What is it about?
In this article, we present the results of our research on the digital skills and well-being of young people on Facebook, based on a survey with a sample of 126 young people graduated from the University of Málaga (School of Social Work) (Spain). Based on certain scales, the level of digital skills that students have on Facebook was measured, considering strategic aspects for information search, level of use and presence of Facebook in life, maintenance of relations and tolerance to diversity.
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Why is it important?
Results show that certain digital skills relate to the well-being of young people. In this sense, we deem it crucial to develop education policies that could provide young graduates with general digital skills to be used on social networking sites.
Perspectives
Research on youth transitions, and the well-being of young people, has to take into consideration the digital context in which they are immersed. Digital interaction of young people increase year by year, social networking sites play a key role in their personal and professional relationships, and a very high percentage of jobs require digital skills
DR. ANTONIO LOPEZ PELAEZ
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia
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This page is a summary of: Social Networking Sites and Youth Transition: The Use of Facebook and Personal Well-Being of Social Work Young Graduates, Frontiers in Psychology, February 2020, Frontiers,
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00230.
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