In 2020, the outbreak of the epidemic accelerated the development of the digital economy. With the arrival of the post-epidemic era, the aging of China's population will step into the superposition period of rich while old and the accelerated development of the digital economy. How to use digital technology to prepare for the severe aging period has become a concern of the whole society. By studying the current situation of smart phone use and digital divide among the elderly population, this paper explores appropriate measures for smart phone aging in the post-epidemic era and helps to improve the construction of China's elderly service system.

Shuchen Liu, Hongtao Wang, Yuxin Yang, Yuanzhi Jin, Binbin He. The Elderly-oriented Measures and Suggestions of Smartphone in China’s Post-epidemic Era. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2022), Vol. 4, Issue 2: 22-25. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2022.040205.

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