隐忧与消解：老年用户短视频沉迷的动因与应对策略
Hidden Concerns and Solutions: Motivations of Elderly Users’ Short-Video Addiction and Coping Strategies

移动互联网的发展促使老年群体加速融入数字化网络社会，短视频以其独特的优势深受老年用户的喜爱。然而，短视频在为老年用户带来丰富的娱乐体验和便捷的信息获取途径的同时，也引发了老年用户对于短视频的沉迷，进而对该群体的身心健康以及社交关系造成了负面影响。因此，本文针对老年人沉迷短视频这一现象进行探讨，分析短视频对老年用户的影响，讨论老年用户沉迷短视频的发生机制并提出应对策略，有利于老年群体掌握数字技术、提高自身媒介素养，为塑造护老、和谐、健康的信息化社会作出贡献。
The development of the mobile Internet has accelerated the integration of the elderly population into the digital network society. Short videos, with their unique advantages, are deeply loved by elderly users. However, while short videos bring rich entertainment experiences and convenient information access channels to elderly users, they also lead to the addiction of elderly users to short videos, which further exerts negative impacts on the physical and mental health as well as social relationships of this group. Therefore, this paper conducts a discussion on the phenomenon of the elderly being addicted to short videos, analyzes the impacts of short videos on elderly users, discusses the occurrence mechanism of the elderly’s addiction to short videos, and proposes corresponding countermeasures. This is conducive to helping the elderly group master digital technologies, improve their media literacy, and contribute to the shaping of a caregiving, harmonious and healthy information society.