Avoiding fights on social media

Strategies youth leverage to navigate conflict in a digital era

Bibliographic Data

ID11042871
AuthorsCaitlin Elsaesser (0000-0003-2952-445X, University of Connecticut School of Social Work Hartford Connecticut, corresponding author), Desmond Upton Patton (0000-0002-9518-1136, City University of New York), Allyson Kelley (0000-0002-4127-3975, Columbia University School of Social Work New York City New York), Jacqueline Santiago (Compass Youth Collaborative Hartford Connecticut), Ayesha Clarke (Compass Youth Collaborative Hartford Connecticut)
Year2021
Volume49
Issue3
Pages806-821
Publication date2021-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22363
PMID32302017
OpenAlexW3016280900
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited28

AIMS: Emerging qualitative work documents that social media conflict sometimes results in violence in impoverished urban neighborhoods. Not all experiences of social media conflict lead to violence, however, and youth ostensibly use a variety of techniques to avoid violent outcomes. Little research has explored the daily violence prevention strategies youth use on social media, an important gap given the omnipresence of social media in youth culture. This paper examines youth strategies and factors that avoid violence resulting from social media conflict. METHOD: Four focus groups with 41 teenagers of color solicited strategies to prevent violence resulting from social media conflict. Three coders analyzed data in Dedoose, guided by systematic textual coding using a multi-step thematic analysis. RESULTS: Four approaches emerged to avoiding violence from social media conflict: avoid, de-escalate, reach out for help, and bystander intervention. CONCLUSION: Our findings position youth as key players in efforts to prevent violence from resulting from social media conflict.

Internet privacy · Leverage (statistics) · Political science · Public relations · Social media · World Wide Web · Artificial Intelligence · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Computer Science · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Psychology · Social Psychology

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