The Smartphone and the Elderly
By Cheah Mi Chelle
October 2020 FEATURE
THE SMARTPHONE BECAME a liberator of sorts for many of us when in-person connection was rendered impossible by lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures. Through grainy camera footage and choppy video call audio, we digital natives pulled through, finding alternative ways to stay connected with our loved ones.But what about our elders? Were they left in the dust as the pandemic made technology a growing and unavoidable necessity? Penang Monthly speaks to three elderly Penangites with varying digital literacy, to...
Cheah Mi Chelle
is a copywriter and a Bachelor’s and Master's graduate in English and Related Literature. A huge fan of sentient robot fiction, she loves volunteering with children and is interested in various topics such as the study of emotions, embodiment, and the relationship between image and text, particularly in comics and graphic novels.
