This paper aims to identify the relationship of elderly people with social media websites by implementing the uses and gratifications theory. The study employs descriptive, quantitative methods to diagnose relationships between variables. The paper harnesses the theoretical background of uses and gratifications. the main results concluded by this study included that 47.1% of the elderly people in the paper’s sample use the social media websites through their mobile phones as its easier for them to access it.
El Maabi, G. S. A. (2017). The relationship of elderly people with social media websites using the framework of Uses and gratifications theory. Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research, 16(2), 477-516. doi: 10.21608/joa.2017.80434
MLA
Gihan Saad Abdo El Maabi. "The relationship of elderly people with social media websites using the framework of Uses and gratifications theory". Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research, 16, 2, 2017, 477-516. doi: 10.21608/joa.2017.80434
HARVARD
El Maabi, G. S. A. (2017). 'The relationship of elderly people with social media websites using the framework of Uses and gratifications theory', Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research, 16(2), pp. 477-516. doi: 10.21608/joa.2017.80434
VANCOUVER
El Maabi, G. S. A. The relationship of elderly people with social media websites using the framework of Uses and gratifications theory. Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research, 2017; 16(2): 477-516. doi: 10.21608/joa.2017.80434
