Social Media, Social Life: How American Teens View Their Digital Lives, United States, 2012

The goal of this study was to examine young American teenagers' social media use and their perceptions of effects. Data is from a large-scale, nationally representative and probability-based online survey taken by teens ages 13 to 17. Participants answered questions about how often they use social media, their attitudes about social media's role in their lives, the experiences they have on social media, and how social media makes them feel. Social media includes: Social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, and GooglePlus) Programs like Twitter or Tumblr, virtual worlds like Second Life Online chatting in video or computer games like World of Warcraft Things posted on sites like YouTube, Formspring, or other websites Additional information was collected about participants' social and emotional well-being. Demographics include age, gender, race/ethnicity, and U.S. region.

本研究的旨在探讨年轻美国青少年的社交媒体使用情况及其对影响之感知。数据来源于一项针对13至17岁青少年进行的全国性、概率抽样在线调查。参与者回答了关于他们使用社交媒体的频率、对社交媒体在其生活中所扮演角色的态度、他们在社交媒体上的经历以及社交媒体如何影响他们的感受等问题。社交媒体包括：社交网络平台（如Facebook、MySpace和GooglePlus）、Twitter或Tumblr等程序、Second Life等虚拟世界、魔兽世界等在线游戏中的聊天，以及YouTube、Formspring或其他网站上的发布内容。此外，还收集了关于参与者社会和情感福祉的额外信息。人口统计学特征包括年龄、性别、种族/民族以及美国地区。