Young People and Social Networks: Between the Democratization of Knowledge and Digital Inequality

Autor/inn/en	Andrade-Vargas, Lucy; Iriarte-Solano, Margoth; Rivera-Rogel, Diana; Yunga-Godoy, Deisi
Titel	Young People and Social Networks: Between the Democratization of Knowledge and Digital Inequality
Quelle	In: Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 29 (2021) 69, S.79-89 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Andrade-Vargas, Lucy) ORCID (Iriarte-Solano, Margoth) ORCID (Rivera-Rogel, Diana) ORCID (Yunga-Godoy, Deisi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1134-3478
Schlagwörter	Social Networks; Democracy; Access to Information; Social Media; Internet; Social Differences; High School Students; Foreign Countries; Ecuador + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Demokratie; Soziale Medien; Sozialer Unterschied; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland
Abstract	The growing access to the Internet, devices, and social media has revolutionized communication processes and democratized access to information and content creation. However, several researchers have shown that although access to the Internet is readily available, the virtual world is a mirror of the society in which we live where digital inequity exists. Several studies present evidence that social status does not affect the presence of social network users, but it does affect the way it is used and content creation, although it concerns studies that were mostly carried out in European and North American contexts. This research explores the socioeconomic profile of young people concerning the consumption and creation of content, and the virtual world of adolescents related to social inequalities found in the real world. This study followed an exploratory quantitative design by means of a survey that was applied to 2,115 high-school students from high-performing educational institutions in Ecuador. The results highlight three units of analysis: (1) reasons for using the platform (2) time of consumption (3) type of content that young people create. In line with previous studies, it points out how the socioeconomic environment has an effect on how young people use social networks. Similarly, it shows an increase in the democratization of content creation processes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01