title: [The elderly and new media].
abstract: This article discusses the importance of using new communication technics for the quality of life in old age. Different models of new technics and the consequences for daily life in old age are illustrated. Using new communication technics in old age creates new tasks for gerontology. These scientific and practical tasks are discussed, too.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D013672:Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Altere Menschen und neue Medien.