Population Research ›› 2021, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 3-16.

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Internet and Life of Older Adults: Challenges and Opportunities

Du Peng1,Han Wenting2   

  1. Du Peng1, Center for Population and Development Studies, Research Institute of Social Construction of Beijing, Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University of China; Han Wenting2, Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University of China.
  • Online:2021-05-29 Published:2021-06-16
  • About author:Du Peng is Professor, Center for Population and Development Studies, Research Institute of Social Construction of Beijing, Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University of China; Han Wenting is PhD Candidate, Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University of China.

互联网与老年生活:挑战与机遇

杜鹏1,韩文婷2   

  1. 杜鹏1,中国人民大学人口与发展研究中心、北京社会建设研究院、老年学研究所;韩文婷2,中国人民大学老年学研究所。
  • 作者简介:杜鹏,中国人民大学人口与发展研究中心、北京社会建设研究院、老年学研究所教授;韩文婷,中国人民大学老年学研究所博士研究生。
  • 基金资助:
    本文为国家社会科学基金重大项目“实施积极应对人口老龄化国家战略”(21ZDA106)的阶段性成果。

Abstract: Based on the analysis of the Internet's impact on Chinese older adults' lives, this study discusses how to take advantage of Internet development to bring new opportunities to the national strategy of actively responding to population ageing and enriching the lives of older adults. This study finds that the proportion of Chinese older adults using the Internet is rapidly increasing. However, there are still difficulties in “digital inclusion”—gaps between older adults' ability to adapt to digital life and the speed at which Internet applications penetrate their daily lives. Fostering a digitally inclusive Internet environment and digital life for older adults requires peopleoriented thinking, promoting objective technologies, an inclusive social environment, and the initiative of the older adults. It is a joint effort of government guidance, market initiative, social interaction, family support, and the older adults' participation. The mutual promotion between the Internet and older adults' lives will bring digital dividends to older people.

Keywords: Population Ageing, Smart Society, Digital Inclusion, Internet Development

摘要: 在分析互联网对中国老年人生活影响的基础上,探讨充分利用互联网发展的有利条件为实施积极应对人口老龄化国家战略和丰富老年人生活带来的新机遇。研究发现,中国老年人使用互联网的比例在迅速提升,但仍存在“数字融入”困难,老年人适应数字生活的能力与互联网应用深入到老年人日常生活的速度存在差距。构建老年数字包容的互联网环境和数字生活需要秉持“以人为本”的思想,从客观技术、包容的社会环境以及发挥老年人主体能动性3个角度切入,通过政府引导、市场主动、社会联动、家庭支持、老年人参与的5个主体联动共同实现。互联网和老年生活的相互促进将使更多老年人享受数字红利。

关键词: 人口老龄化, 智慧社会, 数字包容, 互联网发展