New media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours

Technology has the ability to enhance the lives of senior citizens, especially for communication and interpersonal relationships purposes. This study evaluates the impact of new media usage on senior citizen’s behaviours, particularly in Serdang, Selangor. The survey questionnaire was distributed t...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Razi, Siti Aishah, Syed Zainudin, Sharifah Sofiah, Lim, Michelle
Format: Article
Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102308/
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author Mohammad Razi, Siti Aishah
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Lim, Michelle
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description Technology has the ability to enhance the lives of senior citizens, especially for communication and interpersonal relationships purposes. This study evaluates the impact of new media usage on senior citizen’s behaviours, particularly in Serdang, Selangor. The survey questionnaire was distributed to 145 participants, which based on purposive sampling. The findings indicate that new media usage has a positive impact on the behaviours of senior citizen. Many of senior citizens utilised new media to satisfy certain goals and needs, such as to gain knowledge, experience a pleasure, seek to interact online, shift attention and to improve their self-confidence.
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spelling upm-1023082024-03-18T03:03:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102308/ New media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours Mohammad Razi, Siti Aishah Syed Zainudin, Sharifah Sofiah Lim, Michelle Technology has the ability to enhance the lives of senior citizens, especially for communication and interpersonal relationships purposes. This study evaluates the impact of new media usage on senior citizen’s behaviours, particularly in Serdang, Selangor. The survey questionnaire was distributed to 145 participants, which based on purposive sampling. The findings indicate that new media usage has a positive impact on the behaviours of senior citizen. Many of senior citizens utilised new media to satisfy certain goals and needs, such as to gain knowledge, experience a pleasure, seek to interact online, shift attention and to improve their self-confidence. Faculty of Medicine and Health Science 2022-12 Article PeerReviewed Mohammad Razi, Siti Aishah and Syed Zainudin, Sharifah Sofiah and Lim, Michelle (2022) New media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 18 (suppl.20). 81 - 82. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_18_2022/mjmhs_vol18_supp_20_december_2022-70524
spellingShingle Mohammad Razi, Siti Aishah
Syed Zainudin, Sharifah Sofiah
Lim, Michelle
New media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours
title New media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours
title_full New media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours
title_fullStr New media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours
title_full_unstemmed New media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours
title_short New media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours
title_sort new media impacts on senior citizen's behaviours
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102308/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102308/