People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries
- Autores
- Moretto, Marcio; Ortellado, Pablo; Kessler, Gabriel; Vommaro, Gabriel Alejandro; Rodríguez Raga, Juan Carlos; Luna, Juan Pablo; Heinen, Eduarth; Cely, Laura Fernanda; Toro, Sergio
- Año de publicación
- 2022
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- A growing body of literature has noted an age pattern in the sharing of false news insocial media, with older people sharing more often misinformation than younger users.In this article we supplement this literature by documenting two distinct butcomplementary phenomena: Facebook users share more content as they get olderregardless of whether it is political; and that this increment in sharing activity as ageincreases is more intense with political and partisan URLs. Based on the FacebookPrivacy-Protected Full URLs Data Set, a vast Facebook database with demographicinformation of those who saw and shared links on Facebook in 46 countries, weinvestigate the impact of age on link-sharing activity. We found that in 43 countries, theaverage age of people who shared links was considerably higher than the age of thosewho saw the links. In a more detailed study, with Facebook users in South America, wefind that the average age increases consecutively in the sharing of non-political content,in the sharing of political content, in the sharing of partisan sites and in the sharing ofright-leaning partisan sites.
Fil: Moretto, Marcio. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Ortellado, Pablo. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Kessler, Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina
Fil: Vommaro, Gabriel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina
Fil: Rodríguez Raga, Juan Carlos. Universidad de Los Andes; Venezuela
Fil: Luna, Juan Pablo. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Chile
Fil: Heinen, Eduarth. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Cely, Laura Fernanda. Universidad de Los Andes; Venezuela
Fil: Toro, Sergio. Universidad de Concepción; Chile - Materia
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Older adults
Social media
Facebook
Latin America - Nivel de accesibilidad
- acceso abierto
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countriesMoretto, MarcioOrtellado, PabloKessler, GabrielVommaro, Gabriel AlejandroRodríguez Raga, Juan CarlosLuna, Juan PabloHeinen, EduarthCely, Laura FernandaToro, SergioOlder adultsSocial mediaFacebookLatin Americahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5A growing body of literature has noted an age pattern in the sharing of false news insocial media, with older people sharing more often misinformation than younger users.In this article we supplement this literature by documenting two distinct butcomplementary phenomena: Facebook users share more content as they get olderregardless of whether it is political; and that this increment in sharing activity as ageincreases is more intense with political and partisan URLs. Based on the FacebookPrivacy-Protected Full URLs Data Set, a vast Facebook database with demographicinformation of those who saw and shared links on Facebook in 46 countries, weinvestigate the impact of age on link-sharing activity. We found that in 43 countries, theaverage age of people who shared links was considerably higher than the age of thosewho saw the links. In a more detailed study, with Facebook users in South America, wefind that the average age increases consecutively in the sharing of non-political content,in the sharing of political content, in the sharing of partisan sites and in the sharing ofright-leaning partisan sites.Fil: Moretto, Marcio. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Ortellado, Pablo. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Kessler, Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; ArgentinaFil: Vommaro, Gabriel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; ArgentinaFil: Rodríguez Raga, Juan Carlos. Universidad de Los Andes; VenezuelaFil: Luna, Juan Pablo. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; ChileFil: Heinen, Eduarth. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Cely, Laura Fernanda. Universidad de Los Andes; VenezuelaFil: Toro, Sergio. Universidad de Concepción; ChileUniversity of Zurich2022-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/235258Moretto, Marcio; Ortellado, Pablo; Kessler, Gabriel; Vommaro, Gabriel Alejandro; Rodríguez Raga, Juan Carlos; et al.; People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries; University of Zurich; Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media; 2; 5-2022; 1-202673-8813CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://journalqd.org/article/view/3317info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.51685/jqd.2022.018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:43:48Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/235258instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:43:49.059CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries |
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People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries |
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People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries Moretto, Marcio Older adults Social media Latin America |
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People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries |
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People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries |
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People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries |
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People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries |
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People are more engaged on Facebook as they get older, especially in politics: Evidence from users in 46 countries |
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Moretto, Marcio Ortellado, Pablo Kessler, Gabriel Vommaro, Gabriel Alejandro Rodríguez Raga, Juan Carlos Luna, Juan Pablo Heinen, Eduarth Cely, Laura Fernanda Toro, Sergio |
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Moretto, Marcio |
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Moretto, Marcio Ortellado, Pablo Kessler, Gabriel Vommaro, Gabriel Alejandro Rodríguez Raga, Juan Carlos Luna, Juan Pablo Heinen, Eduarth Cely, Laura Fernanda Toro, Sergio |
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Ortellado, Pablo Kessler, Gabriel Vommaro, Gabriel Alejandro Rodríguez Raga, Juan Carlos Luna, Juan Pablo Heinen, Eduarth Cely, Laura Fernanda Toro, Sergio |
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Older adults Social media Latin America |
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Older adults Social media Latin America |
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A growing body of literature has noted an age pattern in the sharing of false news insocial media, with older people sharing more often misinformation than younger users.In this article we supplement this literature by documenting two distinct butcomplementary phenomena: Facebook users share more content as they get olderregardless of whether it is political; and that this increment in sharing activity as ageincreases is more intense with political and partisan URLs. Based on the FacebookPrivacy-Protected Full URLs Data Set, a vast Facebook database with demographicinformation of those who saw and shared links on Facebook in 46 countries, weinvestigate the impact of age on link-sharing activity. We found that in 43 countries, theaverage age of people who shared links was considerably higher than the age of thosewho saw the links. In a more detailed study, with Facebook users in South America, wefind that the average age increases consecutively in the sharing of non-political content,in the sharing of political content, in the sharing of partisan sites and in the sharing ofright-leaning partisan sites. Fil: Moretto, Marcio. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil Fil: Ortellado, Pablo. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil Fil: Kessler, Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina Fil: Vommaro, Gabriel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina Fil: Rodríguez Raga, Juan Carlos. Universidad de Los Andes; Venezuela Fil: Luna, Juan Pablo. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Chile Fil: Heinen, Eduarth. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil Fil: Cely, Laura Fernanda. Universidad de Los Andes; Venezuela Fil: Toro, Sergio. Universidad de Concepción; Chile |
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A growing body of literature has noted an age pattern in the sharing of false news insocial media, with older people sharing more often misinformation than younger users.In this article we supplement this literature by documenting two distinct butcomplementary phenomena: Facebook users share more content as they get olderregardless of whether it is political; and that this increment in sharing activity as ageincreases is more intense with political and partisan URLs. Based on the FacebookPrivacy-Protected Full URLs Data Set, a vast Facebook database with demographicinformation of those who saw and shared links on Facebook in 46 countries, weinvestigate the impact of age on link-sharing activity. We found that in 43 countries, theaverage age of people who shared links was considerably higher than the age of thosewho saw the links. In a more detailed study, with Facebook users in South America, wefind that the average age increases consecutively in the sharing of non-political content,in the sharing of political content, in the sharing of partisan sites and in the sharing ofright-leaning partisan sites. |
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