@inproceedings{3b706639216048019ed02e09949cb50a,
title = "Senior citizens, media and information literacy and health information",
abstract = "This study examined the development of information seeking and evaluation of the usefulness and reliability of information, in three information channels, Media, Health specialist and Internet, in the period 2002 to 2012. Random samples were used, participants were categorized into two groups, 60 to 67 years old and 68 years or older. Data analysis was performed with ANOVA (one-way). Health specialists were considered most useful and reliable, although rated lower in 2012 than in 2002. Usefulness and reliability of information in the Media was comparable in 2012 and 2002. Information seeking on the Internet had increased since 2002. The younger group considered the information less useful and reliable in 2012 than in 2002. For the older group the evaluation was identical in 2012 to what it was in 2002. Thus, information seeking on the Internet had increased since 2002 but participants had also become more critical of the information.",
keywords = "Health information, Information seeking, Internet, Media and information literacy, Reliability, Senior citizens, Usefulness",
author = "{\'A}g{\'u}sta P{\'a}lsd{\'o}ttir",
note = "Funding Information: The study was funded by the University of Iceland Research Fund. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.; 3rd European Conference on Information Literacy: Moving Toward Sustainability, ECIL 2015 ; Conference date: 19-10-2015 Through 22-10-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-28197-1\_24",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319281964",
series = "Communications in Computer and Information Science",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "233--240",
editor = "Joumana Boustany and Esther Grassian and Diane Mizrachi and Serap Kurbanoğlu and Sonja {\v S}piranec and Loriene Roy",
booktitle = "Information Literacy",
address = "Germany",
}