A study of the daily life of modern teenagers: the presence in social networks as an integral component of communication

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Abstract

The article introduces the methodologies of the study of the everyday life of modern teenagers whiсh can simultaneously be used to traceevents occurring in real and virtual space: “Online and offline diary" and "15 minutes". The data of pilot studies showed that the teenager’s online performance is mainly presented in a form of communication in social networks. We have discovered that the on- and offline convergence of space for growth is inseparable from respondents themselves. Through the active use of social networks, a modern teenager is able to be present in different socialenvironments simultaneously. Constant checking news and posts in social networks is a new, peculiar to teenage daily ritual. The so-called "red zones", where a teenager consciously waives the possibility of "escape" into a parallel reality, are linked to significant events in everyday life, while a feeling of boredom brings to life the compensation through "getting about" in virtual space

General Information

Keywords: modern childhood, adolescence, Internet, social network, social media, mobile technology, diary

Journal rubric: Social Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2016050207

For citation: Koroleva D.O. A study of the daily life of modern teenagers: the presence in social networks as an integral component of communication [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2016. Vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 55–61. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2016050207. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Diana O. Koroleva, Analyst, Center “Research of modern childhood”, Postgraduate Student, Institute of Education, National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: koroleva_dia@mail.ru

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