청소년의 SNS 이용특성과 SNS 중독경향성 연구 = 경기도와 강원도 중학생을 중심으로

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

It is highly concerned about SNS addiction as teenagers’ SNS use has recently been increased to double those of adults’. This is the study of the SNS use features and addiction to derive academic and political implications for SNS which is main media of teenagers who are middle school students(n=456) of Gyeonggi-do and Gangwon-do. The results of study showed that the teenagers usually used SNS on weekends, and girls spent considerably longer time than boys. The most frequent number of using SNS is one. In case of using SNS type, boys were mostly included in limited type, but girls were included in passionate type. The motivation in using SNS was divided into selfexpression, information literacy, relationship, communication, and time consuming. SNS addiction is classified into compulsive type, living-disability type, and obsessive type. The teenagers who are interested in SNS use and usually use it in their free time were likely to be SNS addiction. Therefore, government and public agency should engage in policy making and system management to prevent teenagers’ SNS addiction and appropriate use of SNS. Conclusively, the study has implication for follow-up study and policy making by searching for the teenagers’ SNS use features and SNS addiction.