LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF PARENTS ABOUT THE INFLUENCES OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ON THEIR ADOLESCENT CHILDREN.
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Social networds, Adolescense, Tic, ParentsAbstract
This paper presents the results of an investigation about parents' knowledge about the influences of virtual social networks on their teenage children. It seems that the emergence of social networks in all areas of human development, mainly in the field of communication, would generate new ways of ties, behaviors, habits mainly in young people, therefore, a special appreciation is required when addressing social networks and adolescents in terms of opportunities and that is why, the objective was to investigate the level of knowledge that the first educators, parents, have in relation to the influences of social networks in their adolescent children, in order to provide accompaniment , proximity and confidence in this modality link, already installed. Methodological design: prospective, descriptive and transversal. The population was made up of parents of teenage children who attended public and private schools in the city of La Calera (n = 250). The data collection technique was a survey and as a tool a self-administered questionnaire with closed questions was used. Source: primary. Results: 94.8% use the social network Facebook (Mo) and to a much lesser extent the other social networks. In relation to parents' knowledge about positive influences of virtual social networks on their children, 57% of adults said "There are no positive influences on their children." 22% said there are positive influences because it allows social integration. Conclusion: most parents know the negative and positive aspects of social networks about their teenage children.
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