Why are the elderly prone to "Internet addiction"?

It is reported that recently, a 70-year-old aunt Li from Chongqing participated in a free paper drawing activity for a couple of young people in front of a supermarket two days ago. Because of the need to pay attention to the account and then send it to the group for publicity, Aunt Li did not understand and gave the mobile phone to two people to operate. Unexpectedly, after sending messages in a number of private letters and groups, Aunt Li's WeChat account was blocked for alleged violations. Aunt said: I can't see WeChat these two days, and there is nothing interesting. What should I do? Old friends and classmates can't find the party. Without WeChat, I will die alone.

After this incident was reported, people once again paid attention to the "Internet addiction" of the elderly.

Nowadays, the Internet has further penetrated into middle-aged and elderly people. For many children, parents seem to be caught in "Internet addiction" and need to talk; But for the elderly, mobile phones are a door to a new world, liberated from heavy work and housework. When mobile phones enter the lives of the elderly, the identities of children and the elderly are reversed.

According to the 47th Statistical Report on the Development of Internet in China issued by China Internet Network Information Center, as of June 5438+February, 2020, there were nearly 260 million "silver-haired netizens" (over 50 years old) in China, and elderly netizens over 60 accounted for 10.3% of 940 million netizens, and the growth rate of users was higher than that of all netizens, which became an important increment and component of netizens.

Some netizens pointed out that the loneliness of the elderly is now pinned on their mobile phones, and their children and grandchildren are in different cities. The greatest comfort of a day is watching grandchildren by video. The closure of WeChat is indeed an isolation for them, and they contact their relatives. The only window, many people say that the elderly have internet addiction, but the reality is that without the company of young people, they can only rely on the mobile phone window.

This is the root and crux of the problem.

However, it is really difficult to do both. For career and income, children have to leave their homes: from rural areas to cities, from small cities to big cities. This is created by social reality.

Experts pointed out that there are both family reasons such as lack of companionship and hope to eliminate the generation gap, as well as social reasons. Solving the elderly's internet addiction requires not only the guidance of the family, but also the participation of the whole society.