Environment is always a big issue no matter for language learners or a new tech learner. In other words, environment is a great stimulation the makes people want to learn and have to learn about new things. Elders who lives in country and elders who lives in cities would have totally different concept about weather they should learn new technologies.
In big cities like Taipei(the capital of Taiwan), you can feel and sense the flowing of information; in addition, you can feel the change of things. Since wifi connections and 3G networks are everywhere, it's easy for people to access to information. More over, people will use the resource because everyone around them would probably do the same.
In the county, on the opposite, elders wouldn't feel the need of social media or internet. People would refuse to change if the change is not needed. To prove this, I would like to take the differences of tablets and laptops for example.
Years ago when the idea of tablet computer just came out, people felt inconvenient using virtual key boards to type words. And they keep complain that a real keyboard is better then hitting the screen, until recent years. People's habit has been changed and now they understand the convenience of tablets, and stopped complaining about the typing issue.
As you can see, people usually refused to change! That;s why without the stimulation of environment, elders in the country will refused to change.
There are still many other reasons and stories that keeps elders from social media; however, this is the last post i'm going to write about this topic. Next post we'll be start talking about Taiwanese scooter culture!
So, if you are planning to visit Taiwan, this is going to be a cooool topic for you !
plz feel free to make comments and we'll see u next time!
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