Not too old for TikTok: How older adults are reframing aging

R Ng, N Indran - The Gerontologist, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Although reputed for being the virtual playground of
teenagers, TikTok has since made its way to older adults, some of whom have become …

News media narratives of Covid-19 across 20 countries: Early global convergence and later regional divergence

R Ng, TYJ Chow, W Yang - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Seldom in history does one get a 'front row seat'—with large-scale dynamic
data—on how online news media narratives shift with a global pandemic. News media …

Emotion regulation in couples across adulthood

CM Haase - Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Intimate relationships are hotbeds of emotion. This article presents key findings and current
directions in research on couples' emotion regulation across adulthood as a critical context …

Ageism on Twitter during the COVID‐19 pandemic

R Ng, N Indran, L Liu - Journal of Social Issues, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 crisis has sparked a resurgence of scholarly interest in the issue of ageism.
Whether the outbreak thwarts or facilitates efforts to combat ageism hinges upon public …

Ageism linked to culture, not demographics: Evidence from an 8-billion-word corpus across 20 countries

R Ng, JW Lim-Soh - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Ageism has increased over 200 years and costs the US health care system $63
billion a year. While scholars agree on the consequences of ageism, there are …

Culture linked to increasing ageism during COVID-19: Evidence from a 10-billion-word corpus across 20 countries

R Ng, TYJ Chow, W Yang - The Journals of Gerontology: Series …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Older adults experience higher risks of getting severely ill from coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), resulting in widespread narratives of frailty and vulnerability. We …

Innovations for an aging society through the lens of patent data

R Ng, N Indran - The Gerontologist, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives An aging population creates fertile ground for devising
innovations for older adults. By using patents as a proxy for inventive activity, this study sets …

Videos about older adults on TikTok

R Ng, N Indran - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Besides being one of the fastest growing platforms since entering the social media fray in
2016, TikTok is notably monopolized by teenagers, which makes it a veritable source of …

Hostility toward baby boomers on TikTok

R Ng, N Indran - The Gerontologist, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives The recent entry of the hashtag# OkBoomer into social
media vernacular underscores the collective frustration of younger people with a group …

Aging narratives over 210 years (1810–2019)

R Ng, TYJ Chow - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objectives The World Health Organization launched a recent global campaign to
combat ageism, citing its ubiquity and insidious threat to health. The historical context that …