IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS' COMMUNICATION REGARDING SEX PARTNERS.
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| Title: | IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS' COMMUNICATION REGARDING SEX PARTNERS. |
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| Authors: | KHOSROVANI, MASSOMEH, DESAI, MAYUR S. |
| Source: | Education. Summer2016, Vol. 136 Issue 4, p490-502. 13p. |
| Subjects: | Social media & society, African American college students, Mobile communication systems, Sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, AIDS, Premarital sex, Students' sexual behavior |
| Abstract: | The advent of mobile phone technologies and the emergence of new social media websites created a new platform for social interactions. This new phenomenon has positive features that allow individuals to interact socially and to conduct business. The use of social media also allows its users to share or exchange valuable knowledge and information, including those related to the health issues. Nonetheless, there are dark sides to this social phenomenon. For instance, the openness and widespread use of the various forms of social media may allow easy access to sexual partners on those websites. This study investigates whether African-American college students utilize social media or text messaging to solicit sex partners, and to seek romantic dates. In addition, it examines whether student participants share or exchange information on sexually transferable diseases on social media websites. Data indicated that the majority of the students did not use social media to seek sex partner(s), nor utilized phone text messaging to facilitate sexual encounters. Furthermore, an overwhelming majority believed that social media is a useful tool for spreading health information on STDs/HTV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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