TechHive: Older adults warm up to social networking

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Older adults warm up to social networking Aug 5th 2013, 19:25, by Zach Miners, IDG News Service A rising percentage of older adults are using social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, according to a Pew study. Forty-three percent of people age 65 and older use online social networking services, according to survey results released Monday by the Pew Research Center. A mere 1 percent of people in that age group were active on social networking sites in 2006. Since 2009, adoption rates for those 65 and older have tripled, according to the report. Several other age groups have also increased use of social networking over the past several years. Sixty percent of people ages 50-64 use social networking, up from 6 percent in 2005. Among people ages 30-49, the percentage increased sharply from 7 percent in 2005 to 78 percent in 2013, according to the study. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: social_networks_generic_primary-100042761-small.jpg

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