概括
社会工作学生经常使用社交媒体,但对其对民主和数据隐私的风险的认识正在下降. 他们更关心他人.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 数字社会学 数字社会学
背景情况:
- 社交媒体的普遍影响需要了解其对各种人口统计学的影响.
- 以前的研究表明,社交媒体使用与用户对其社会影响的认识之间存在复杂的关系.
- 不断变化的数字环境需要持续监测用户的态度和知识,特别是未来的专业人士.
研究的目的:
- 在五年时间内分析社会工作学生社交媒体使用,态度和知识的趋势.
- 识别关于社交媒体对民主进程,数据隐私和执法的影响的观念转变.
- 探索学生对自己与他人社交媒体行为和数据保护的担忧.
主要方法:
- 在2018年秋至2023年春之间进行了四项横截面调查研究.
- 参与者包括社会工作的学生,样本大小从N=57到N=430.
- 数据收集的重点是社交媒体的使用模式,对隐私和虚假信息的态度以及对社交媒体对社会影响的知识.
主要成果:
- 在学生中观察到持续和广泛的社交媒体使用.
- 研究人员发现,关于社交媒体在破坏民主进程中的作用的知识显著下降.
- 学生对个人数据保护的关注减少,对执法机关访问社交媒体数据的接受度增加.
- 关于虚假信息在社交媒体上是一个问题的共识减少了,与对其积极的社会影响的矛盾相伴.
- 据报道,学生感到无法删除他们的帐户的人数显著增加,尽管他们希望这样做.
结论:
- 社会工作专业的学生表现出高度的社交媒体参与度,但对其风险的批判意识有着令人担忧的下降.
- 调查结果强调需要加强数字素养教育,重点关注数据隐私,错误信息和民主影响.
- 提供了建议,以解决这些趋势,并促进未来社会工作专业人员对社交媒体的负责任参与.
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