Surge in Social Media Usage From Over 65s
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| unteaglestrategies.com |
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| Pew Research Center |
Of course, those are just catalysts, the biggest factor in this kind of rapid expansion is the domino effect. Sadly, as people age, remaining connected to friends and relatives often becomes more difficult, so the knowledge that many of these people are on social media is going to act as an incentive to do the same. Similarly, the report reveals that the amount of people in rural areas has also risen, now up to 58%.
Things like mapping family history, sharing old photos and other nostalgic activity are heavily supported by platforms like Facebook, and I often see some of the older people on my news feed engaging in it. Streamlining the ways in which people stay up to date, combined with the increase ease of actually interfacing with the most popular platforms has hugely increased their universal appeal, and I'd argue that social media is, if anything, more beneficial for the older generation than almost anyone else.
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Surge in Social Media Usage From Over 65s
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