A survey conducted by eircom shows that only 14% of parents post images, status updates or blog posts about their child(ren) on social media (vs. 90% in Australia, or 56% in the US, as per other studies).
Is there something about the Irish culture, or the technical infrastructure, that could explain such low levels?
If not, it is something about the sample, or about the question, right? Or could there be another reason that I am missing?
For reference, the question was: ‘Sharents’ are parents who blog, tweet and post pictures online about aspects of their children’s lives. Are you, or do you have the potential, to be a ‘Sharenter’ in the future?
eircom's report is available here: http://banda.ie/wp-content/uploads/eircom-Household-Sentiment-Survey-March-2014.pdf
Thanks
There may be concerns over child safety as the people who are parents of children now grew up at a time where there were constant revelations about child abuse.
There could be a lot of different reasons. One that comes to mind might be technology use. During my time there many people who weren't yet parents used smartphones to post and share media, but those who were older would not post it, they would just keep it on their phone.
Did the question control for the percentage of parents who aren't active on social media?
There may be concerns over child safety as the people who are parents of children now grew up at a time where there were constant revelations about child abuse.
Thank you Justin and Finola. So, you think that the number may be realistic (subject to the answer controlling for parents who are vs aren't active on SM - which I will check). Thank you very much.
Can I ask what was the scale of this question. You know that this is a double question. So response might be yes... or yes and I am 80% ... or yes and 50%.. or No at all... So it would help to see the question.
I would guess that cultural issues related to privacy perceptions are important here...
More info will help
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