%T 'Entertainment for retirement?': silvergamers and the internet %A Daniel Schultheiss %D 2012 %J Public Communication Review %K Information technology, %K Internet, %K Retirement %U https://apo.org.au/node/32710 %X In recent years, Internet video gaming has grown exponentially amongst a non-traditional and non-targeted group of gamers: those over 50 years of age. In the United States alone, elderly gamers have grown from nine percent of all gamers in 1999 to over 25 percent of all gamers as of 2009. The current study specifically examines elderly peoples’ usage behaviors with Internet-based video games. %9 Journal article