The use of social media by older adults is on the rise. Social media allows older adults to keep meaningful connections with friends, family, and life. Social media allows older adults to stay connected through prevailing frailty, geographical displacement, and morbidity. The purpose of this ...
Still, social media may preserve cognitive function and psychological well-being in this population, the researchers said. "This is critical because the onset of pain can often lead to a downward spiral of social isolation and depression, resulting in adverse outcomes for the health of older adul...
The Family Channel is a traditional television channel that displays a feed aggregated from social media. Designed with older adults in mind, this platform allows us to investigate several key issues relating to aging, HCI and real-time information systems. Population aging is a defining characterist...
Even adjusted for other types of PA, walking is associated with decreased mortality among older adults [25]. mHealth media, such as applications on smart devices and wearable activity monitors, have shown promise as scalable methods for delivering walking interventions [26, 27]. These media are ...
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...
Social media are being fast adopted by older adults for extending their social relationships. However along with the adoption, there have been concerns about risky issues regarding privacy leakages and information sharing hazards. Such risks are partially due to the fact that seniors (knowingly or un...
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. ...
Privacy preserving actions of older adults on social media: Exploring the behavior of opting out of information sharing Social media are being fast adopted by older adults for extending their social relationships. However along with the adoption, there have been concerns abo... R Chakraborty,C Vis...
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Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-020-0209-9 (2020) 5:11 Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Reading the news on Twitter: Source and item memory for social media in younger and older adults Kimberly A. Bourne...