Hi, >From the material I have seen (Norway and the US) a lot of elderly people have >mobile phones but they are not the heavy users. This is particularly true for >texting. It seems that the big form of mediated communication for retirees is >the traditional landline phone.
A lot of elderly people get a phone for safety reasons, and some of them get a phone pushed onto them by children and grandchildren. Rich L. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Smith Sent: Friday, 21 October, 2005 15:54 PM To: Discussions on mobile communicaitons and social change Subject: [mobile-society] What about the grand parents? At the other end of the scale, has anyone come across research on the use of mobiles by seniors and more importantly text messaging? My impression is that this sort of use is virtually non-existent in North America, but might be emerging in Europe as some older "early adopters" from the 1980s start to enter their 60s. Is anyone working on this? Any basic stats/demographics that include older users, even? ...r On Oct 21, 2005, at 5:13 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Here is an article (unfortunately it is only a summary of a > commercial report) that goes into parental attitudes towards > children's ownership and use of mobile phones. The material > indicates that about a fifth to a quarter of parents think it is ok > for elementary school children to have a mobile phone. Though you > need to read between the lines, the motivation seems to be safety > or control. > > Rich L. > > > http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050927/275836.html?.v=1 > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to mobile-society as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mobile- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Richard Smith, Associate Professor School of Communication Simon Fraser University, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, CANADA V6B 5K3 Phone: 604 291 5116 Web: http://www.sfu.ca/~smith/ Mobitus: 2001 1070 0578 skype - callto://richard_k_smith PGP Public Key: http://arago.cprost.sfu.ca/smith/ richardsmithpublickey.asc --- You are currently subscribed to mobile-society as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% --- You are currently subscribed to mobile-society as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
