本研究從優勢觀點看高齡者上網情形，並實際調查目前高齡者上網環境的友善現況。處在資訊社會，上網已成為獲得資訊的重要來源，上網與否已變成關係個人權利的議題。老人上網具有以下二個優勢：其一為網路提供老年人所需要的資訊，成為重要的社會資源；其二為網路増加了老人與人溝通互動的機會，提升生活品質。目前老年人處於網路弱勢族群，打造一個適合老年人的上網環境，讓每個公民皆有公平使用網路資源的權利是理想資訊社會的願景。本研究的目的有二：1.調查高齡者上網環境的友善現況。2分析不同背景的高齡者對於上網環境友善性的差異情形。本研究採用問卷調查法，並以全國55歲以上且會上網的高齡者為研究對象，總共獲得有效樣本為796份。經統計分析後，比較專家建構的理想上網環境與現況其間的落差，並從中發現相關問題，提出建言。研究結果如下：一、目前上網的高齡者偏屬社經地位較高且身體較為健康的長者為主，排除了弱勢老人上網機會；二、高齡者上網是屬於居家型及節制型一群，並以閱讀健康醫療資訊及休閒文章為主，兼具實用及休閒功能；三、目前整體高齡者上網環境的友善性偏低，尤其在上網近用方面最不友善；四、年齡愈大、教育程度低及具身心障礙的高齡者對於目前上網環境感到最不滿意，其上網面臨的阻礙最大。

This project was conducted with an attempt to construct a friendly environment for the senior on the Internet, and investigate the situation of the elderly surfing the Internet. In the information society, the access to the Internet is human rights. Everybody including the elderly should have a fair opportunity to surf the Cyberspace. This project was planed to achieve the following two concrete objectives: 1.To investigate the status quo of the elderly surfing the Internet. 2. To analyse the obstacles about the elderly’s surfing the net. For these objectives, literature review, discussion analysis, questionnaire survey were employed, the researcher investigated 796 samples, above 55 years old and surfing the Internet, and analysed the status quo of the elderly surfing the Internet by questionnaires.The major result were as follows: 1. The elderly on the Internet tents towards higher society- economy status, better health. 2. The main purpose of the senior’s sufing the net is to read the healthy and medical information. 3. The enviorment of the Internet is unfriendly for the elderly, especially for the dimensions of the access to the Internet. 4. The elderly, who are older, elementary degree, and handicapped, feel the most unfriendly in the Internet.