The Use of Social Media by Urban Adolescents in Java: Descriptive Study

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10.2991/assehr.k.201209.088How to use a DOI?

Keywords

use of social media, Social Networking Activity Intensity Scale, adolescence in Java Island

Abstract

The use of social media has become inseparable in daily life, as is the case for adolescents specifically in urban areas. Therefore, this research is planned to be carried out in the context of teenage students, especially in Jakarta as an urban area. Adolescents who are the subjects in this study complete a survey that provides data on ecological contexts related to themselves, include with age, gender and education level as part of demographic potential data. The analysis in this study was conducted using descriptive statistics. This research was conducted in August to December 2019 in several secondary schools in several cities in Java. Research instruments include: informed consent, measurement scale which is part of the assessment regarding the use of social media by adolescents who are in the age range of 11 to 19 years. The research instrument used is the Social Networking Activity Intensity Scale, which has been tested for reliability and validity. The number of samples included in the analysis was 2038 participants. The findings of the study that there are differences in the use of social media in adolescents, girls more often use social media than boys. However, there is no difference in the use of social media by junior and senior high school students.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Pamela Hendra Heng
AU  - Rahmah Hastuti
AU  - Naomi Soetikno
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/12
TI  - The Use of Social Media by Urban Adolescents in Java: Descriptive Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 572
EP  - 579
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201209.088
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201209.088
ID  - Heng2020
ER  -