Not just another pencil: Computer-mediated communication from a senior's point of view

This thesis is journalistic research combined with a memoir based on the author's personal involvement during the past eight years, to demonstrate how our oldest citizens have adapted to, and added value to, computer-mediated communication.; This work hopes to contribute to a better understanding of the use of the Internet by the elderly, an unexpected symbiotic relationship between the World Wide Web and its first senior generation of users, about which there is little other original research or critical examination available.; References herein can be found on the Old Folks at Home on the World Wide Web site, which is an integral part of this thesis, at http:://www.flora.org/oldfolks/.