探索加拿大儿童的社交媒体使用、数字素养与生活质量：试点横断面调查研究

Exploring Canadian Children's Social Media Use, Digital Literacy, and Quality of Life: Pilot Cross-sectional Survey Study.

作者信息

Donelle Lorie, Facca Danica, Burke Shauna, Hiebert Bradley, Bender Emma, Ling Stephen

机构信息

Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.

School of Health Studies, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.

出版信息

JMIR Form Res. 2021 May 26;5(5):e18771. doi: 10.2196/18771.

DOI:10.2196/18771

PMID:34037525

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8190642/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Understanding social media use and digital literacy among young Canadian children is an increasing area of concern, given the importance of digital inclusion for full and informed participation in evolving educational, civic, corporate, social, and economic spaces.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to explore internet and social media knowledge as well as social media use among Canadian children aged between 6 and 10 years.

METHODS

We conducted interview surveys with 42 children aged between 6 and 10 years who participated in an after-school health promotion program in an urban community in Southwestern Ontario to understand their digital literacy skills and social media use. The data were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

RESULTS

Of the 42 children who participated in this study, 24 (57%) reported that they used social media, specifically YouTube (19/24, 79% reported use), Snapchat (16/24, 67% reported use), and Facebook (8/24, 33% reported use). While using social media, children reported sharing personal information, including videos or pictures of themselves (12/24, 50%), videos or pictures of others (8/24, 33%), and their birthday (12/24, 50%), whereas only one-third (9/24, 38%) of the children believed that only close family and friends had access to the content they shared. When reporting on the quality of life in the context of using social media, most (17/24, 71%) children never felt sad, half (12/24, 50%) never had difficulty making new friends, and nearly one-third (7/24, 30%) indicated that they never had difficulty wanting to play outside.

CONCLUSIONS

Owing to the rapidly evolving uptake and use of social media among young Canadians, the implementation of childhood digital health literacy education is vital to best support digital inclusion and well-being in Canada. The findings of our study highlight the need for future research to understand where children receive their digital literacy knowledge from and whether this knowledge is gained through self-directed social media use or observation from other actors, such as parents, siblings, or friends.

摘要

背景

鉴于数字包容对于充分且明智地参与不断发展的教育、公民、企业、社会和经济领域至关重要，了解加拿大幼儿的社交媒体使用情况和数字素养成为一个日益受到关注的领域。

目的

本研究旨在探讨6至10岁加拿大儿童的互联网和社交媒体知识以及社交媒体使用情况。

方法

我们对42名6至10岁的儿童进行了访谈调查，这些儿童参与了安大略省西南部一个城市社区的课外健康促进项目，以了解他们的数字素养技能和社交媒体使用情况。数据采用定量和定性方法进行分析。

结果

在参与本研究的42名儿童中，24名（57%）报告称他们使用社交媒体，具体而言，YouTube（19/24，79%报告使用）、Snapchat（16/24，67%报告使用）和Facebook（8/24，33%报告使用）。在使用社交媒体时，孩子们报告分享个人信息，包括自己的视频或照片（12/24，50%）、他人的视频或照片（8/24，33%）以及他们的生日（12/24，50%），而只有三分之一（9/24，38%）的儿童认为只有亲密的家人和朋友才能访问他们分享的内容。当报告在使用社交媒体背景下的生活质量时，大多数（17/24，71%）儿童从未感到悲伤，一半（12/24，50%）儿童在结交新朋友方面从未遇到困难，近三分之一（7/24，30%）表示他们在想要出去玩方面从未遇到困难。