Shame On Who? Parents Crave Facebook Popularity, Too
Parents crave the popularity stamp on Facebook as much as their kids, and are just as willing to let slip personal information in order to attain such social status.
Tsk, tsk: Parents crave the popularity stamp as much as their kids on Facebook, and are just as willing to let slip personal information in order to attain such social status.
That’s the upshot of a new Social Psychology and Personality Science study.
Parents reveal more about themselves on Facebook than they might in other social settings, yet are less aware than their children of the consequences of online over-share.
University of Guelph researchers compared the online behavior of 285 adults, ages 19 to 71, to that of 288 youth, ages nine to 18, and found that the latter revealed more information on Facebook – but only because they spend more time on the social network — an average 55 minutes daily for teens compared to 38 minutes daily for adults.
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