SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AND CHILDREN
By Jack Hedges
MY REASON
My research question was:
DO AGE RESTRICTIONS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
AFFECT USAGE OF
CHILDREN?
My reason for choosing this
question was to see if KS3
students listened to what they
were told online
THE METHOD
I handed out questionnaires to gather my info.
THEY WEREN’T
HAPPY.
ANALYSIS OF DATA
(YEAR 7)
QUANTATIVE DATA
10
Girls
8
Yes
No
Don't know
6
4
2
0
Q.1
14
Q.2
Q.8
Boys
12
10
Yes
No
Don't know
8
6
4
2
0
Q.1
Q.2
Q.8
Qu.1-Are you on a social
media site?
The graphs show that more
boys are on social media sites
than girls
Qu.2-Do you obey the age
restrictions ?
The graphs show that people
felt okay to say that they
ignored the age restrictions .
Qu.8-Do you listen to the
advice of online safety?
The graphs show that some
people don’t listen to the
advice there are given.
QUANTATIVE DATA
(YEAR 8)
10
Girls
8
6
Yes
No
Don't Know
4
2
0
15
Qu.1
Qu.2
Qu.8
Boys
10
No
0
Qu.1 Qu.2 Qu.8
Q2. Do you obey the age
restrictions?
The graphs show that the
numbers didn’t really go up from
year 7.
Q8.-Do you listen to the
advice of online safety?
Yes
5
Q1 Are you on a social media
site?
The graphs show that all of
the year 8 boys are on social
media sites.
The graphs show that
people are still not
listening to the advice they
are given online.
QUESTION 4
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT AGE RESTRICTIONS?
Enforced
4%
Good
protection
37%
Other
7%
Ignore
26%
Mixed
opinion
26%
QUESTION 5
ARE YOU ON A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE IF SO WHICH ONES
AND WHY?
Qu.5
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Qu.5 reason
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Qu.5 reason
Easy to Talk with Have fun Keep up
use
friends
to date
Qu.5
QUESTION 6
IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN ACCOUNT WHY?
Qu.6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Not allowed
Other
No time
QUESTION 9
WHAT COMPELLED YOU TO GET AN ACCOUNT?
25
20
15
10
5
0
QUESTION 10
IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN ACCOUNT WHAT WOULD COMPEL YOU
TO GET ONE?
Wanted one
14%
Qu.10
Peer
Pressure
43%
Social
43%
QUANTATIVE DATA
(YEAR 7)
Q3 “Age restrictions are useful”
Q7 “Social media sites should only be used for talking to ‘real’ friends”
14
12
SD
10
D
8
N
A
6
4
SA
2
0
Qu.3
Qu.7
QUANTITATIVE DATA
(YEAR
8)
Q3 “Age restrictions are useful”
Q7 “Social media sites should only be used for talking to ‘real’ friends”
14
12
SD
10
D
8
N
A
6
4
SA
2
0
Qu.3
Qu.7
MY CONCLUSION
I have realised that the basis for this research question is that ‘Do
Key Stage 3 students do as they’re told?’ which (if you ask any of
the teachers near you) the answer is most of the time no. But they
do realise online safety is for their own good and so they don’t do
anything that gets themselves seriously hurt or in a lot of trouble.
Thank You
Any Questions?