ISPCC Awareness and Student Digital Usage Survey

ISPCC Awareness and Student Digital Usage Survey:

By: Ben O’Leary Chaney, Transition Year Student, St. Pauls College, Killester

Name :( optional): ______

Gender :( tick or fill in box): Male ☐ Female ☐

Age range: 10-14 ☐ 15-17 ☐

Questions

1.  Have you ever heard of the following charities or are familiar with them in anyway, if so can you give a brief description of them or the work that they do?

2.  Have you ever heard of the ISPCC before? Yes☐ No☐

3.  Do you know who the ISPCC helps? Answer:

4.  Do you know what the ISPCC stands for? Answer:

5.  If you have heard of the ISPCC before, then how? Answer:

6.  (i)Do you know what the ISPCC does? (ii) If so what? (i) Yes☐ No ☐

(ii)Answer:

5. Do you think that ISPCC is a worthy cause? Yes ☐ No ☐

6. Are you following the ISPCC on any social media platform? E.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn Yes ☐ No ☐

7. What is your opinion of the ISPCC and the work that it does? Answer:

-Student Digital usage & social media habits.

Questions

1.  Are you on any form of social media? E.g. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat or Twitter Yes ☐ No ☐

2.  Are you on any of these forms of social media if so tick or fill in the appropriate boxes Facebook ☐ Twitter ☐ Instagram ☐ Email ☐ Snapchat ☐ WhatsApp ☐ Messenger ☐ Viber ☐ LinkedIn ☐

3.  Please list any other social media/messaging apps that you use or think that are becoming popular among young people Answer:

4.  Give a rough estimate of how long (in hours or minutes) per day you spend on social media sites or on your phone. Answer:

5.  (i)Are you following the ISPCC on any social media sites? (i)If so then which ones? (i) Yes ☐ No ☐

(ii)

6.  Would you say that you are an avid (frequent) user on social media sites? Yes ☐ No ☐

7.  (i)Do you believe that using your phone every day and browsing on social media sites for greater than an hour at a time is unhealthy?(ii) give reasons why (i) Yes ☐ No ☐

(ii)Answer:

8.  Do you believe that many Irish teenagers are more likely to hear about the ISPCC on social media sites than any other form of communications? Yes ☐ No ☐

9.  (i)Do you believe that the rate of bullying in schools in Ireland has increased or decreased in the last five years because of social media? (ii)Reasons why? (i) Increased ☐ Decreased ☐

(ii)Reasons why?

10.  Do you know somebody who is having problems with bullying that involves social media in some way? Yes ☐ No ☐

11.  Does social media in your opinion put extra pressure on young people in Ireland such as yourself? Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t want to answer ☐

12.  (ii) In your own opinion do you think that social media has either positive or negative effects, or both positive and negative effects on people? (i)Give reasons why?

(i) Positive ☐ Negative ☐ Both ☐ (ii) Reasons why?

13.  (i)Do you think that many teenagers, including yourself, are wasting valuable time in their lives by spending so long on social media rather than doing as much as they can in the world? (ii)Give reasons why? (i) Yes ☐ No ☐ (ii) Reasons why?

14.  (i) Can you suggest new methods to encourage young people to reach out to the ISPCC if they are having problems such as bullying or are suffering abuse from parents at home

15.  Can you come up with new methods for the ISPCC to advertise itself more effectively so more young people would know about it, and would be able to contact the ISPCC if there are any problems either at school or at home?

-Thank you for your help and participation in this survey-