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Title:      CHARACTERIZATION OF SOCIABILITY ON ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS IN BRAZILIAN ELDERLY' PERSPECTIVE: A CASE STUDY ON FACEBOOK
Author(s):      Thiago Alexandre de Souza Silva, Natália Moreira de Paula, Glívia Angélica Rodrigues Barbosa, Ismael Santana Silva and Flávio Roberto dos Santos Coutinho
ISBN:      978-989-8533-94-4
Editors:      Pedro Isaías
Year:      2019
Edition:      Single
Keywords:      Online Social Networks, Elderly People, User Experience, Sociability, Facebook, Interface Evaluation
Type:      Full Paper
First Page:      11
Last Page:      18
Language:      English
Cover:      cover          
Full Contents:      click to dowload Download
Paper Abstract:      This work aimed to characterize how online social networks support the sociability among elderly members of Brazil and to discuss the impact of this proposed sociability in the social interaction of these users. To achieve this goal, we conducted a case study on Facebook, which aimed to evaluate the sociability on this online social network in the perspectives of experts in HCI and elderly users view point. The results showed that the interface and interaction model of Facebook reflects on the experience of use and sociability of this members' group. As contributions, we present insights about the design and evaluation of social software more focused on the sociability of elderly users.
   

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