青少年对话:青少年社交媒体使用的积极面、消极面与中性面
Teen Talk: The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral of Adolescent Social Media Use
AI总结:
本研究通过分析青少年在在线平台的帖子,揭示其社交媒体使用的正负中性体验及平台差异,主张从设计层面减轻负面体验以改善青少年数字福祉,而非简单限制使用。
摘要:
关于社交媒体对青少年是否存在净积极或净消极影响的争论仍在持续。因此,我们对1038名15至17岁青少年在一个在线同伴支持平台上发布的2061条帖子进行了主题分析,以调查这些青少年在帖子中讨论流行社交媒体平台的方式,并识别他们在不同平台上的体验差异。我们的研究结果揭示了社交媒体讨论的四个主要新兴主题:1)分享社交媒体使用的负面体验或结果(58%,n=1095);2)尝试与他人建立联系(45%,n=922);3)强调社交媒体使用的积极面(20%,n=409);4)寻求信息(20%,n=491)。总体而言,虽然分享负面体验更为突出,但青少年也讨论了社交媒体上寻求联系、积极体验和信息支持的平衡视角,这些不应被忽视。此外,我们发现这些体验在不同社交媒体平台之间存在统计学显著差异。例如,青少年最有可能在Snapchat上寻求浪漫关系,在YouTube上进行自我推广。同时,Instagram被提及最多的是身体羞辱,而Facebook是讨论隐私侵犯(主要来自父母)最频繁的平台。我们研究的关键结论是,青少年社交媒体使用的益处和弊端可以共存,净效应(积极或消极)会因不同青少年和不同情境而异。因此,我们主张减轻青少年所表达的社交媒体使用的负面体验和结果,以改善而非限制或约束他们的整体社交媒体体验。我们通过采用一种可供性视角来实现这一点,该视角旨在“通过设计”促进青少年的数字福祉和在线安全。
英文摘要:
The debate on whether social media has a net positive or negative effect on youth is ongoing. Therefore, we conducted a thematic analysis on 2,061 posts made by 1,038 adolescents aged 15-17 on an online peer-support platform to investigate the ways in which these teens discussed popular social media platforms in their posts and to identify differences in their experiences across platforms. Our findings revealed four main emergent themes for the ways in which social media was discussed: 1) Sharing negative experiences or outcomes of social media use (58%, n = 1,095), 2) Attempts to connect with others (45%, n = 922), 3) Highlighting the positive side of social media use (20%, n = 409), and 4) Seeking information (20%, n = 491). Overall, while sharing about negative experiences was more prominent, teens also discussed balanced perspectives of connection-seeking, positive experiences, and information support on social media that should not be discounted. Moreover, we found statistical significance for how these experiences differed across social media platforms. For instance, teens were most likely to seek romantic relationships on Snapchat and self-promote on YouTube. Meanwhile, Instagram was mentioned most frequently for body shaming, and Facebook was the most commonly discussed platform for privacy violations (mostly from parents). The key takeaway from our study is that the benefits and drawbacks of teens' social media usage can co-exist and net effects (positive or negative) can vary across different teens across various contexts. As such, we advocate for mitigating the negative experiences and outcomes of social media use as voiced by teens, to improve, rather than limit or restrict, their overall social media experience. We do this by taking an affordance perspective that aims to promote the digital well-being and online safety of youth "by design."
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