https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/089abd48f9fce58c1ae5a4f702cd23ab.pdf 3ac896af793fa43279ff923f4f51206b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baby Boomers' use of Facebook and Instagram: uses and gratifications theory and contextual age indicators. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Grace Antony, Lynn Johnson Ware, Pavica Sheldon Description An account of the resource Social media research tends to prioritize how young adults - and college students, in particular - use social network sites. While several studies have focused on how Facebook can help alleviate loneliness among older adults, the motives for using other social media platforms, including Instagram, have not been adequately explored. This study therefore focuses on how a uses and gratifications framework applies to older users of Facebook and Instagram, including the relationship to contextual age. A survey of 414 Baby Boomers and Traditionalists was conducted in the Fall of 2019. The results revealed that older adults rely on Facebook and Instagram to compensate for the lack of social activity and face-to-face interactions in their daily lives. These patterns are consistent with social compensation hypothesis and contradict the findings of studies done with college students. In addition, the older adults' life satisfaction was a negative predictor of using these sites for companionship and diversion. Future research should furthermore explore how other personality traits and social situations might influence older individuals use of social media. This knowledge can be particularly useful in times of health pandemic, such as COVID-19, when so many older individuals are confined to their homes and rely on social media for interaction and entertainment. Insight into intergenerational social media usage differences can also benefit advertisers, policy makers, recreational groups, healthcare and social services. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Subject The topic of the resource regression, social media use, baby boomers, life position, Social compensation hypothesis Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06670 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Heliyon