While close to 99 percent of seniors aged 65 and older in the United States and Europe use mobile phones, there appears to be a “gray divide” in how seniors use information and communication technology, according to a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) study.
In “The Hierarchy of Mobile Phone Incorporation Among Older Users” published in Mobile Media & Communication, BGU Professor Galit Nimrod concludes that the majority of older mobile phone users “stagnate in a phase of limited use.
