Sociology: The New Media - Data

This is a quiz based on the AQA A-Level Media topic in Sociology. Below are the words which need to be matched to their definitions: 2x Portably 94% 93% 88% 79% Northern Ireland London 59% 25% 89% 41% Sub-Saharan Africa 12% 70-plus 87% 90% Molly Russell (2017) Olly Stephens (2021) Breck Bednar (2014)
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Portably
The Elderly don't typically use the internet in this way.
25%
This is the percentage of internet users in Tanzania.
41%
This was the percentage of households with a single occupant aged 65 and above who didn't have internet access in 2018.
Molly Russell (2017)
This is a case study about the suicide of a 14-year-old girl in Harrow, London which is linked to the concept, 'the sovereigns of cyberspace':
-She had fallen into a vortex of despair on social media, specifically Instagram and Pinterest, due to the algorithms constantly recommending negative content.
-2100 pieces of content she had shared, liked or saved on Instagram were related to suicide, self-harm and depression.
-Found dead in her bedroom on 21st November 2017 - leading up to her death, her family described her behaviour as 'normal'.
93%
This is the percentage of people in the C1 social grade who use the internet at home.
Breck Bednar (2014)
This is a case study about the murder of a 14-year-old boy in Essex which is linked to the concept, 'the sovereigns of cyberspace':
-The boy knew an 18-year-old called Lewis Daynes from online gaming.
-He was groomed by Daynes over a multiple month-long period online before finally being convinced to meet him for the first time at Daynes' flat.
-When he arrived, he was murdered - shortly after, a photo of his body with a stab wound to the neck was shared on an online group.
-Before long, this reached the police and the murdered boy's family.
88%
This is the percentage of people in the C2 social grade who use the internet at home.
89%
This was the percentage of Americans who said they use the internet in January 2018.
2x
This is the times more likely men are to be online in some countries than women.
Sub-Saharan Africa
This is the geographic region of the world which has the lowest level of internet usage.
London
This was the UK region in 2018 which had the lowest percentage of internet non-users by region in the UK.
Olly Stephens (2021)
This is a case study about the murder of a 13-year-old boy in Reading which is linked to the concept, 'the sovereigns of cyberspace':
-The boy had recently used Snapchat to publicly share a video of a young boy being humiliated by 2 older boys.
-Despite the boy never meeting these boys, they saw he had shared the video and described him as a 'snitch' - they then planned an attack against him.
-They convinced a 14-year-old girl to lure the boy into a field near his house - there he was attacked by the 2 older boys, aged 13 and 14, the youngest having a knife.
-He was then fatally stabbed - 3rd January 2021.
-In the following murder trial, over 90% of the evidence gathered was taken from mobile phone data.
70-plus
This is the age group which is second only to those in their 20s when it comes to the average amount of time using a computer or device as a primary activity (excludes working or watching streamed video).
59%
This is the percentage of internet users in South Africa.
90%
This is the percentage of women who use the internet at home.
12%
In 2018, this was the percentage of those aged between 11 and 18 years (700,000) who reported having no internet access at home from a computer or tablet:
-Of those in this age group, 68% who did have home internet access reported that they would find it difficult to complete school work without it.
87%
This is the percentage of men who use the internet at home.
79%
This is the percentage of people in the DE social grade who use the internet at home.
94%
This is the percentage of people in the AB social grade who use the internet at home.
Northern Ireland
This was the UK region in 2018 which had the highest percentage of internet non-users by region in the UK.
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