Teenage Users Research Articles

“Person-I” or “Person-E”: A Study on the Difference of Self-Disclosure between Adolescents in Virtual and Realistic Situations from the Perspective of MBTI Personality Test

Recently, teenage users on social media have been keen to evaluate their personality through the MBTI personality test, so as to further understand themselves in the choice of “person-I” or “person-E”. However, in virtual and realistic situations, there are differences in self-disclosure of different teenage users, which need to be analyzed by empirical research. In addition to sorting out adolescents’ differences in the self-disclosure in virtual and realistic situations through questionnaire surveys and interviews, this study also completes an in-depth study on the differences of self-disclosure on the basis of data analysis and content analysis. Moreover, according to examples of the main types of MBTI personality tests, this paper discusses the causes of self-disclosure differences in multiple dimensions such as extroversion and introversion. The research will help deepen the understanding of individual self-disclosure differences among adolescents.

Perbedaan Perbandingan Sosial pada Remaja Pengguna Instagram dan TikTok

This research aims to see differences in social comparisons among teenage users of Instagram and TikTok. This research uses a quantitative approach in its methodology. Sampling in this study used a purposive sampling method. The sample in this study was 340, consisting of 170 teenage Instagram users and 170 teenage TikTok users. This research uses a scale compiled by Gibbons & Buunk, (1999), namely the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) using the dimensions proposed by Festinger, (1954) which are found in Gina's (2019) research, namely ability and opinion. The analysis results use the Independent Sample T-test and the Mann Whitney test as alternatives, because the data distribution is not normal. The results of the research showed that there was no difference in social comparison between teenage Instagram users and teenage TikTok users.

The Impact of Similarity Fusion based Travel Interest Point Recommendation Algorithm in Youth Users’ Study Tours

Study tours for adolescent users are somewhat contemporary and traditional methods, such as questionnaires cannot meet their psychological expectations. To bring a better experience to teenagers’ study tour, a Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) theme model was used to mine teenage users and their interest points, and then the similarity between LDA and the check-in matrix was calculated and fused. Based on this, an RT-CNN model was built for deep feature extraction of review information, and point-of-interest recommendation was performed by fusing similarity, check-in behavior, and geographic location. The RT-CNN model had an accuracy of 92.7%, a recall of 87.1%, a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) value of 4.2%, a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of 4.8%, and F1 values of 89.2% and 88.7% in the two datasets. The new model in this experiment has high accuracy in making interest point recommendations and has a good overall performance.

Causal Factors of Acceptance Smart Home Technology System Among Adolescents in Zhengzhou, Henan

Objective: This study aims to investigate the factors influencing the behavioral habits of adolescent users regarding the use of smart home products. Theoretical Framework: Smart homes represent an innovative integration of electronic devices within a private home environment, utilizing technologies such as the Internet of Things, automatic control, and network communications to enhance efficiency, energy conservation, and security. This study is grounded in the theoretical framework of technology acceptance models and behavioral intentions to understand the adoption of smart home technology systems among adolescents. Method: Qualitative research was conducted using a structured questionnaire to collect data from 390 users in Zhengzhou, Henan. The data were filtered to eliminate outliers. Descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling were employed to determine the style and scale of smart home product design and the relationship between user attitudes and usage behavior. Results and Conclusion: The study found a direct and positive relationship between smart home product attitudes and teenage users' behavioral intentions. Additionally, it revealed that user personal capabilities significantly predict the actual adoption of smart home technology systems among adolescents. The findings provide valuable insights for designing smart home technology systems and products tailored to adolescent users in Zhengzhou, Henan, contributing to the advancement of management practices in the field of smart home technology. Originality/Value: This study contributes to the advancement of science in the field of smart home technology by revealing causal factors influencing the acceptance of smart home technology systems among adolescents in Zhengzhou, Henan.

