HBSC Ireland 2018 Social Media Experiences

HBSC Ireland 2018 Social Media Experiences

Children were given the explanation ‘The term social media refers to SOCIAL NETWORK SITES (e.g. Facebook, Instagram) and INSTANT MESSAGING (e.g. WhatsApp, Snapchat, Viber). They were then asked to give a yes or no response to the questions ‘During the past year, have you…’:

• ‘often found that you can’t think of anything but the time that you will be able to use social media again?’
• ‘often felt unhappy because you wanted to spend more time on social media?’
• ‘often felt bad when you could not use social media?’
• ‘tried to spend less time on social media, but failed?’
• ‘often neglected other activities (e.g. hobbies, sport) because you wanted to use social media?’
• ‘often had arguments with others because of your social media use?’
• ‘often lied to your parents or friends about the amount of time you spend on social media?’
• ‘often used social media to escape from negative feelings?’
• ‘had serious conflict with your parents, brother(s) or sister(s) because of your social media use?’

In the visualisation below:

• The tab ‘All Experiences’ compares the various experiences by selecting a response from the drop down list on the right.
• Check or uncheck any items in the legend to filter/highlight the data
• Hover over the chart to see a pop-up with further information
• Clicking within the chart will also highlight data; use ctrl & click to highlight multiple data
• Click the icons at the bottom of the visual to:~
   reset (return the visual to the default setting)
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