Mobile Myanmar: The Impact of Social Media on Young People Living in Conflict-Affected Regions of Myanmar
Hate speech and harassment
Do Myanmar young people differentiate between hate speech and harassment?
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If so, how?
What are the experiences of young people regarding hate speech and harassment on social media?
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What do they think of it?
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How does it make them feel?
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How do they react to it?
What are the most common forms of hate speech and threat narratives in Myanmar?
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What do they think people are trying to achieve by spreading them?
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Who is usually the target audience?
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Who is most often the victim of hate speech and harassment?
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How does seeing this hate speech make young people feel?
Do young people have any behaviours that promote hate speech unintentionally?
Are young people aware of local anti-hate speech campaigns such as ‘Panzagar’ (flower speech), and ‘Respect’ on
Facebook?
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Who can be positive influencers?
Sharing behaviours
What kinds of online content and social media messages are young people sharing, and why?
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Which platforms do they use to share?
Do young people use social media to boast or vent about their lives?
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If so, why?
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What do they expect to feel when they share these things?
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What reaction (if any) do they expect from others?
Do young people use social media to express their own or others’ opinions about the government, other groups
of people (i.e., by gender, ethnicity, nationality, or religion), or other general thoughts about how society should
operate?
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If so, where do they voice these views?
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And do they consider possible offline consequences?
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If not, what influences their decision to not voice their views?
Impact on daily lives and psychological well-being
What are young people perceptions of the overall experience of social media – positive or negative?
Do young people think social media affects their thoughts, feelings, and/or attitudes?
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If so, how?
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