The Investigation of Relationship Between Social Media Use and Mental Health

One of the topics of contemporary study is the effect of social networks on teenagers. Researchers have not made much progress in this kind of research. With the widespread use of social media, the impact experienced by teenage users has become increasingly significant. Teenagers' mental health is impacted, which makes them less eager to connect effectively with family and friends and causes them to spend the majority of their time on social networks nearly every day. The connection between internet users and teens is the subject of this article's study. This study used a questionnaire with random responses from teens of various ages as its research approach. Then the data after the teenagers answered the questionnaire were analyzed. Obvious results can be obtained from this. Social media can harm teenagers’ psychology and quality of life. In both charts, it can be observed that the older teenagers get, the more addicted they are to social media. And will do whatever it takes to complete the amount of social media usage every day. Parents and friends ignore it for the sake of activity on social media. These bad behaviors may stem from their sense of boredom and disappointment in real life, so they try to seek psychological satisfaction and escapism through social media. This mental shift can lead to further worsening of the problem.

Social Comparison and Body Image in Teenage Users of the TikTok App.

The TikTok app is one of the video-based social media platforms that is currently trending and commonly used by teenagers. The data about teenage users of the TikTok app are limited. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of TikTok app use among teenagers in Saudi Arabia and to investigate the association between TikTok app use and the social comparison and the body image of the study population. Further, to explore the potential associations between the social comparison and the body image of the TikTok app users and their different characteristics. This cross-sectionalsurvey study was conducted all over Saudi Arabia. The study included male and female teenagers, aged 12-19 years. The researchers used a structured, self-administered questionnaire to collect data, and it was disseminated using different social media platforms. The social comparison was measured using the questionnaire of the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure, and the body image was measured using the Measurement of the Body Image Scale. The data were analyzed using the SPSS software version 26 (Chicago, IL: SSPS Inc.). Continuous variables were compared using the Student's t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, or Kruskal-Wallis tests, whereas categorical variables were compared using the Chi-square or Fisher's exact tests as appropriate. Spearman'srank correlation was applied to investigate the association between body image and social comparison scores among TikTok app users and non-users. This study included 384 Saudi teenagers. Females (n=260) outnumbered males (n=124) (67.7% and 32.3%, respectively), and the mean of their age was 16.3±2.0 years. The researchers found a high prevalence (343/384, 89.3%) of TikTok app use among the studied teenagers. There was a significantly high median of the social comparison score among the TikTok app users (33.0, IQR: 28.0-38.0) compared to the non-users (28.0, IQR: 26.0-34.0), p=0.005. TikTok app users also showed a significantly lower median body image score (64.0, IQR: 54.0-72.0) in comparison to the non-users (67.0, IQR: 58.0-73.0), p=0.037. The correlation between social comparison and body image among teenagers using TikTok showed a negative relationship, but it was not significant (p=0.110). However, a significant negative weak relationship was found between body image and comparison of abilities (rs coefficient=-0.113, p=0.037). The findings of the current study indicate a high prevalence of TikTok use among teenagers in Saudi Arabia. The use of TikTok was associated with a high social comparison and a negative body image, with more than half of the users expressing a negative body image. Comparison of abilities was associated with an increased level of body dissatisfaction. These findings emphasize the need for the development and implementation of public health policies and awareness programs to promote body acceptance, especially for young people across the country. Future studies should focus on the long-term impact of TikTok use on psychological health.

The Influence of Social Network Sites on Consumer Psychology --- A study on Bilibili Users

This paper aims to explore the influence of social network sites (SNSs) on consumer psychology, focusing on Bilibili users. Nowadays, technology giant companies continuously developed SNSs, whether they are applications or social media websites. They have made a huge difference in peoples normal lives, especially those teenage users. However, these constant changes are having a significant effect on peoples consumption behavior---how they think when it comes to purchasing or how they would react when facing a brand-new product. These effects are what the paper mainly focuses on to research. To achieve this goal, a survey was conducted on a sample of 100 users of Bilibili. The survey results were analyzed to determine the influence of SNSs on consumer psychology. The results showed that Bilibili users were affected by SNSs in terms of their social media consumption behavior, attitude toward consumption, and consumption motivation. It was also found that the influence varied with different types of users and different types of consumption activities. The findings of this study provide useful insights into the relationship between SNSs and consumer psychology. Besides, it also suggests that SNS can be used as an effective tool for marketers to influence consumer behavior and attitudes to promote goods.

