Exploratory Study of Young Children's Social Media Needs and Requirements

TL;DR

This study explores the social media needs and requirements of children aged 10-11 through a design workshop, identifying their most desired features based on paper prototypes.

Contribution

It provides novel insights into young children's social media preferences and requirements through an exploratory workshop with paper prototypes.

Findings

Children desire specific social media features

Workshop revealed key social media needs of children

Paper prototypes highlighted preferred functionalities

Abstract

As social media are becoming increasingly popular among young children, it is important to explore this population's needs and requirements from these platforms. As a first step to this, we conducted an exploratory design workshop with children aged between ten and eleven years to find out about their social media needs and requirements. Through an analysis of the paper prototypes solicited from the workshop, here we discuss the social media features that are the most desired by this population.