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The document presents insights from a group discussion on social media usage among participants, highlighting the platforms they use, the age they started, and their motivations for joining. Participants spend an average of 2-4 hours daily on social media, primarily for entertainment, communication, and sharing personal interests, while also expressing concerns about its impact on mental health and societal norms. The discussion concludes with reflections on the evolving role of social media, its addictive nature, and the importance of responsible usage and parental guidance.

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Section 2 Set 1

The document presents insights from a group discussion on social media usage among participants, highlighting the platforms they use, the age they started, and their motivations for joining. Participants spend an average of 2-4 hours daily on social media, primarily for entertainment, communication, and sharing personal interests, while also expressing concerns about its impact on mental health and societal norms. The discussion concludes with reflections on the evolving role of social media, its addictive nature, and the importance of responsible usage and parental guidance.

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SECTION 2

General assessment questions:


Who here uses social media— 8/8

Can you tell me what social media platforms you use?


Snapchat- 6/8
Instagram- 8/8
Tik Tok- 8/8
Twitter- 1/8

Can you recall how old you were when you first started using social media?
Snapchat- 6th Grade, 15, 13, 14 ,12, 11
Tik Tok – 15, 14, 15, 13, 14
Insta- 14, 16, 14, 12, 12

Why did you start?


- Friends had it - 2x
- Wasn’t allowed until high school
- Felt left out
- Other people were posting
- Friends posting
- Wanted to get in on it

Activity on Social Media


Give me an estimate of how much time you spend on social media in a day?
1. 3 hrs,
2. 2-3 hrs
3. 3-4 hrs
4. 2-4 hrs
5. 3-4, 5-6 weekends
Weekends are much more
First Phone age
1. 6 th
2. 8th
3. 8th
4. 6th
5. 8th
6. 6th
7. 2x I pod- 5th,
8. 6th

What type of content do you look for or view on social media?


TIK TOK –
- Fyp – 3x
- clothing
- baking
- learning

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INSTAGRAM
- informational things
- financial
- scrolling - 3x,
- reels
- sending friends memes
Listening to Music
Communicating with friends

Social media is often used for entertainment. Does anyone use it for purposes
other than entertainment?
1. Talk to family – from Nigeria and Uk
2. International apps
3. Communication
4. Android users can’t use Facetime so using Instagram
5. Baking business- Advertisement

How do you portray yourself on social media?


- Don’t share much personal
- Traveling pics
- To update friends on what they are doing
- For fun, not content
- Posting friends
- Stuff that interests them
- Multiple accounts, one for more ppl one for personal
- Posting for self-enjoyment
- Sharing news about sports games
- Sharing favorite songs, little things to share personality for connection

Why don’t you post much?


1. People don’t need to know every second of our business, Especially people
she doesn’t know
2. A shy person, doesn’t need to share
3. Private stories, friends only

Have you ever deactivated your social media or taken an extended break?
1- Realizing all other hobbies offline, reading , outside, can get jealous of
others , tik tok ban, social media is never that deep
2- Deleted tik tok occasionally , too much screen time, learn how to manage
without it

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3- Gets so boring, tired of scrolling, make a busy schedule to avoid phone
usage
4- Realization of spending too much time instead of doing school work

Was there a noticeable difference in how your day played out?


1. feels better to not be attached on the phone, hobbies , stepping back
from social media and eye opening of how much time actually spent
2. kept trying to open app even when deleted.
3. wasn’t kept up with the trends , felt separated
4. More aware of what going on

Opinions on Social Media


There’s research on the benefits of social media and the harm caused by it.
What are your thoughts on this topic?
- Should be age requirements 2x
- Content isn’t appropriate
- Bad language being absorbed
- There’s benefits for communication and connection, although harmful
things are prevalent
- When we were younger, social media wasn’t as graphic and inappropriate
- Now, bad things are more normalized and exposure to these things affects
childhood
- Cyberbullying
- Great way to connect if not near
- Seeing affect on younger brother
- Since covid, technology is pushed heavy, impacting younger children
- Reflecting on how it changes someone
- Wishing social media was less relevant
- Younger kids much more addicted now
- Extremely addictive, hard to stop
- Affecting face to face conversations
- The responsibility lies in the parents to add guidelines
- Kids wanna grow up quicker, durastic difference from kids today
- Dont seem like they even have a childhood
-

[Mental health is often mentioned when discussing social media. Why do you
think that is?
- Social media covers it up too much
- you don’t realize until it gets bad
- Everyone seems to ignore
- Stress isn’t enough because of how much people just scroll through
- With social media is worse than without
- Comparing body image
- Comparing achievements
- Wanting what others have

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- Can be very draining
- Easy to fake success
- Cyberbullying
- Younger people trying to act wayyy older
- Falls how things are tailored to you
- If u are looking at bad things, algorithm will keep it up
- Hard to change
-

How, if at all, has your view of social media changed over time?
Have you had any experiences where social media has influenced how you think
about yourself? Can you tell me more about that?

- Viewing past relationships, past friendships


- Looking for the like or view from that validation from that person
- Influencers you are watching, creating false relationships you crave
without them even knowing
- Comparing looks, desire to be better even though pics might not even be
real
- Editing is real and creating a want for something false
- Self-confidence decreases

What role do you see social media playing in our society moving forward?
- Same way if not bigger
- News outlets on social media produce information
- Using it is their way of work
- AI
- More platforms will be created
- More tech, more understanding
- No way to remove, the weight of participants will make it impossible to
end
- Used to have to get information from paper or tv, now its social media
- Negative aspects will also continue to grow
Final thoughts?
Everyone has their own life
As long as you are kind and respectful of posting, then see no problem
Kinda wild to see just how much is on social media. Less paper more technology.
Original ways are left in the dust.

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