Mobile Myanmar: The Impact of Social Media on Young People Living in Conflict-Affected Regions of Myanmar Appendix B: Focus Group Discussion Guide [Confirm that all participants have read and signed full consent agreement during mobilisation. If any participants have not, a Research Partner must take them outside to obtain full consent.] Thank you for taking time to meet with us today. My name is (NAME) and I’m here working with Save the Children Myanmar on a project called Peace and Tolerance through Social Media Initiative: Study of Youth Social Media and Technology Usage. As we discussed earlier, we are going to be talking about how young people in Myanmar use Facebook. We will work through activities related to things like what apps you use and what you know about online safety, and then later we will have a discussion about some of the things you see on Facebook, what you like and don’t like, as well as how you feel about certain kinds of content. The total length of our discussion today will be about 2.5 hours, but that’s including lots of activities and a tea break. We know it’s a bit long, but hopefully it will be interesting and fun and the time will go pretty quickly. We want to just refresh a couple of key things before we get started: - If at any time you prefer not to answer a question, or to stop participating, you are welcome to do so – we really mean it. Your being here is entirely voluntary, and you can decide to leave or take a break at any point. We do ask that if you so feel you want to leave, you do so quietly, so as not to disturb the group. - Everything will be confidential, so no one outside of this group will ever know that you participated. We won’t ever use your name or anything that could identify you in our notes or our final report on this research. We will share the data we gather with some of our partners in Australia, so they can help us to understand what we’ve learned – they’ll store that data safely in a secure server, but we just want you to know that they will be involved. - If you want to discuss some of the things you learned today with your friends or family later that’s absolutely fine! Just please remember not to share any of the other participant’s names, or specific things they said. - We want to encourage you to speak in turn and to create space for everyone to participate, so please be respectful and polite, particularly of those who may feel especially shy. We know that sometimes we expect our older friends to speak on our behalf because we want to give the ‘right’ answers – but there are no right answers today, we are just having a discussion. We’re almost ready to start but before we begin, we just need to confirm a few details: First, is everyone still comfortable for us to record this conversation? We won’t publish or make this recording available to anyone but our team – it’s just to help us remember what was said Consent Given: Yes/No. If yes, turn on the recorder. Second, does everyone understand why they are here today, and more or less what we’re going to be talking about? Yes/No Third, is everyone here voluntarily? Yes/No 119