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- Title
U.S. Social Work Students and Social Media: A Descriptive Analysis of Survey Items across Four Time-Points.
- Authors
Ricciardelli, Lauren A
- Abstract
Between fall 2018 and spring 2023, the author conducted four survey studies on social work students' use, attitudes, and knowledge regarding social media: (1) a pilot study in fall 2018 (N = 57), (2) a comparative study in spring 2019 (N = 42), (3) a national survey study in fall 2019 (N = 430), and (4) a national replication survey study in spring 2023 (N = 287). The purpose of this article is to describe general observed trends across these four studies. Findings included persistent and pervasive use of social media, decreased knowledge of the impact of social media in undermining democratic processes, students' inverted concern for others' use of social media when compared with concern over their own use, diminished agreement with the importance of protecting personal data and treating data protection as a civil/human right, overall agreement that law enforcement should be able to use social media in the apprehension of people accused of committing a crime, decreased agreement that disinformation is a problem on social media, ambivalence toward social media's positive impact on society, and increased strong disagreement that students wish to delete their accounts but feel unable to do so. Recommendations are shared.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOCIAL media; SELF-evaluation; SOCIAL workers; CRIME; GENDER identity; MENTAL health; HEALTH occupations students; SOCIAL work education; SOCIAL norms; STUDENTS; HUMAN rights; SURVEYS; RACE; SOCIAL case work; CONCEPTUAL structures; ONLINE education; STUDENT attitudes; COVID-19
- Publication
Social Work, 2024, Vol 69, Issue 3, p277
- ISSN
0037-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/sw/swae026