Social Media
Research: Teenagers (15-18 years old)
by Stroumpouli Konstantina, Tsamita Marilena, Tzachristou Eleftheria, Xristantoni Evi
What is social media?
Social media is a collective term for websites and applications that focus on communication, community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration.
Social media platforms popular among young people including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat and TikTok etc.
People use social media to stay in touch and interact with friends, family and various communities. Businesses use social applications to market and promote their products and track customer concerns.
We had asked 30 students between 15 – 18 years old from our school (1rst model high school) and we would like to present to us the results of our research.
The most usual social media:
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Instagram is the most popular social media platform.
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Info: More than 1.15 billion people actively use Instagram every month
Average time spend Daily on social media:
Why do teenagers use social media?
Social Media Affects Your Life:
Is social media beneficial for you?
It is known that using social media can have benefits for teens’ mental health, but only if they use it in the right way.Teens believe that the negative aspects of social media far outweigh the positive one for numerous reasons.They believe that they spent their time just chatting with their friends and posting videos or photos.This situation affects both their school life and their relationship with their families.
