Its one of the reasons that kids are hooked, living more and more of their lives online. Do we really have any idea what its doing to them . Do you know the secret language theyre speaking to each other . That they dont want their parents or teachers to understand . We spent the last two years looking for answers in a first of its kind investigation. We want to warn you, what we found the kids say online might shock you, especially when you remember theyre only 13. But we think its important to show you it all unfiltered. For the next hour, were taking you here inside the secret world of teens. Millions of tweets, comments, pictures, posts, likes, hash tags, videos, a steady stream of social media activity, and all constantly at the fingertips of 13yearolds across america. The volume of internet noise can be overwhelming and indecipherable in a new language of social media. So how to crack the code . 360 went directly to the source. 13yearolds themselves. We signed up hundreds of eight
in th ground breaking cnn investigation is the first major study to look at what kids actually say on social media and why it matters so much to them, designed by renowned child clinical psychologist dr. marianne underwood and socialologist dr. robert faris, they answer questions like how often have you gotten into a conflict with someone on social media? have you posted something that you later regretted? what s the best thing that s happened to you on social media? how often the you worry that you re missing out on what your friends are doing online? what our experts discovered might completely change what you think it s like being 13. the more teams look at social media, the more distressed they can become. teens check their social media feeds way more than they actually post something. our experts called it lurking. and the heaviest users in this
i want to see if my friends are doing things without me. and 61% say i want to see if my posts are getting likes and comments. even though i was at school, i would still check my phone. people post things at school and stuff. i used to always worry. clinical psychologist dr. marianne underwood is the co-author of the study. it is stressful to be worrying about how people might have responded to what you ve put online. this is an age group that has a lot of anxiety about where they fit in, how they rank, what their peer status is. so they don t just get online to see how many likes or favorites they got. they re comparing their numbers to other people s numbers. some kids even buy likes and followers. yes, there s an app for that, too. why do they do it? think of social media as a popularity barometer. how do kids really boost their status? our study found it was actually bullying. or social aggression that did the trick. sometimes the aggression is