Popular With Seniors: Classes On How To Use Facebook
Classes on how to use Facebook are among the most popular at seniors centers, assisted living facilities and retirement homes across the U.S.
Classes on how to use Facebook are very popular among senior citizens in the U.S., who say that social networking reduces depression and fights memory loss.
Seniors centers, assisted living facilities and retirement homes across the country are offering a wide range of computer classes, but ones focusing social networking are gaining in popularity, according to a recent article in the Atlantic.
For this demographic, Internet usage reduces the likelihood of depression by 30 percent, according to a study by University of Alabama Sociology Professor Sheila Cotten.
Even the eldest of the participants in Cotten’s research said that after they learned about social media, they felt that the world seemed bigger to them, and that they were no longer feeling left behind with respect to technology.
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