Mei-Chen Lin
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Thank you for your feedback,
Thank you for your feedback, Melissa! I should ask you more about the "computer buddy" experience in the future. I have had some contact with a local senior community and proposed to get seniors to work with high school students. Basically, high ... -
Margot: Thank you for the
Margot: Thank you for the question. In fact, one of my colleagues and I have been talking about comparing the ways young people, middle-aged and older people use YouTube in terms of motives of posting, sharing, or forwarding clips to their friends. I am c ... -
Jaye: Thank you for your
Jaye: Thank you for your inputs! I am not sure if the digit divide is going to shrink very quickly because there are still many seniors who cannot even get access to Internet. It is like when talking about how new communication technologies have faciliate ... -
Thank you for your post. Use
Thank you for your post. Use and Gratifications Theory talks about people purposefully choose media channels and content to satisfy their relational and personal needs. Research has shown that older adults are motivated to watch TV for information, survei ... -
Degrading or Humerous? Only they can answer for themselves
After reading all the posts, an US commercial came to my mind. I cannot remember what the product is, but in the ads, it says something to the effect that even the cavemen know how to use it-- Then, several actors playing the cavemen suddenly showed up lo ... -
Yan Bing: Thank you for
Yan Bing: Thank you for the insightful presentation. Filial piety has been such an influential cultural value in Chinese societies that it is seen in all facets of people's lives. Yan Bing asked an interesting question at the end of her post-- the i ... -
Jaye: When I played the
Jaye: When I played the clip, it only allowed me to watch everything before 1:54. It won't play any further after that. I tried several times but got the same result. I couldn't contibute to the conversation without watching the whole thing. ... -
Caja: Thank you for your
Caja: Thank you for your response. You are definitely right. The rise of new communication technologies does create a gap between onliners and offliners. Many local senior community centers offer computer classes to its seniors to medigate this gap. But, ... -
Thank you for the
Thank you for the discussion, Melissa. Everybody loves Raymond is one of my favorite comedy shows! Even though most of the times Frank seems to ignore or dismiss Marie's needs for connection, Marie understands how their relationship works. There are ...