Social media gerontology: Understanding social media usage among older adults

Hutto, Clayton J.; Bell, Colleen; Farmer, Sarah; Fausset, Cara Bailey; Harley, Linda; Nguyen, Julie; Fain, W. Bradley

doi:10.3233/web-150310

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“…Employing a life‐course perspective, taking account of both chronological age and transitions throughout the life‐course including education, employment/unemployment and retirement, we explored patterns of SNS use. We find, consistent with recent evidence (Hutto et al ; Ofcom ; Pew Research ; Yu et al ), that use is greatest among younger individuals aged under 25. SNS use is reported across the life‐course including into old age, and particular growth has been recorded in membership and use among the middle‐aged.…”

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“…Women are marginally more likely to report a SNS membership (57 per cent compared with 53 per cent of men in 2014–15), consistent with existing evidence (Yu et al ). While it has been noted that there has been increased popularity among older users (Hutto et al ; Ofcom ; Pew Research ; Yu et al ), both SNS membership and use remain dominated by those under 30, accounting for around 90 per cent of the under 30s in 2014–15. Particular growth in SNS membership has been recorded among the middle‐aged groups, however, as summarized in Figure .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Davidson and Martellozzo ). Recently evidence of increasing popularity amongst middle‐aged and older generations (Hutto et al ; Ofcom ; Pew Research ; Yu et al ) has indicated a need for researchers to encompass a wider age range of users in their efforts to identify key behaviours and potential impacts associated with SNS use (Wilson, Gosling and Graham ).…”

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Social networking is a digital phenomenon embraced by billions worldwide. Use of online social platforms has the potential to generate a number of benefits including to well‐being from enhanced social connectedness and social capital accumulation, but is also associated with several negative behaviours and impacts. Employing a life‐course perspective, this paper explores social networking use and its relationship with measures of subjective well‐being. Large‐scale UK panel data from wave 3 (2011–12) and 6 (2014–15) of Understanding Society reveals that social network users are on average younger, aged under 25, but that rising use is reported across the life‐course including into old age. Probit, multinomial logistic, and ANCOVA and change‐score estimations reveal that membership, and greater use, of social networks is associated with higher levels of overall life satisfaction. However, heavy use of social networking sites has negative impacts, reflected in reductions in subjective well‐being. Socio‐economic disadvantage may drive these impacts among young (in education), unemployed and economically inactive heavy SNS users.

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“…Siriaraya and Ang (2012) also found similar results when comparing the online SNs of people between 55 and 74 and people between 18 and 22 in a multi-user virtual environment. Similar studies have been carried out regarding Facebook SN size (Hutto et al, 2015). These studies concluded that, despite having a smaller number of social ties than younger users, older users have higher levels of interaction and reciprocity between each of their ties, which seems to indicate stronger relationships.…”

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“…Conversely, there are five survey studies that did not find any positive relationship between internet usage and loneliness (White et al, 2002;Carpenter and Buday, 2007;Sum et al, 2008;Bell et al, 2013;Hutto et al, 2015). Within this group, Sum et al (2008) conducted a survey studying the use of the internet in later life.…”

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What do we know about the relationship between internet-mediated interaction and social isolation and loneliness in later life?

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Cassián

Begueria

2018

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Purpose -Social isolation and loneliness are recognised social, health and wellbeing problems that particularly affect later life. They have been the subject of many recent studies. Studies examining the role of the internet in addressing these problems have multiplied. However, it is still not known whether internetmediated social interaction has any role in mitigating social isolation and or loneliness. To address this gap, the purpose of this paper is to review previous research that investigates the relationship between internet use for communication and social isolation and loneliness. Design/methodology/approach -This paper reviews the empirical literature published since 2000 and expands on previous literature reviews by including a variety of research designs and disciplines. Findings -Despite the recent increase in studies, there is still little evidence to show internet effects on social isolation and loneliness. It is concluded that future research programmes aimed at reducing them by the use of the internet should include more robust methodological and theoretical frameworks, employ longitudinal research designs and provide a more nuanced description of both the social phenomena (social isolation and loneliness) and internet-mediated social interaction. Originality/value -Previous reviews are not restricted to internet-based studies and include several types of interventions aiming at reducing social isolation and/or loneliness. They do not attempt to disentangle the internet effects of social isolation and loneliness.

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Social media gerontology: Understanding social media usage among older adults

Cited by 89 publications

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Social network engagement and subjective well‐being: a life‐course perspective

Social network engagement and subjective well‐being: a life‐course perspective

What do we know about the relationship between internet-mediated interaction and social isolation and loneliness in later life?

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