Parents about Social Networks and Messengers for Children: a Sociological Analysis (Using the Example of a Study in Tver)

Social networks and messengers have become full-fledged agents of socialization of children in modern digital society. The article describes the results of a sociological study aimed at analyzing the ideas of children and parents of the city of Tver about social networks and messengers. The objectives of the study were: identify the most popular social networks and messengers among parents and their children; determine attitudes towards social networks and messengers; describe parents' opinions about the main purposes of use, types of content consumed, advantages and disadvantages of social networks and messengers for their children. As a result of the study, the emotional coloring of children's use of these Internet resources was determined. The forms, types, subjects and objects of control and restrictions on the part of parents when using social networks and messengers by children are revealed. The results of the study allowed us to develop a set of recommendations for getting rid of children's dependence on social networks and messengers.

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