This study investigates youths’ level of digital literacies, determines the links between digital literacies, OSN practices, and their well-being. We will establish a conceptual model of the mechanisms between digital literacies, OSN practices, and well-being, and discover how individuals draw on their linguistic and semiotic repertoires in OSN. This will inform curriculla development, intervention efforts, and policy-making to optimise youth well-being in OSN to (a) create a digital environment with socially, culturally and emotionally positive affordances for the youths; and (b) suggest effective intervention efforts to increase individual’s awareness and agency in OSN practices for youths in Hong Kong and beyond.
Principal Investigator: Prof Gu Ming Yue Michelle
Duration: 2024-2026