Older adults required more time to learn SNS use, partially validating the age stereotype (reported by cited prior work)¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The article reports, citing Brandtaeg, Luders and Skjetne (2010), that older adults actually did require more time to learn using SNS, in part validating the age stereotype. → Harvey J. GINSBURG 2016

Evidence¶

Harvey J. GINSBURG 2016¶

Harvey J. GINSBURG, Rebecca CAMERON, Roque V. MENDEZ & Michael WESTHOFF. (2016). Helping others use social media: age stereotypes when estimating learner's success. Psychology, Society, & Education, 8(1), 1-12. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1123456

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Second-hand finding narrated in the introduction: the article states "older adults actually did require more time to learn using SNS, in part validating the age stereotype", attributed to Brandtaeg, Luders and Skjetne (2010). The cited study's design was not described here.

"Brandtaeg, Luders and Skjetne, (2010) found that older adults actually did require more time to learn using SNS, in part validating the age stereotype."

Discussion¶

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