Abstract

FIALHO, Lia Machado Fiuza  and  SOUSA, Francisca Genifer Andrade de. YOUTH AND SOCIAL NETWORKS: interactions and educational orientations. Rev. Exitus [online]. 2019, vol.9, n.1, pp.202-231.  Epub July 16, 2019. ISSN 2237-9460.  https://doi.org/10.24065/2237-9460.2019v9n1id721.

The advent of new technologies has changed people’s way of life in society, especially those young users of social networks. It is questioned how effective youth’s interactions with social networks are and which educational guidelines are mediated, by parents and tutors, for the conscious use of this tool. A qualitative research was carried out involving thirty participants - fifteen young people from Ceará and fifteen parents - in order to understand the use of social networks by young people and the educational mediations developed by those responsible for guidance on the critical use of such tools. The data collection, carried out through mixed questionnaires, made it possible to verify the excessive time young people spend on internet, in greater proportion with regard to access to social networks. Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, are, respectively, the most commonly used applications; a dependent relationship with internet and self-exposure were also verified as well as some lack of educational guidance to young people from their parents and schools. The discussions of the results pointed to the relevance of the formation of juvenile identities from the sociability intermediated by information and communication technologies. That generates the need for the parents to know and follow the interactions carried out by their children in social networks to avoid dangerous situations and guide the critical and conscious use of social networks with educational dialogical mediation.

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