Abstract:

The fact that the elderly are the most important consumers of television and the time of watching television is significantly longer compared to other age groups makes the relationship between the elderly individuals and television important. In Turkey and in the world, the increasing number of elderly individuals and the proportions in the population indicate that the relationship between television and age needs to be re-examined. This indicates the importance of work. The aim of the study is to explore the periods, reasons and programs that older individuals prefer to watch on television in the context of their media use. It has also been studied in the context of older people’s television use, life satisfaction and loneliness relationship. The study was conducted in the province of Konya between 28 May and 9 June 2018 with 210 people face-to-face survey method. According to the findings of the study, older people prefer television, radio and newspapers, and the least preferred tool is social media. The survey found that participants watched television for an average of five hours a day, and used this tool to track the developments and evaluate their leisure time. It has been found that the elderly prefer the main news bulletin and local series as a program, and the program preferences between men and women differ.