SOCIAL MEDIA USING SKILL OF CHILD IN 21st CENTURIES

Abstract

                Media influences the way of life and values of all ages people. This study of cross-media, media behavior in upper and lower elementary and junior secondary high school students, Ban Nong Um Wai Samakkhi School, Kantharawichai District, Mahasarakham Province, the number of 60 students in June,2017. The results revealed that most of 53% were boys, that live with their parents. Most of them work as farmer and employee. They give average a day 30 baht as pocket money for their children. In terms of media usage, 65% spent time playing games, watching TV, and helping their parents work 25%. Nearly half did not like to read, but if they read it they read comic books, recognized that almost every family had at least one mobile phone. 78% had and used in the morning or before bedtime. 30% used while eating, do homework. Half of them use no more than 3 hours a day, 31% used 3-5 hours/day, but less than 10% used to work, search or call. Almost of them used to play games, movies, music. 6% used to see the porn image. 90 % of them admitted that they were addicted to the game on the internet. When attitudes were assessed 83% had a positive attitude toward the medium. 63% of respondents did not know that their email IDs were confidential. About health information, interested in health promotion, beauty and weight loss. 50% believed in a web’s information and it had the highest level of influence on people of all ages (61%) with both good and bad effects (40%). 42% of them have moderate ability in media analysis. When assuming situation to evaluate decision to read / share, the result found that they did not care the news was unbelievable and closed the web. 73% were afraid and rejected Thai stranger who asked for a friend and searched the information before deciding to add a foreigner as their friend. 68% declined immediately when they were invited to a movie or eat outside, but 20% were hesitant. Advertising, beauty products, although 50% did not believe it, they would search and share it with their friends.
               So, despite the context of the study area was the suburbs, but with access to all media, the students were able to use the online media to search and use the media fairly well. But qualitative information indicated that they interested to read, talked and shared with friends by not consulting teachers nor parents. There was a chance that they would be fooled and the villain was tricked into finding/selling dangerous goods. Schools and communities should be supervised and provided with life skills for children from kindergarten to ensure that they are sufficiently for the most adequate used.