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Investigation of cultural dependency in mobile technology and older adults

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Studies using different methods have been carried out of older adults' use of mobile technology in Malaysia and the UK. Preliminary results suggest that there are significant differences in the results which are culturally dependent.

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    CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    April 2010
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    ISBN:9781605589305
    DOI:10.1145/1753846

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    1. focus group
    2. interview
    3. method
    4. mobile phone
    5. older adults
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