Objective We aimed to investigate the correlation between social media and eHealth literacy in older individuals and answer four research questions: (1) What are the specific social media behaviors (including g
In the past 2 decades, social media has emerged as a powerful mode of social interaction around the world. Its usage can be useful for older adults to stay connected with family, relatives, friends, and larger society without a need to travel places. Currently, more than half of the world...
Older adults Chinese Qualitative Social practice theory Citation McKenna, B.,Cai, W.andYoon, H.(2025), "Chinese older adults' social media use: a study of WeChat from a social practice perspective",Information Technology & People, Vol....
However, little is known about how ageing affects susceptibility to social influence. Understanding how susceptibility to social influence evolves in the latter part of life has significant implications for public policy, such as addressing the rising prevalence of misinformation amongst older adults20. P...
Isolation is a well-known problem amongst the elderly. This isolation might be ameliorated by engaging the elderly in social media. Unfortunately, the devices most commonly used to access social media (PCs, tablets, and phones) might not be the most appr
Reading the news on Twitter: source and item memory for social media in younger and older adults A majority of American adults who use the Internet have social media accounts (e.g., Facebook, Twitter (Greenwood, Perrin, & Duggan,2016)). Although younger adults are more likely to use socia...
The findings showed older adults who experienced pain were less likely to participate in social activities that require face-to-face interactions, which offers mental benefits. Still, social media may preserve cognitive function and psychological well-being in this population, the researchers said. ...
(Medical Xpress)—Social media can be an effective tool for decreasing loneliness for older Australians according to new research conducted at the University of Sydney.
It’s one of the best social media platforms for reaching local communities. And for reaching older adults in the U.S., whouse Facebook morethan other platforms. To get started, sign up throughMeta Business Manager. Then: Customize your page’s URL. When your page is created, it will ...
“Older Adults” OR “Elderly” AND “Technology” AND “Coping” AND “Covid19” AND” <the name of the media outlet> “. Articles that did not have any social media engagement were excluded. In the remaining 7 articles, we used a web-scraping technique to gather data from three ...