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Digital habits across generations
Today's grandparents are joining their
grandchildren on social media, but the (0) different
generations' online habits couldn't be more different. The over-55s
are joining Facebook in
increasing numbers, meaning that they will soon be the site's second biggest user group, with 3.5
million users aged 55–64 and 2.9 million over-65s.
Sheila, aged 59, says, 'I joined to see what my grandchildren are doing, as my daughter posts
videos and photos of them. It's a much better way to see what they're doing than waiting for
letters and photos in the post. That's how we did it when I was a child, but I think I'm (1) lucky I
get to see so much more of their lives than my grandparents did.'
Ironically, Sheila's grandchildren are less likely to use Facebook themselves. Children under 17
are leaving the site – only 2.2 million users are under 17 – but they're not going far from their
smartphones. Chloe, aged 15, even sleeps with her phone. 'It's my alarm clock so I have to,' she
says. 'I look at it (2) before I go to sleep and as soon as I wake up.' Unlike her grandmother's (3)
generation, Chloe's age group is spending so much time on their phones
at home that they are
missing out on spending time with their friends in real life. Sheila, on the other hand, has made
contact with old friends from school she hasn't heard from in forty years. 'We use Facebook to
(4) arrange
to meet all over the country,' she says. 'It's changed my social life completely.'
Teenagers might have their parents to thank for their smartphone and social media (5) addiction
as their parents were the early adopters of the smartphone.
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