of different ages
Computers in Human Behavior
Characteristics and usage patterns of older people in a 3D online multi-user virtual environment
Computers in Human Behavior
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This article presents an analysis of the human to human interactions in two public online newsgroups, one targeting the young generation and the other the elderly. The main goal of this study was to establish a better understanding of similarities and differences in the ways of interacting among the participants of these two newsgroups. A series of analytical/statistical techniques, like Social Network Analysis (SNA), were used in order to get a better understanding of the online communities that have emerged around the participants of these two newsgroups. The SNA analysis showed that the teens newsgroup is more highly connected, has more messages sent and received and has a higher reciprocity. On the other hand, the senior newsgroup has more central dominant people who tend to make the rest of the network dependent on them for communication.