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198Comunicar, 39, XX, 2012Graph 3. Elderly people who often use the Internet according to level of education.transport options. «Do the elderly habitually use theInternet?» Not all elderly ICT users go on the Interneton a regular basis, in fact 40.1% do not habitually usethe Internet as opposed to 59.9% that do. Age, gender,type of cohabitation and place of residence are notdecisive indicators in the frequency of Internet use bythe elderly.In relation to level of education the χ2 test yieldedp
199The elderly who participated in the discussiongroups state that the Internet is a useful means of communicationand that they often use it. The positiveaspects of Internet use are that users can maintain acloser relationship with the family. One of the participantssaid: «It means everything to me, to communicatewith the family… just the other day a niece that hadrecently had a baby showed us it on a Webcam» (H).Contact with other people, especially relatives(children and grandchildren), is the type of use thatstands out most. In this sense, Internet usage foments(H).«I do a lot of photographs […]Graph 5. Elderly people who use the Internet to communicate according then I make a video […] it’s somethingthat I really like» (H). «Photo-intergenerational relations, so important for health and shop is also great, very entertaining and very pretty atto marital status and gender.well-being. «I remember that the first mail that I sent I the same time because it is possible to do many trickssent to my ‘kid’… seeing that he answered me in just a with a photograph and that’s wonderful» (H). «I havefew minutes made me think… and today I am ‘ever so a group in Latin America and we are continuously inpleased’ that I ‘got into it’, now I have a computer at contact […] you learn how they think in other placeshome, I have connection to the Internet… and when […] for me, personally it is a very great inner satisfaction»(H).he is away we keep in very close contact, see eachother through a Webcam, chat … if I hadn’t ‘been These ideas reveal the wide range of ICT optionsand done’ it, I don’t know, I’d be as bored as I don’t for entertainment and the substantial changes in theknow what, and yet now there are times when I don’t leisure habits of the elderly. As we can see, it is not justhave enough time» (H).about occupying free time to get through the day, butThis two-way interaction in which both parts are rather an attempt to extend the possibilities for learning,personal satisfaction and enrichment.involved in the communication relationship has positiveeffects for the elderly (increase in self-esteem and «I’m not a person for example who likes bars,motivation, development of skills, especially social there are some folk who love to spend hours andskills, escape from isolation, etc.) and is a reason for hours there and that is not my cup of tea» (H). «Any-personal satisfaction.thing with the computer is always more enriching thanplaying cards […] it’s much more healthy, more3.2.4. Entertainmentrewarding, more enriching […]» (H).The elderly people who took part in this research Without a doubt, leisure is a factor in quality of lifealso use ICT to entertain themselves (18.7%), and this and well-being providing it satisfies needs; the elderlyencourages an openness to alternative forms of leisure, attribute benefits or properties to ICT that make thempersonal enjoyment and self-fulfillment.a self-sufficient leisure activity (Cuenca, 2004: 34-35).The Chi-square test indicates that age, gender, Self-sufficient leisure is an important, vital experience,marital status, educational level, type of cohabitation an area of human development that stems from a positiveattitude which induces action and is based onand the place of residence are not determining variablesin the use of the ICT as a source of entertainment.This area is still unexplored, with many oppor-aim in itself and a rewardingthree essential pillars: a perception of free choice, ansensation.tunities for educational and constructive leisure for theelderly, as it is it for other age groups. Opinions onICT use for entertainment vary: «For me it’s just a littleentertainment like any other » (H). «There are things Idon’t need […] what do I need this for? [...] Now forme the computer is just a hobby» (H).Given the opportunities that ICT offer, it is difficultnot to find a moment in which to enjoy them.Different ways for using them as a source of entertainmentare: «Here for example, I believe that what wemost use it for apart from the local rag […] is to makePowerpoint presentations, above allat Christmas, we send emails withpresentations, then send them toeach other and then there are othersthat sends us theirs […] then we dothings with photography, the onesthat have got grandchildren arethose who are most into it, forexample it’s a thing that I like most,and what I «spend most time on»Comunicar, 39, XX, 2012© ISSN: 1134-3478 • e-ISSN: 1988-3293• Pages 193-201
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