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30 June 2026

Analysis of Media Competence Enhancement and Community Mutual Assistance Mechanism for Elderly Groups in Urban and Rural Areas of Guangdong under the Intervention of AI Technology

Yuling Yang1
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1 Guangdong University of Business and Technology, Zhaoqing 526020, Guangdong, China
SDS 2026 , 2(3), 24–30; https://doi.org/10.26689/SDS.v2i3.16154
© 2026 by the Author(s). Licensee: Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, many areas of life have begun to be transformed by it. Given the aging population in urban and rural areas of Guangdong, improving the media literacy of older people is necessary to help them live in the digital age and improve their quality of life. This paper explores how to strengthen the media literacy of older adults in urban and rural areas of Guangdong Province with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, analyzes the current conditions, studies the relationship between the two, and puts forward specific measures to help older people better adapt to digital life and promote the construction of community mutual-assistance systems.

Keywords
AI technology
Rural and urban areas of Guangdong
Elderly population
Media literacy
Community mutual assistance mechanism
Funding
The Youth Innovative Talent Project of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, titled “Research on the Cultivation of New Media Literacy of Rural Elderly in Guangdong under the Background of Smart Aging” (Project No.: 2023WQNCX133); The Characteristic Innovation Project of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, “Research on the Community Mutual Aid Architecture and Interaction Design Empowered by Digital Intelligence Technology under the Context of Low Fertility and Aging” (Project No.: 2025WTSCX189)
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Conflict of interest
The author declares no conflict of interest.
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