Social media has become part of everyday life. People spend countless hours online chatting with friends via email, instant messaging, social media websites, video streaming sites, mobile apps, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, and web series, among other ways to share content. Social media allows us to connect with anyone in another country anywhere in real time via smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs, etc. More than half of the population now owns both smartphones, so there is no excuse for not having an internet connection. The internet provides many services ranging from news, entertainment, shopping, and even learning. Its importance cannot be underestimated because of the speed at which we communicate and share information across borders.
Social networking sites provide new ways to communicate with each other. Today, millions of people spend a lot of time communicating through text messages and chats. Many relationships develop online and most interactions now occur through internet technologies. Communication becomes easier and faster because we are connected 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Although the Internet provides us with comfort and fun, it has had some serious implications for society, one of them is discrimination by generation gap.
Many older people today rely solely on television to connect with the outside world due to the lack of internet access in old age. Because of this, older people today experience a sense of alienation and dependence from their communities and are therefore struggling. finding employment due to lack of computer skills among adults. To combat this problem, older people must adopt current technologies to promote connectivity between them. With the rise of today's technology, one can find many ways to connect with people from all over the world.
Older adults find it almost impossible to adapt to current technological advances in internet music and entertainment and online trends. The new devices require new learning curves, making it difficult to navigate through the screen and different menus. I hope that new environments will be generated so that the majority can have access to technology, better devices for the inclusion of generation gaps. What's your take on that?