ERIC Number: EJ1136353
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Adolescents' Social Networks: Exploring Different Patterns of Socio-Digital Participation
Li, Shupin; Hietajärvi, Lauri; Palonen, Tuire; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Hakkarainen, Kai
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v61 n3 p255-274 2017
The purpose of the study was to assess adolescents' participation in various socio-digital activities by using a self-report questionnaire, a social networking questionnaire, and interviews. The participants (n = 253) were grade 6-9 students from a multicultural lower-secondary school in Finland. Three profiles of socio-digital participation were identified: friendship oriented "basic participators" (n = 161), "gaming-oriented participators" (n = 61), and "creative participators" (n = 31) intensively engaged in diverse socio-digital practices. The analyses revealed systematic differences in social networking relations as a function of adolescents' social-digital participation profile and gender. The reciprocal values in hanging out, liking, and media multiplexity were highest for creative participators, whereas gaming-oriented participators were less socially active than their peers. The socio-digital expertise of creative participators was socially recognized by a larger group of peers than that of the other groups. The study produces methodological tools suitable for collecting systematic longitudinal data of socio-digital practices of larger groups of adolescents in future.
Descriptors: Social Networks, Questionnaires, Friendship, Gender Differences, Creativity, Longitudinal Studies, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Profiles, Case Studies, Computer Games, Statistical Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Semi Structured Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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