Ulasan Artikel 3

"Facilitating Long Distance Relationship between Malaysia Grandparent(GP)

and Granchildren(GC) Living in the UK through Computer Mediated Communiction".

• Prior studies have underscored the importance of grandparents and grandchildren relationship. Contact with grandchildren is highly valued by many grandparents, and many grandparents wish to maintain regular contact with grandchildrens.

• Research has proven that there is a communication problems between grandparents and grandchildren due to language and communication differnces between the two generations.

• Research shows that once the younger generation starts schooling they tend to spend more time with their friends rather then their grandparents. This issue tends to worsen if the grandparents have a long distance relationship with their grandchildren. In this issue, the parents plays an important role to assure that their grandchildren have a close relationship with their grandparents.

• Younger generation these days also spend most of their time with browsing internet , chatting and playing computer games. Where as the older generations are not familiar the method. A small population of the older generations nowdays are also starting to use the internet to communicate. Research shows that the older generation use the internet for emails, chatting, purchasing goods and searcing for information. With this grandparents can communicate with their grandchildren through chatting and email. The only thing that stands in the way is the language difference between the two generations.

• This shows that the older generations are trying to catch up with the younger generations, where as the younger generations does not have the interest to appreciate the elder generations method of doing things.