Generation Like

Abstract

The emergence of social media has had a significant impact on how people communicate and socialize. Teens use social media to make and maintain social connections with friends and build their reputation. However, the way of analyzing the characteristics of teens in social media has mostly relied on ethnographic accounts or quantitative analyses with small datasets. This paper shows the possibility of detecting age information in user profiles by using a combination of textual and facial recognition methods and presents a comparative study of 27K teens and adults in Instagram. Our analysis highlights that (1) teens tend to post fewer photos but highly engage in adding more tags to their own photos and receiving more Likes and comments about their photos from others, and (2) to post more selfies and express themselves more than adults, showing a higher sense of self-representation. We demonstrate the application of our novel method that shows clear trends of age differences as well as substantiates previous insights in social media.

Digital photographic practices as expressions of personhood and identity: variations across school leavers and recent retirees

“…Our evidence, building upon extant research, indicates that digital social norms for young adults are stronger than for retirees, with almost all young adults maintaining friendships and 'keeping in touch with' family and friends on Facebook (and also Snapchat and Instagram) (Jang et al 2015;Joinson 2008;Mazur and Kozarian 2010;Mendelson and Papacharissi 2010;Tinkler 2008). Consistent with observations by Lee, Goede, and Shryock (2010), photos contribute to young adults' efforts at keeping in touch as part of an ecology of digital media and metadata, rather than as standalone artefacts.…”

Effects of Religiosity, Peer Attachment, Characteristics of Instagram social media usage on Hedonic Behavior

“…Factors using instagram social media usage on hedonic behavior indicate that there are interrelationships with one's life satisfaction which are shown through likes and comments. Hedonic behavior is associated with feeling cool, fun and being an attractive person will cause a feeling of comfort on social media instagram [23] [24]. The Casalo study is in line with the rapid development of social media which is considered an escape from boredom, filling up leisure time and relaxing.…”

El uso corporativo de Instagram en las universidades privadas españolas. Estudio comparativo de 35 universidades.

“…Solo la Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes hace una iniciativa en apoyo para la lucha contra el cáncer. Así mismo, la investigación refleja que las fotografías que cuentan con personas, y sobre todo, en las que se pueden apreciar caras son mucho mejor acogidas en cuanto a interacciones de refiere que si se publican imágenes, por ejemplo de paisajes (Jang, Han, Shih y Lee, 2015).…”