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Information Sciences Letters

Information Sciences Letters

Abstract

The article aims to identify the uses of social networking platforms by the older adults in Jordan, their exposure habits, the gratifications, the topics that most attract them, and the platforms they prefer. The descriptive survey method that had been adopted was using a questionnaire distributed to (400) older people in Jordan. The results concluded that (78%) of the older adults use social media platforms (first Facebook, then WhatsApp, TikTok, and Twitter) and (49.8%) of them trust them. It also indicated that (74.7%) of them believed that these platforms increased their acquaintances, while (53.2%) considered them to have improved their social relations, (51.6%) of them considered that social media platforms had a positive impact on their psychological condition. Religious topics were the most preferred for them, followed by social topics. Politics, then entertainment, and health topics came last. The author recommended teaching the older adults more skills of dealing with the Internet, encouraging them to use social networking platforms, and conducting more studies related to the uses of social networking platforms by the older adults in the Arab region.

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