Social Media and Adolescents’ Sexual Behavior in Addis Ababa: The Case of Ferehiwot No 2 Secondary and Preparatory School Students
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2007-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess social media and adolescents’ sexual
behavior in Addis Ababa Ferehiwot No 2 secondary and preparatory school adolescent
students. The study employs Use and gratification theory, social learning theory, social
cognitive theory and cultivation theory to understand the issue of media content and how it
influence adolescents’ sexual behavior. Both qualitative and quantitative research design was
applied in this study. A stratified random sampling was applied for the sample technique and
among the total of 2185 study populations 120 of them participated in this study. After
followed the whole ethical procedure the data was conducted by means of questionnaire and
focus group desiccation. For quantitative data collection, questionnaires were adapted and for
qualitative method focus group discussion was applied. Descriptive statistics was employed to
analyze quantitative data and for qualitative data content analysis was applied. The finding of
this study revealed that social media become extremely popular because it allows adolescents
to connect in the online world to form relationship, personal issues; and also revealed a
number of risks associate with social media use. Similarly the study finding ascertained that
social media has contributed in enhancing or increasing the occurrence of sexually related
risks like, unwanted pregnancy, sexual transmitted diseases, and abortion and school dropouts
among adolescent students.
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Social media, Adolescence and Sexual behavior
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Social media, Adolescence and Sexual behavior