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The social media networking has become an important portal for increasing learning opportunities and enhancing life quality. This study was attempted to explore the behavior of using social media among senior learners. The objective of this study was to find out whether the existence of the social media has had a significant impact on information literacy among the elderly in a city area in Tainan, Taiwan. Results were mixed, which led to the conclusion that, despite the adoption of social media, the information literacy has not had an all-encompassing influence on the ability of seniors to take advantage of social media. Gender issues in older adult’s participation in information literacy are not significant. Media literacy enables older adult to have the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to make full use of the opportunities presented both by traditional and by new social media services. Moreover, experiences and attitudes towards using social networking vary by educational level.
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Lu, YT., Chang, YH., Sung, TW. (2017). A Case Study on Information Literacy and the Use of Social Media for Senior Learners. In: Pan, JS., Snášel, V., Sung, TW., Wang, X. (eds) Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications. ECC 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 535. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48499-0_21
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