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With the process of globalization and the constant progress of people, especially in the technological aspect, we have a situation that population familiar with all technological possibilities is getting older. Part of the reason for that is the principle of lifelong learning. Furthermore, andragogy and gerontology are disciplines which are studying boundaries and opportunities of education of adult and elderly people which are more and more present on the Internet. In the last 10 years, one of the global communications phenomenon is the appearance of social networks on the Internet numbering more than a billion users all over the world. Of course, there appear some problems, especially with the younger and elderly populations which are not so familiar with the technology so they could use it like others. Problems that also appear are connected with misunderstandings of language which is using younger population on the Internet like slang and use of abbreviations, and ignorance of foreign languages, especially English, what is making difficult to get along with everything that Internet offers. The goal of my research is to draw conclusions about communication of elderly people through social networks. I got necessary data for my research with conducting a survey among elderly people. Conclusions about research are mainly about the time they spend on social networks and in which purpose they use social networks.