6 minutes agoNew Study: Older Ones Share Most False News on Facebook
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)According to a study published in “magazine Science”, elderly people share four times as many false news on Facebook as did the younger generations. American users of this 65-year-old social network have spread nearly seven times more fake news on Facebook than those aged 18 [...]
American users of this 65-year-old social network have delivered almost seven times more fake news on Facebook than those between the ages of 18 and 29. These results were produced by New York University researchers.
The authors of this study analyzed the account story of 1750 adult Americans, including news spread by false publishers. People over 65 years of age have delivered twice as much false news as those who are part of the second adult group.
As the largest generation in America is entering retirement age in the time of technological change, it is possible that people over 60 will lack knowledge of digital media to determine the accuracy and reliability of news published online”, says the “The Guardian”.
