Social media platforms: A digital public square for distilling bigotry?
Main Author: | Trindade, Luiz Valerio dde Paula |
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Format: | info Lainnya |
Bahasa: | eng |
Terbitan: |
, 2018
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Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3519652 |
Daftar Isi:
- The different social media platforms (e.g.: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.) have become a ubiquitous presence in people’s lives across the globe, including youngsters aged 13‐17 years. Facebook is currently the world’s prominent social media platform, and amongst its 1.8+ billion users, 172 million encompasses this cohort of young people. In the UK, 59.3% of the country’s population are active users of social media platforms spending an average of 213 hours per day connected to them. Within this group, 1.8 million users comprise young people aged 13‐17 and 55.6% of them are girls.