Retirees Using EMail and Networked Computers

Wendell K. H. Hahm, Tora K. Bikson

Published 1990

This Note describes an experiment to determine whether computer-based communication networks could play a real role in retirees' lives, helping establish and maintain relationships among geographically dispersed groups of retirees and employees. The authors explain how they taught retirees to use a computer network and discuss the methods they used to observe the patterns and levels of computer network activity. The study found that email increased the interactions within the electronic group; it was consistently given a positive rating in surveys of its users. The findings also show that older people can learn to use computers, but they require access to various types of instruction.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1990
  • Pages: 11
  • Document Number: N-3114-MF

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Hahm, Wendell K. H. and Tora K. Bikson, Retirees Using EMail and Networked Computers. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1990. https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3114.html.
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