I've been continuing my research on the amounts of senior citizen users there actually are on SNS. The results may be surprising to many of you, they were to me. The number one addition of Facebook subscribers.....adults over the age of 50. I think this partly has to do with the available demographic, where most people ages 18-35, have had plenty of time on the internet where they would be exposed to Facebook, as it is the dominant website online, not even just looking at SNS. However, I do believe that seniors have understood the benefits over time from being able to connect with friends they would no longer be able to connect with. Facebook is able to make the interaction possible. I was reading an article online, and it discussed how people were using Facebook to post pictures that were swept away from areas that were hit hard by the Tornado. This event was not specific to seniors, but there was a definite use of seniors accessing the photos from other people that had posted them.
Going back to my research, according to the Pew Research Center, from 2009-2010, the internet use in social networking jumped from 22% to 44% for adults over 50. Even more interestingly, that number jumped from 4% to 16% for adults over the age of 74. It seems that women over 55 are the largest new demographic on Facebook according to InsideFacebook.com.
I think that as the internet continues to play larger roles in our society, seniors want to keep in touch with the times, a sentiment I have learned from talking to individuals on my senior SNS, Eons. By connecting and talking about a variety of topics, they are able to lean on each other to gain information about current events and social issues. However, the site has the flexibility to be fun and easy going. So to leave this post, I'd like to share a joke one of the members left today....hope you enjoy it, and I'll give my final thoughts, feelings, and conclusions next week!
Pregnant Lady
A lady around seven months pregnant got on a street car and sat down.
She noticed the man opposite her smiling. Feeling humiliated, she promptly changed her seat.
This time, his smile turned to a grin. She changed her seat again.
He seemed still more amused.
When on the fourth change he burst out laughing, she could not bear it any longer.
She complained to the conductor, who had the man arrested.
When the date came up in court the judge asked the man if he had anything to say.
"Your honor, it was like this," he said. "When the lady came in, I could not help but notice her condition."
"She sat under a sign that read, 'Gold Dust Twins coming.' I had to smile to myself".
"Then she moved under an ad that said, 'Use Sloan's Linament to reduce that swelling.'"
"When she placed herself under 'William's Stick Did It,' I couldn't hold myself."
"The fourth time she sat below, 'Goodyear Rubber would have prevented this accident,' and I laughed out loud!"
"Dismissed," said the judge.
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