Comfortably Numb:: Danish Teens' Attitudes, Towards Social Media Platforms

Mikkel Villebro; Irina Shklovski; Luca Rossi; Alex Bjørstorp

doi:10.1145/3217804.3217911

Comfortably Numb: Danish Teens' Attitudes, Towards Social Media Platforms

Mikkel Villebro, Irina Shklovski, Luca Rossi, Alex Bjørstorp

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Abstract

How do teens deal with the complexities of the digital world? Although many scholars have asked this question, few have considered not only the interpersonal concerns that loom large in the lives of teens and young adults but also their relationship with the social media platforms which have become so central to their lives. In this paper we present a study of Danish teens' attitudes towards social media platforms they use most -- Facebook and Snapchat. We find gender differences in attitudes toward each platform. We also illustrate the potential role of a digital education effort in changing teen attitudes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2018
Pages	187-196
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-6334-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3217804.3217911
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

Teen digital behavior
Interpersonal concerns
Social media platforms
Facebook
Snapchat
Gender differences
Digital education
Danish teens
Attitude change
Online interaction

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Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 187-196.

Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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