Emporia State McNair Scholars Research Forum

The purpose of this research study is to provide conceptual clarity around parental mediation strategies utilized to monitor adolescent social media use and to measure the effectiveness of the parental mediation strategies used. The following research project will use qualitative methodology through open-ended questions administered anonymously to participants in the form of an electronic survey. The population being studied does not have specific inclusions/exclusion criteria based on sex, ethnic, or racial backgrounds. However, the participants must be parents or legal guardians of adolescents who use social media. Simple random sampling will be used to obtain participants through web-based advertisements on relevant social media sites. There is no specific hypothesis for this study due to its qualitative nature and open-ended questions. The overarching goal for this research study is to gather and uncover parents’ views and beliefs surrounding strategies to monitor adolescent social media use.