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The Influence of TikTok on the Establishment of Adolescent Self-esteem

Nowadays, TikTok is getting popular over the world. By June 2021, China has 1.164 billion Internet users. Mobile video users in China are as high as 97.7%. In these people, teenagers are the primary users. This article explained the relationships between TikTok and the establishment of adolescent self-esteem through prior research papers in this field. This article can supplement the research on teenagers’ mentality. This article finds that TikTok has a negative on the establishment of adolescent self-esteem, which influences their growth and health. Besides, this article predicts the future tendency of this relationship. The author suggests that society and parents should focus more on teenage users in TikTok, helping teenagers to build a healthy mentality.

Can hedonic technology use drive sexism in youth? Reconsidering the cultivation and objectification perspectives

ABSTRACT The information systems (IS) literature has examined sexism and gender inequality issues primarily in the context of the IS workforce. I suggest that we should extend this perspective by emphasising the role of technologies in promoting sexist attitudes in youth. A review of the literature suggests that hedonic technologies, such as videogames, video streaming and social media sites, have been often portrayed as delivering sexist content, and through cultivation, producing sexist attitudes and behaviours. Here, I build on cultivation, objectification, and ambivalent sexism theories, and hypothesise that (1) such effects exist in teenage users of videogames, video streaming services and social media, and that (2) such effects are more pronounced in males. Findings based on two secondary, large nationally representative datasets (n1 = 3,300, n2 = 3,946) of high school seniors do not, for the most part, support the hypotheses. The persistent non-significant and sometimes opposite to expectation findings are very informative, because they demonstrate that the overall role of modern hedonic technologies in driving sexism in teenagers may be limited or even positive, despite claims in popular media and findings of prior lab-based research. This is because the use time of videogames was only weakly associated with sexist attitudes and use time of social media and streaming services was associated with reduced sexist attitudes. The findings make first strides toward understanding the topic of IS content delivery and sexism and pave the way for more IS research on this important topic.

Impact of Wattpad Reading on Filipino Junior High School’s Reading Habit and Social Values

The present study investigated the teenage learner’s perceptions of the impact of Wattpad reading on their lives. A total of 120 Filipino junior high school students participated in a qualitative survey of their perceptions of Wattpad reading influence on their reading habit and values. Data showed that Wattpad as a reading platform, has positively influenced the reading habit and values of the teenage users. Undeniably, a good number of the participants have gained maturity, self-reflection, motivation, creative imagination and love of reading from consistent Wattpad engagement. Still, there are negative effects for those who have developed addiction to reading such as (1) development of an irritable temperament, (2) reduced interest in socializing with loved ones and friends, (3) mismanagement of time, (4) disregard for health and (5) profanity. Despite the disadvantages, the academe could capitalize on students’ natural interest for Wattpad. This study recommends that Wattpad be used in the classroom in developing the reading habits, reflection and writing skills of students while strengthening their sense of maturity, open-mindedness and empathy; thus be a valuable addition to the teachers’ arsenal of teaching and learning tools especially in these challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

Social Robot Co-Design Canvases: A Participatory Design Framework

Design teams of social robots are often multidisciplinary, due to the broad knowledge from different scientific domains needed to develop such complex technology. However, tools to facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration are scarce. We introduce a framework for the participatory design of social robots and corresponding canvas tool for participatory design. The canvases can be applied in different parts of the design process to facilitate collaboration between experts of different fields, as well as to incorporate prospective users of the robot into the design process. We investigate the usability of the proposed canvases with two social robot design case studies: a robot that played games online with teenage users and a librarian robot that guided users at a public library. We observe through participants’ feedback that the canvases have the advantages of (1) providing structure, clarity, and a clear process to the design; (2) encouraging designers and users to share their viewpoints to progress toward a shared one; and (3) providing an educational and enjoyable design experience for the teams.

