Professional paper

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE INTERNET BY THE ELDERLY

Mirjana Telebuh ; University of Applied Health Sciences; Zagreb, Croatia
Želimir Bertić ; Public Health Institute of Bjelovar County, Croatia
Mateja Znika ; College of Applied Sciences „Lavoslav Ružička“, Vukovar, Croatia
Damir Poljak ; University North, Koprivnica, Croatia

Abstract

Introduction: Age and aging throughout history have been the subject of interest in the arts, literature and science. Philosophers associated age with wisdom and authority, doctors with the diseases and physiological changes that occur during the years, and gerontology in their theories wants to show age with all its advantages, including the effects of biological, psychological, social and economic factors in the aging process and age.
Objective: The frequency of using the Internet and social networks within the elderlies.
Methods: The study used a part of the questionnaire which refers to the tendency of using different media.
Results: conducted research shows that older persons play an important role in developing stereotypes about the elderly, their attitudes and their behavior. In everyday life, they almost not use all types of media, especially new ones, such as the Internet and online social networks, but daily informing through local media and television is present, which has a major role in creating attitudes.
Conclusion: poor use of new forms of media such as the Internet and social networks may have been the result of worse economic situation and low education level of the elderlies. In the future, changes in the educational status of the elderlies are expected and, therefore, their interest in modern media choices.

Keywords

aging; Internet; social networks

Hrčak ID:

176517

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/176517

Publication date:

15.10.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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