Mobile Myanmar: The Impact of Social Media on Young People Living in Conflict-Affected Regions of Myanmar
(Probing):
a.
Does it influence your perceptions and relationships with people from other groups?
b.
Does it change how you feel about people who share it?
c.
Does it affect your understanding of conflicts at home and elsewhere in the country?
d.
Does it strengthen or diminish your trust in media, on the whole?
7. What about people who comment on posts just to make people angry or just to argue?
a.
What do you call that in Myanmar? (prompt: have you heard the English world ‘trolling’?)
(if participants don’t know the word, give the definition: Trolling is deliberately trying to upset/provoke
someone by posting inflammatory material/text/opinions. Trolls enjoy seeing people have emotional reactions
to their posts.)
b.
c.
What kinds of things would you include in trolling?
i.
Why do you think someone would troll?
ii.
How does it make you feel when you see someone trolling you or someone else?
Do you sometimes post/comment in mean, angry, or aggressive ways?
If 'yes':
i.
Why?
ii.
How do you feel after posting?
8. Have any of you seen or heard about anti-hate speech campaigns?
a.
(prompt: how about ‘Pan Zagar’ (flower speech) or ‘Respect’ on Facebook?)
b.
Are there any individuals / influencers that you think do a good job of making social media better, safer, or nicer
place for people?
i.
(prompt: maybe an actor, a politician, a religious leader?)
Section 5: Sharing Behaviours
Activity: ‘Inspo’ Images
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