What is inside the mind of teenagers on Instagram

Instagram is one of the most used social media with 45 million active users on each month. In Indonesia, the highest number of internet users is between the age of 13-34 years old. It shows that most of the new internet users are young people. In this research, we create a topic model for the Instagram caption of teenager users in Surabaya, Indonesia, using latent dirichlet allocation (LDA) method. By using pen and paper questionnaire, we collected total number of Instagram 494 valid accounts with 4,664 captions. The data were collected from January 2014 to June 2017. The process of modelling using LDA was performed by experimenting with a set of number of topics: 2, 3, 4 and 5. The two topics were selected because it has a small value of perplexity, which indicates that the model has a good level of conformity. The two topics represents two categories: 'school' and 'relationship'. It was found that the topic model was dominated by the 'relationship' category.

How Youtube Beauty Vlogger Review, Self Congruity and Price Perception Influence Impulse Buying and the Impact On Repurchase Intention (Case Study at Teenager Users of Emina Cosmetics In Surabaya)

This study aims to analyze the influence and significance of YouTube beauty vlogger review, self congruity and price perception to impulse buying as well as their impact on the repurchase intention of young girls using Emina cosmetics in Surabaya. This research was using a quantitative method. The research data are primary data obtained from a sample of 100 young girls of Emina cosmetics users in Surabaya as the respondents. Data collected from online questionnaires and then analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) which processed by SmartPLS 3 version 3.6.8 software. The result of this research indicated that YouTube beauty vlogger review did not have a significant impact on impulse buying and repurchase intention. While the self-congruity and price perception significantly affected impulse buying and repurchase intention. Therefore, Emina should be focusing to strengthen its brand identity and maintain the affordability of their product rather than collaborating with beauty vlogger as their promotion strategy.

How Youtube Beauty Vlogger Review, Self Congruity and Price Perception Influence Impulse Buying and the Impact On Repurchase Intention (Case Study at Teenager Users of Emina Cosmetics In Surabaya)

This study aims to analyze the influence and significance of YouTube beauty vlogger review, self congruity and price perception to impulse buying as well as their impact on the repurchase intention of young girls using Emina cosmetics in Surabaya. This research was using a quantitative method. The research data are primary data obtained from a sample of 100 young girls of Emina cosmetics users in Surabaya as the respondents. Data collected from online questionnaires and then analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) which processed by SmartPLS 3 version 3.6.8 software. The result of this research indicated that YouTube beauty vlogger review did not have a significant impact on impulse buying and repurchase intention. While the self-congruity and price perception significantly affected impulse buying and repurchase intention. Therefore, Emina should be focusing to strengthen its brand identity and maintain the affordability of their product rather than collaborating with beauty vlogger as their promotion strategy.

Tobacco Use Trajectories in Young Adults: Analyses of Predictors Across Systems Levels.

Research is needed to examine trajectories of tobacco use beyond cigarette smoking, particularly during emerging middle young adulthood, and to identify distinct multilevel influences of use trajectories. We examined (1) tobacco use trajectories over a 2-year period among 2592 young adult college students in a longitudinal cohort study and (2) predictors of these trajectories using variables from a socioecological framework, including intrapersonal-level factors (eg, sociodemographics, psychosocial factors [eg, adverse childhood experiences, depressive symptoms, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms], early-onset substance use), interpersonal factors (eg, social support, parental substance use), and community-level factors (eg, college type, rural vs. urban). About 64.5% were female and 65.0% were white. From age 18 to 26, 27%-31% of participants reported past 30-day use of any tobacco product. We identified four trajectory classes: Abstainers/Dabblers who never or infrequently used (89.2%); Adult users who began using frequently around age 20 and continued thereafter (5.9%); College Smokers who began using before 19 but ceased use around 25 (2.5%); and Teenage users who used during their teenage years but ceased use by 22 (1.9%). Multinomial regression showed that, compared to Abstainers/Dabblers, significant predictors (p < .05) of being (1) Adult users included being male, earlier onset marijuana use, attending public universities or technical colleges (vs. private universities), and living in urban areas; (2) College users included being male, earlier onset marijuana use, and parental alcohol or marijuana use; and (3) Teenage users included only earlier onset marijuana use. Distinct prevention and intervention efforts may be needed to address the trajectories identified. Among young adult college students, the largest proportion of tobacco users demonstrate the risk of continued and/or progression of tobacco use beyond college. In addition, specific factors, particularly sex, earlier onset marijuana use, parental use of alcohol and marijuana, and contextual factors such as college setting (type of school, rural vs. urban) may influence tobacco use outcomes. As such, prevention and cessation intervention strategies are needed to address multilevel influences.

