Information acquisition channels for the elderly

Information acquisition channels for the elderly

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With the advent of an aging society, the absolute number of the elderly has accounted for a considerable proportion of the social population. With the development and listing of Internet technology and mobile devices, it has become a social trend to send and receive information through handheld terminals, servers, personal computers and other platf...

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... before the implementation of information services in the community, there is little research and analysis on the information needs of the elderly, and some information content that the elderly need very much is ignored. The types and sources of information needs of the elderly are summarized in Table 1 and Table 2 below, which provide an application basis for the construction of information systems. Table 1 that the urban elderly have a wide range of information access channels and have certain applications to the network. ...
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... types and sources of information needs of the elderly are summarized in Table 1 and Table 2 below, which provide an application basis for the construction of information systems. Table 1 that the urban elderly have a wide range of information access channels and have certain applications to the network. The elderly in rural areas still mainly obtain information through traditional media such as TV and radio, and they also obtain information from other populations. ...