2-062 - Social Media Use among Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Youth: Implications for Development and Learning

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Social media (e.g., Facebook) have become important contexts for development and learning among adolescents and emerging adults. Research suggests that youth social media use may have positive and negative implications for identity/intimacy development, well-being (Michikyan & Subrahmanyam, 2012), and academic task performance (Tran et al., 2013). Studies concerning youth social media use in development and learning are based largely on data from European-American adolescents and young adults. Given that the digital divide between ethnic minority and European-American youth is narrowing (Lopez et al., 2013), it is important to explore the implications of social media use for development and learning. This symposium will address two overarching empirical questions:
(1) How do ethnic minority youth in the United States use social media in their developmental and learning experiences?
(2) What are the implications of social media use for ethnic minority development, well-being, and out of classroom learning?
Paper 1 examines age and SES differences in social media use among ethnically diverse adolescent and emerging adult. Paper 2 explores online self-presentation of identities and affective states among a multi-ethnic sample of emerging adults. Paper 3 investigates the effects of computer-mediated social support relative to face-to-face support differentially affects stress reactivity among Asian-American and multi-ethnic youth. Paper 4 examines the effects of media/screen-based multitasking on reading and math task performance among Latino/a emerging adults. The symposium highlights the role of social media in sociocultural change, development and learning among ethnically and linguistically diverse youth.

Sub Unit

• Social Relationships

Chair

• Minas Michikyan, California State University LA

Individual Presentations

• Do Age and SES Matter? A Mixed-Method Exploration of Social Media Use During Good and Bad Times - Presenting Author: Linda Charmaraman, Wellesley College; Allison J. Tracy, Wellesley College; Amanda Richer, Wellesley College; Bernice Chan, Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College

• I am Whatever I say I am: A Mixed-Methods Study of Self-Presentation on Facebook among Multi-Ethnic Emerging Adults - Presenting Author: Minas Michikyan, California State University LA; Kaveri Subrahmanyam, California State University; Jessica Michele Dennis, Univ State Univ, Los Angeles

• Cultural Differences in Mental Well-Being and HPA Activity Across Mediums of Support - Presenting Author: Shu-Sha Angie Guan, University of California, Los Angeles; Jessy Nguyen, University of California, Los Angeles; Yuling Tsui, University of California, Los Angeles; Theodore F. Robles, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

• The Effects of Multitasking on Out-of-Classroom Learning in a Latino/a College Sample - Presenting Author: Rogelio Carrillo, California State University LA; Minas Michikyan, California State University LA; Kaveri Subrahmanyam, California State University