What is inside the mind of teenagers on Instagram

Instagram is one of the most used social media with 45 million active users on each month. In Indonesia, the highest number of internet users is between the age of 13-34 years old. It shows that most of the new internet users are young people. In this research, we create a topic model for the Instagram caption of teenager users in Surabaya, Indonesia, using latent dirichlet allocation (LDA) method. By using pen and paper questionnaire, we collected total number of Instagram 494 valid accounts with 4,664 captions. The data were collected from January 2014 to June 2017. The process of modelling using LDA was performed by experimenting with a set of number of topics: 2, 3, 4 and 5. The two topics were selected because it has a small value of perplexity, which indicates that the model has a good level of conformity. The two topics represents two categories: 'school' and 'relationship'. It was found that the topic model was dominated by the 'relationship' category.

Posting, blocking, double profiles: audience segmentation on Facebook

As social network sites are becoming more populated and users more diverse, impression management on these sites has become more complicated. Users face challenges as they attempt to perform a unified identity to a diverse audience. The article discusses some of the strategies Hungarian teenage users of Facebook apply to deal with this situation. Drawing on data coming from two focus group interviews and a representative survey (N = 612) with Hungarian secondary school students, strategies of selecting ‘friends’, curating posts, blocking and deleting ‘friends’ and creating double profiles on Facebook are discussed. It is concluded that there are significant differences in the use of these strategies according to different user groups as off-line inequalities influence online impression management in different ways.

Data protection for networked and robotic toys - a legal perspective

This paper is aimed to understand the state of the art and the resulting consequences of the legal framework in Europe, with regard to the protection of children's data. Especially when they interact with networked and robotic toys, like in 'My friend Cayla' case. In order to evaluate the practical implications of the use of IoT devices by children or teenager users, the first part of the paper presents an analysis of the international guiding principles of the protection of minors, a category which enjoys a higher level of protection of their fundamental rights, due to their condition of lack of physical and psychological maturity. Secondly, the focus is moved upon the protection of personal data of children. Only after confronting previous data protection legal instruments and having compared them with the novelties set forth in General Data Protection Regulation, it is reasonable to assume that new provisions such as "privacy by design" principle, adequacy of security measures and codes of conduct, can support data controllers in ensuring compliance (in line with the accountability principle) in the field of IoT toys. In conclusion, the paper supports a view of Data Protection Authorities as a relevant player in enhancing these renovated tools in order to achieve the protection of children's rights, as to ensure their substantial protection against the threats of the interconnected world.

Analysis of Disparity of Key Demographic Factors on Broadband Technology Usage among Teenagers: Gender as Prime Focus

Broadband internet and broadband-enabled devices have been considered as alternative approaches to increase the productivity of teenagers in their respective schools.However, there is less or no research that establishes interference of some required factors for usage of broadband technology on the teenagers’ gender.Therefore, the study presents the disparity in the usage of broadband technology among teenagers together with the interference on their gender brought by some factors.Study Design: The research used simple random sampling approach which gave equal chances of selection to the participants.Place and Duration of Study: This research engaged teenagers who are secondary school students in Kedah state of the northern region of Malaysia as the unit of analysis, due to their ability to provide facts on the internet related issues.Methodology: A comparative design approach in an experimental form is chosen to observe the extent of interference of some demographic factors on the gender of teenage users of broadband technology.Over 400 teenagers were invited to four different internet centres and 373 participants were selected from the invitees. Results: The study showed that teenagers’ educational level, living locations, family sizes and their parents’ jobs are the factors to measure the disparity created by the gender of teenagers while using broadband technology. Hence, upper hands are with the teenagers who are female over the male’s counterparts in terms of usage of broadband technology as brought by the highlighted factors. Conclusion: Study on the disparity of broadband technology usage by gender could assist the broadband internet service providers to further understand the factors that foster differences in the gender of teenage users of their services. This will be further studied by focusing on the approach to bridge the created gaps between the gender of users of broadband technology among teenagers.