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Fourteen Is Fourteen and a Girl Is a Girl: Validating the Identity of Adolescent Bloggers

BLINKA, Lukáš and David ŠMAHEL

Basic information

Original name

Fourteen Is Fourteen and a Girl Is a Girl: Validating the Identity of Adolescent Bloggers

Name in Czech

Čtrnáct je čtrnáct a dívka je dívka: Ověřování identity dospívajících bloggerů

Authors

BLINKA, Lukáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and David ŠMAHEL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

CyberPsychology & Behavior, New York, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2009, 1094-9313

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.591

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/09:00028629

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

UT WoS

000272463100011

Keywords in English

adolescence; weblogs; online methodology; lying
Změněno: 5/1/2011 09:38, prof. PhDr. David Šmahel, Ph.D.

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

This study focuses on the phenomenon of lying on adolescents' weblogs. The sample consisted of 113 completed surveys out of 120 in total. The age of participants ranged between 13 and 17 years old. Interviews were conducted with 10 randomly selected participants whose answers were then verified. The results suggest not only that adolescents present personal information such as their age, gender, and place of residence but that these pieces of information are presented truthfully. Generally, the level of dishonesty was low, with young adolescents tending to lie more often about their interests. Public topics (school and life) had the most truthful answers, whereas the least truthful answers concerned intimate topics (family life, partnership). These results suggest that adolescents' blogs serve as a place where the writers can both present themselves and communicate with their peers in a way that goes beyond a traditional diary.

In Czech

Studie se zabývá fenoménem lhaní na weblozích dospívajících. Vzorek tvořilo 113 vyplněných dotazníků z celkového počtu 120 oslovených osob. S 10 náhodně oslovenými pak bylo ještě uděláno interview tváří v tvář. Výsledky ukázaly, že lhaní je na blozích jev pouze minoritní. Nejčastěji se nepravdivé informace týkaly intimních témat jako partnerský život či rodinný život, nejméně často veřejných temat jako např. škola.

Links

KJB708140702, research and development project
Name: Weblog: okno do duše adolescenta
Investor: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Weblog: a window into adolescent’s soul
MSM0021622406, plan (intention)
Name: Psychologické a sociální charakteristiky dětí, mládeže a rodiny, vývoj osobnosti v době proměn moderní společnosti
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Psychological and social characteristics of children, youth and families, development of the personality in the time of changes of modern society