英国明特尔市场调查公司在对2000名“银发网友”进行研究后发现，超过三分之一的55岁以上网友还访问YouTube等网站免费观看视频。
Almost a fifth of all Britons who visited social networks for the first time last month were aged over 55, the figures show. It is estimated that nearly 100,000 older people have logged on to sites like Facebook for the first time in the past year.
数据显示，上个月首次访问社交网站的英国人中有近五分之一年龄在55岁以上。据估计，去年有近10万银发网友首次登录“脸谱”等网站。
Matt King, an analyst at Mintel, said: "Far more older women are using social networking sites than men. We found that women are going online for family orientated reasons. It is a way for them to look at pictures to see what their children and grandchildren have been up to. It's a way for them to keep in touch."
明特尔市场调查公司分析员马特金说：“银发女性使用社交网站的人数远远多于男性。我们发现，女性上网是出于家庭方面的因素。对她们来说，通过浏览照片可以了解子女和孙辈都在做些什么。这是他们保持联络的方式。