{"id":2069,"date":"2016-11-04T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T17:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2019-09-11T11:01:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:01:37","slug":"highlights-of-this-week-november-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2016\/11\/04\/highlights-of-this-week-november-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of this Week ~ November 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This year we have a new feature on the PGC Blog. Every week, we will highlight something\u00a0 interestingly research-based, note-worthy, and\/or fun\u00a0 at the Pruett Gerontology Center!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This week&#8217;s highlights center on the ways that older adults stay connected online, courtesy of Linda Rutledge at Abilene Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>39 million people age 65 and older are using popular online platforms to connect<\/li>\n<li>14.8 million people age 65 and older use social media<\/li>\n<li>Social media use among older adults has increased 1448% over 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2016\/11\/browsers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2073 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2016\/11\/browsers.jpg\" alt=\"browsers\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2016\/11\/browsers.jpg 284w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2016\/11\/browsers-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a>Adults in the 74+ demographic are the fastest-growing demographic among social networks. Older adults, connect online for the same reasons as younger adults:<br \/>\n***to connect with others (40%)<br \/>\n***to share photos (30%)<br \/>\n***to connect on social gaming (20%)<br \/>\n***to enter online contests and games (10%)<\/p>\n<p>So, grandkids, text your grandparents today!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#PGCACU<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/category\/this-weeks-highlights\/\">More Weekly Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[subscribe2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year we have a new feature on the PGC Blog. Every week, we will highlight something\u00a0 interestingly research-based, note-worthy, and\/or fun\u00a0 at the Pruett Gerontology Center! This week&#8217;s highlights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10682,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42240],"tags":[161655,86832,163227,161995,161650,86823,161651,161652],"class_list":["post-2069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived","tag-pgcacu","tag-charlie-pruett","tag-linda-rutledge","tag-older-adult-ministry-2","tag-pgc","tag-pruett-gerontology-center","tag-retiree-ministry","tag-senior-adult-ministry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2069"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2074,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions\/2074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}