The 21st century has been full of technological advances. One of the most relevant has been social media. Such applications can put younger users in potentially dangerous situations if not used in an age-appropriate manner. For this study, we asked 250 adolescents (50% girls) between 12 and 16 years of age to report on their experiences with these kinds of applications. Between 86-98% of the 12- to 15-year-olds, and the entirety of the 16-year-old sample, use social networks. On average, the adolescents use social media between 4-7 hours per week. WhatsApp (≈99%), TikTok (80%) and Instagram (≈76%) were the most used social media apps. Regarding flirting apps, at such young ages, already 4% reported using them. The data show that adolescents...
Virtual sociability affords teenagers unlimited possibilities when building relationships with their...
Adolescence and young people are a group of risk before the use that they do of the Comunication and...
RESUMEN Diferentes estudios y datos recientes constatan el incremento de usuarios de Instagram como...
The aim of this article is to study in depth the changes taking place in the habits of adolescents u...
Social networks and dating apps base their success on a series of algorithms which, together with th...
Profundizar en los cambios que se están perfilando en los hábitos on-line de los adolescentes, en pa...
A striking increase in the use of new information and communication technology has come about in rec...
The present descriptive study, quantitative, non-experimental, discusses the use of the mobile, text...
Internet se ha convertido en protagonista de nuestras comunicaciones sociales. Los adolescentes han ...
The majority of all Spanish youths aged 12 17 use online social networking sites (internet and mobi...
El siglo XXI ha venido cargado de avances tecnológicos. Uno de los más relevantes han sido las redes...
Over the past decade technology has become embedded in the lives of adolescents. Youth are heavy use...
Este articulo presenta los resultados de un estudio cuyo objetivo fundamental es conocer la presenci...
Social networks have become areas of social interaction among young people where they create a profi...
This paper shows the results of the main aim of this study; it was to know the presence that the tec...
Virtual sociability affords teenagers unlimited possibilities when building relationships with their...
Adolescence and young people are a group of risk before the use that they do of the Comunication and...
RESUMEN Diferentes estudios y datos recientes constatan el incremento de usuarios de Instagram como...
The aim of this article is to study in depth the changes taking place in the habits of adolescents u...
Social networks and dating apps base their success on a series of algorithms which, together with th...
Profundizar en los cambios que se están perfilando en los hábitos on-line de los adolescentes, en pa...
A striking increase in the use of new information and communication technology has come about in rec...
The present descriptive study, quantitative, non-experimental, discusses the use of the mobile, text...
Internet se ha convertido en protagonista de nuestras comunicaciones sociales. Los adolescentes han ...
The majority of all Spanish youths aged 12 17 use online social networking sites (internet and mobi...
El siglo XXI ha venido cargado de avances tecnológicos. Uno de los más relevantes han sido las redes...
Over the past decade technology has become embedded in the lives of adolescents. Youth are heavy use...
Este articulo presenta los resultados de un estudio cuyo objetivo fundamental es conocer la presenci...
Social networks have become areas of social interaction among young people where they create a profi...
This paper shows the results of the main aim of this study; it was to know the presence that the tec...
Virtual sociability affords teenagers unlimited possibilities when building relationships with their...
Adolescence and young people are a group of risk before the use that they do of the Comunication and...
RESUMEN Diferentes estudios y datos recientes constatan el incremento de usuarios de Instagram como...