THE ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN OVERCOMING SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN MODERN SOCIETY
L.V. Prokhorova
Novosibirsk State Technical University, Nemirova-Danchenko str., 136, Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Region, 630087, Russia
Keywords: пожилые люди, социальная эксклюзия, социальные сети, онлайн-группы в социальной сети «ВКонтакте» для пожилых людей, the elderly, social exclusion, social networks, on-line groups in social network «Vkontakte» for the elderly
Subsection: SOCIOLOGY
Abstract
In recent years, the popularity of the Internet has significantly grown among the elderly. Retired people have got new opportunities to meet their social needs through social networks such as: to improve various social relations via the use of computer-mediated communication, to expand the opportunities for obtaining up-to-date knowledge and relevant information. In the article is considered the importance of the role of social networks in overcoming social exclusion in modern society.
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