Social Media’s Effects on High School and Middle School Students’ Attitudes Toward the Homosexual Community
Abstract
The homosexual community is becoming an important group in society and its relevant issues are attracting more attention. It is important to understand how young people perceive and change their attitudes towards the homosexual community. Social media, as an important communication channel in today’s society, is the main medium for young people’s various views on the homosexual community. This study can provide relevant data and relationship between social media and young people’s current views on the homosexual groups. Through the methods of survey and interview, this study draws a positive correlation between social media use and the change in attitude of junior/ senior high students who learned about the homosexual community. There is a weak positive correlation between social media use and homosexuality-formation in junior/ senior high students.
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