University of Connecticut School of Social Work, Hartford, Connecticut.
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York City, New York.
J Community Psychol. 2021 Apr;49(3):806-821. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22363. Epub 2020 Apr 17.
Emerging qualitative work documents that social media conflict sometimes results in violence in impoverished urban neighborhoods. Not all experiences of social media conflict lead to violence, however, and youth ostensibly use a variety of techniques to avoid violent outcomes. Little research has explored the daily violence prevention strategies youth use on social media, an important gap given the omnipresence of social media in youth culture. This paper examines youth strategies and factors that avoid violence resulting from social media conflict.
Four focus groups with 41 teenagers of color solicited strategies to prevent violence resulting from social media conflict. Three coders analyzed data in Dedoose, guided by systematic textual coding using a multi-step thematic analysis.
Four approaches emerged to avoiding violence from social media conflict: avoid, de-escalate, reach out for help, and bystander intervention.
Our findings position youth as key players in efforts to prevent violence from resulting from social media conflict.
新出现的定性研究工作文件表明，社交媒体冲突有时会导致贫困城市社区发生暴力事件。然而，并非所有社交媒体冲突的经历都会导致暴力，青年显然会使用各种技术来避免暴力结果。很少有研究探讨青年在社交媒体上使用的日常暴力预防策略，鉴于社交媒体在青年文化中的普遍存在，这是一个重要的空白。本文探讨了青年在社交媒体冲突中避免暴力的策略和因素。
通过 41 名有色人种青少年的 4 个焦点小组，征求了预防社交媒体冲突导致暴力的策略。三名编解码器在 Dedoose 中使用系统文本编码和多步骤主题分析对数据进行了分析。
避免社交媒体冲突导致暴力的方法有四种：回避、缓和、寻求帮助和旁观者干预。
我们的研究结果将青年定位为预防社交媒体冲突导致暴力的重要参与者。
