A Survey of World Wide Web Use in Middle-Aged and Older Adults的評論
Roger W. Morrell
Practical Memory Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland
Christopher B. Mayhorn
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Joan Bennett
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
We conducted a survey to document World Wide Web use patterns in middle-aged (ages 40-59), young-old (ages 60-74), and old-old adults (ages 75-92). We conducted this survey of 550 adults 40 years old and over in southeastern Michigan, and the overall response rate was approximately 71%. The results suggested that (a) there are distinct age and demographic differences in individuals who use the Web; (b) middle-aged and older Web users are similar in their use patterns; (c) the two primary predictors for not using the Web are lack of access to a computer and lack of knowledge about the Web; (d) old-old adults have the least interest in using the Web compared with middle-aged and young-old adults; and (e) the primary content areas in learning how to use the Web are learning how to use electronic mail and accessing health information and information about traveling for pleasure. This research may serve as a preliminary attempt to ascertain the issues that must be faced in order to increase use of the World Wide Web in middle-aged and older adults.
此研究調查不同年齡層使用web的情形,結果顯示
1.web的使用在年齡與人口變項有明顯不同.
2.中齡與高齡的使用模式相近
3.對於不使用web的原因預測是缺乏管道與技能
4.高高齡使用興趣高學中齡與高齡者
5.喜歡使用web的原因在如果運用網路學習, 如何使用 e-mail及獲取健康與旅遊資訊
