A study of the daily life of modern teenagers: the presence in social networks as an integral component of communication

• Main Author: Koroleva D.O.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Moscow State University of Psychology and Education 2016-06-01
• Series: Современная зарубежная психология
• Subjects: modern childhood; adolescence; Internet; social network; social media; mobile technology; diary
• Online Access: http://psyjournals.ru/files/82380/jmfp_2016_n_2_Korolyova.pdf

The article introduces the methodologies of the study of the everyday life of modern teenagers whiсh can simultaneously be used to traceevents occurring in real and virtual space: “Online and offline diary" and "15 minutes". The data of pilot studies showed that the teenager’s online performance is mainly presented in a form of communication in social networks. We have discovered that the on- and offline convergence of space for growth is inseparable from respondents themselves. Through the active use of social networks, a modern teenager is able to be present in different socialenvironments simultaneously. Constant checking news and posts in social networks is a new, peculiar to teenage daily ritual. The so-called "red zones", where a teenager consciously waives the possibility of "escape" into a parallel reality, are linked to significant events in everyday life, while a feeling of boredom brings to life the compensation through "getting about" in virtual space.