Exploring college students' generational differences in Facebook usage

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Highlights：

• We concluded that the number of users of Facebook increases among older students in comparison to younger one.

• We found that increasing the number of friends on Facebook is more pronounced among older students.

• Membership in groups is more popular within older students.

• Most students do not consider that they are addicted to Facebook.

摘要

•We concluded that the number of users of Facebook increases among older students in comparison to younger one.•We found that increasing the number of friends on Facebook is more pronounced among older students.•Membership in groups is more popular within older students.•Most students do not consider that they are addicted to Facebook.

论文关键词：Facebook,Social networking sites,Internet,Education,Communication technology

论文评审过程：Received 19 February 2015, Revised 9 November 2015, Accepted 18 November 2015, Available online 27 November 2015, Version of Record 27 November 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.11.034