Abstract
The article presents the methodology and the results of the qualitative research which was realised during the spring 2017 and which was focused on the Czech senior's information needs within their Internet use. This research was based on media literacy and literacy standards.
The purpose of the qualitative research was to recognize and describe what topics is the target group interested in, what their motivation to use the Internet is and how and why they are searching for information. Nine people over the age of 65 possessing basic computer skills participated.
To select the research sample, the non-probability method of purposive sampling, combined with self-selection sampling was chosen. The main categories emerging from this research will be used for quantitative research.