Purboningsih Eka Riyanti, Massar Karlijn, Hinduan Zahrotur Rusyda, Agustiani Hendriati, Ruiter Robert A C, Verduyn Philippe
Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia.
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jan 5;13:985112. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.985112. eCollection 2022.
Social media are popular among adolescents worldwide, including the global South. The way adolescents use social media is influenced by their own perception of social media but also by how their parents use and perceive social media. This study aims to understand how Indonesian young adolescents (12-15 years old) and parents of adolescents use and perceive social media. For this purpose, we conducted eight focus group discussions and eight semi-structured interviews with 30 Indonesian adolescents and 15 Indonesian parents. Thematic analysis of the qualitative data reveals that both adolescents and parents use social media for social, practical, and pleasure activities. Most adolescents mention that they consider themselves skilled in using social media, while parents consider themselves less skilled. Both adolescents and parents mention that social media offer benefits for adolescents, including emotional, social, and practical benefits. However, adolescents and parents also mention the risks of social media use for adolescents, including social, emotional, and informational risks, as well as the displacement of more meaningful activities. As such, both adolescents and parents do not perceive social media as inherently good or bad but rather as a novel medium that offers benefits for adolescents but also involves several risks to be considered by parents and other relevant stakeholders. This study adds to our understanding of social media use in the global South and offers a theoretical basis for future studies on the impact of adolescents' social media usage on wellbeing in an Indonesian context. However, future research is necessary to depict possible differences in social media use between Indonesia and other countries in the global South.
社交媒体在全球青少年中都很受欢迎，包括南半球国家。青少年使用社交媒体的方式不仅受他们自身对社交媒体的认知影响，还受其父母使用和认知社交媒体方式的影响。本研究旨在了解印度尼西亚青少年（12 - 15岁）及其父母如何使用和认知社交媒体。为此，我们对30名印度尼西亚青少年和15名印度尼西亚父母进行了八次焦点小组讨论和八次半结构化访谈。对定性数据的主题分析表明，青少年和父母都将社交媒体用于社交、实用和娱乐活动。大多数青少年表示他们认为自己擅长使用社交媒体，而父母则认为自己不太擅长。青少年和父母都提到社交媒体为青少年带来了好处，包括情感、社交和实用方面的好处。然而，青少年和父母也提到了青少年使用社交媒体的风险，包括社交、情感和信息风险，以及更有意义活动的被取代。因此，青少年和父母都不认为社交媒体本质上是好是坏，而是将其视为一种新颖的媒介，它为青少年带来好处，但也涉及父母和其他相关利益者需要考虑的若干风险。本研究增进了我们对南半球国家社交媒体使用情况的理解，并为未来研究印度尼西亚背景下青少年社交媒体使用对幸福感的影响提供了理论基础。然而，未来有必要开展研究，以描绘印度尼西亚与南半球其他国家在社交媒体使用方面可能存在的差异。
