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Content Analysis of Young People's Attitude towards the Positive and Negative Effects of Instagram

Document Type : Research Article

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Master of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal Branch, Kalkhal, Iran

Abstract

 
Objective: Social networks have become widely popular among young people in recent years. This research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the content of young people's attitude towards the positive and negative effects of Instagram.
Methods: The approach of the current research is qualitative and its method is qualitative content analysis. Among the students of Islamic Azad University of Shiraz, 13 students were selected in a purposeful way until the theoretical saturation of the data and were subjected to a semi-structured interview. Coding of the interviews was done in three steps and manually.
Finding: The coding of the interviews shows 5 components of increasing awareness (with the subcomponents of enhancing awareness in various fields, learning techniques and skills, increasing media literacy), strengthening relationships (with the subcomponents of awareness of the conditions of friends and relatives, holding celebrations and occasions and strengthening group connection), addiction to Instagram (with the subcomponents of excessive use of Instagram, failure to handle other tasks and unpleasant mental states when not using Instagram), physical and psychological problems (with the subcomponents of negative effects on sleep, negative effects on attention and concentration, experiencing negative and unpleasant emotions and physical pains) and disruption in social ties (with the subcomponents of increased social comparisons, inequality and injustice, mistrust of others and social scandal).
Conclusion: According to these findings, it can be concluded that the expansion of social networks, especially Instagram, in recent years has been associated with positive and negative individual and social consequences, which are necessary and vital to pay attention to by the relevant institutions.

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overuse from Iranian university students’ perspective: A qualitative study. Addiction & Health, 12(3), 205. https://doi.org/10.22122/ahj.v12i3.271
Fuciu, M. (2019). The rise of Instagram–Evolution, statistics, advantages and disadvantages. Revista Economică, 71(4), 51-63. http://economice.ulbsibiu.ro/revista.economica/archive/71404fuciu.pdf
Kallio, H., Pietilä, A. M., Johnson, M., & Kangasniemi, M. (2016). Systematic methodological review: developing a framework for a qualitative semi‐structured interview guide. Journal of advanced nursing, 72(12), 2954-2965. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13031
Meier, A., & Schäfer, S. (2018). The positive side of social comparison on social network sites: How envy can drive inspiration on Instagram. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 21(7), 411-417. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2017.0708
Rook, K. S. (2015). Social networks in later life: Weighing positive and negative effects on health and well-being. Current directions in psychological science, 24(1), 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721414551364
Sarkar, A., Agarwal, S., Ghosh, A., & Nath, A. (2015). Impacts of social networks: A comprehensive study on positive and negative effects on different age groups in a society. International Journal of Advance Research in Computer Science and Management Studies, 3(5), 177-190. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325416897
Stein, J. P., Krause, E., & Ohler, P. (2021). Every (Insta) Gram counts? Applying cultivation theory to explore the effects of Instagram on young users’ body image. Psychology of popular media, 10(1), 87. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000268
Venegas-Vera, A. V., Colbert, G. B., & Lerma, E. V. (2020). Positive and negative impact of social media in the COVID-19 era. Reviews in cardiovascular medicine, 21(4), 561-564. https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm.2020.04.195
Williams, M., & Moser, T. (2019). The art of coding and thematic exploration in qualitative research. International Management Review, 15(1), 45-55. www.imrjournal.org/uploads/1/4/2/8/14286482/imr-v15n1art4.pdf
 
           
Journal of Modern Psychology
Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 13
January 2024
Pages 1-7
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  • Receive Date: 26 October 2023
  • Revise Date: 27 November 2023
  • Accept Date: 15 December 2023
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