Reading the news on Twitter: Source and item memory for social media in younger and older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media content is well-remembered, possibly because of its personal relevance and gossipy nature. It is unclear whether the mnemonic advantage of social media extends to a population less familiar with these platforms and whether knowing the content is from social media sources influences memory. This study examined how the presentation of news-like content in social media affected both item and source memory across two age groups. Younger adults (n = 42) and older adults (n = 32) studied tweets and news headlines that appeared in the format of Twitter posts or CNN headlines - these items were designed to be either congruent (e.g., tweets formatted as Twitter posts) or incongruent (e.g., tweets formatted as CNN headlines).

Results

For item memory, both age g

SUBMITTER: Bourne KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7072077 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature