| As the number of Chinese elderly people rapidly growing and people’s living standard gradually improved, the structure of traditional Chinese family is changing. Due to the increase in income and lifestyle factors, more and more young people leave their parents alone, and also the number of Empty Nester is increasing year by year. Meanwhile, the means of communication between the old and the young change from the traditional face-to-face communication to phone calls, text messages or videos. Currently, the communication products designed for the old are very scale, and the existing products less consider the el derly people’s cognitive and learning ability. Television for the elderly, is not only an important source of information, but also the main entertainment tool for their leisure time. This paper bases on the Principle of Gestalt Psychology and the characteristics of elderly people, puts forward the design principles and methods to design the interactive TV social applications, so as to improve the experience of the interactive TV social applications for the elderly, satisfy the needs of the communication between elderly people and their relatives, making them getting closer.This paper combines the theoretical research with the application of practice, analyzes the feasibility of designing interactive TV social applications for elderly people, points out the main obstacle to communication between the elderly and their children, and summarizes the existing states of elderly people’s communication equipment. And then sums up the physiological functions and characteristics of the elderly through literature revi ew, questionnaire survey, user interviews and other methods. According to the Principle of Gestalt Psychology, this paper points out the principles and methods of designing the interfaces of the interactive TV social applications for elderly people. At last, this paper proves the validity and rationality of the principles and methods through the actual project. |
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