Mobile Myanmar: The Impact of Social Media on Young People Living in Conflict-Affected Regions of Myanmar
If ‘yes’:
i.
What kinds of cyber-bullying did you encounter?
ii.
Was the bullying happening offline as well?
17. What are the experiences of youth regarding hate speech on social media? (i.e. What are the most common types of
hate speech youth are most likely to encounter online? What kinds of hate speech narratives are youth exposed to?)
18. What kinds of impact do you think hate speech has on youth? (On their beliefs, perspectives, views of other people,
attitudes, behaviours, and relationships with others – please provide examples)
19. From your perspective, what are the types of hate speech and rumours that young people are most likely to believe?
a.
What about repeat and spread?
20. Have you seen any incidents where online hate speech narratives have been repeated and shared by youth?
a.
What about acted on?
21. Are there any influential figures popular with young people (on or offline) working to counter hate speech?
Section 5: Sharing Behaviours
22. What kinds of online content and social media messages are youth sharing?
23. 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?
24. Do you think they consider possible offline consequences to that sharing? (i.e. loss of privacy, possible retaliation, potential
legal consequences, etc.?)
Section 6: Impact on daily lives and psychological well-being
25. Do you think social media has – on the whole – a positive or negative impact on young people’s mental and emotional
well-being?
26. Do youth think social media affects their thoughts, feelings, and/or attitudes?
a.
If so, how?
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