Digital society is accelerating, but the Internet has always been a "difficult to see" jianghu. The younger generation, as internet natives, has long been accustomed to the estrangement of their elders from the Internet, even laughing at their earthy memes, and having a headache about the various rumors they forward, but rarely trying to understand their world. Why are the elderly so out of place in the information age?
These "little problems" are blocking them
Last year, people began to respond to the outbreak in a hurry. Fortunately, when we had to keep our distance, digital technology quickly got our lives back on track. At the same time, those silver-haired people who are already speechless in the Internet society have increasingly revealed the clumsiness of being "isolated" by the times.
Those who have a heart must remember that the travel problems brought by the health code to the elderly alone have caused countless controversies in the past two years. In July last year, a video of an old man who was blocked in the Dalian subway because he did not have a health code was "noisy" on Weibo. At that time, the emotional uncle caused a lot of criticism on the Internet. Many netizens believe that after continuous intensive publicity, the elderly should not behave so ignorantly.
In the era of intelligence, how can the elderly cross the "digital divide"? / Observer Network
In this fast-paced society, "not causing trouble to others" has become a virtue. In the overwhelming questioning, who put themselves in the shoes of these elderly people who do not understand what health codes are, do they have the ability and conditions to get rid of the digital dilemma?
"I'm not very patient with my dad either, he can't even learn to type with WeChat." Xiaofei, a friend who does advertising business in Guangzhou, has the impression that his father, who is only in his early sixties, is not only clumsy, but also a little nervous, accidentally deleted the WeChat dialog box by mistake, and he was anxious to call his son in the meeting.
"He thought he had deleted my WeChat and was so anxious that he couldn't speak clearly." Because he works in the city, Xiaofei only returns to his home in the suburbs twice a month. On that day, Xiaofei did not dare to let his father wait for a few more days, and as soon as he got off work, he quickly drove home to solve this "small problem".
The process of teaching parents to use mobile phones may also be a good opportunity to communicate with parents. /Figureworm Creative
Today, when countless young people are uprooted from their homes and flocked to the big cities, such stories happen every day. The elderly, who lack the guidance of young people around, often can't find a way to solve problems when they encounter them, and can only let the problems exist day after day. Imagine that many digital technologies that were popularized earlier than health codes, such as online shopping, online reservations, and mobile payments, how much have the elderly mastered so far?
Live to learn
The effects of forces are mutual
By the end of 2020, China's elderly population aged 60 and above reached 264 million, accounting for 18.7% of the total population. The problems of an aging society will gradually emerge, and the digital dilemma is one of them.
As one of the first Internet natives, the post-80s and post-90s may not even be able to understand the post-00s Internet black words today. It is not difficult to imagine that as we get older, there will be more "small problems" ahead of us, which will become our Achilles heel.
How to change from "digital widows" to "digital immigrants", the elderly who only come into contact with smart devices in their later years, will have a more difficult road to go.
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Today's Chongyang Festival, Douyin invited the famous actor You Benchang to call on the whole society to jointly help the elderly to cross the digital divide. The 88-year-old You Benchang "appeared to speak", telling about the inconveniences of being "blocked" by the digital society: not being able to get a car on the street, seeing a doctor can only queue up in the hospital, trying to shop online is always stepping on the thunder...
Although the video mentions that society has done a lot of practical things for the elderly, in the face of rapidly changing new technologies, helping the elderly to integrate into digital life will be a long-term issue, especially the "digital feeding" of the family as a unit is very critical.
During this year's National Day holiday, Xiaofei stayed at home for a whole week, and finally taught his father to use WeChat by hand. This experience, which is very similar to teaching children, makes him a little excited at the same time, but also a little guilty.
"In fact, it is normal for my father to overreact when he encounters things he doesn't understand, and he will learn everything." Xiaofei believes that although digitalization has accelerated significantly in the past two years, the integration of the elderly into the digital society has actually had many convenient conditions. For the elderly who learn more slowly, the most important thing is always the patient teaching of the family. "You can't think that he can't do this or that, and the more he says it, the more sensitive and inferior he becomes."
When children have more patience, more technology and more temperature, and more tolerance in society, the elderly can easily enjoy the charm of science and technology. /Visual China
In addition, digital products also need to continuously optimize the use experience of elderly users, such as the aging upgrade of vibrato, which is a positive response to improving the digital life of the elderly, and more and more elderly people will establish social connections through short videos to enhance their sense of happiness.
Everyone will grow old, and a little patience at this moment will eventually become our future dependence, right?
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