Table 2.
Stakeholder group perceptions of social media monitoring (SMM) benefits, SMM risks, and overall support of SMM.
Variable | Administrators, mean (SD) | Teachers, mean (SD) | Parents, mean (SD) | Young adults, mean (SD) | F test (df) | P value | ηp2 |
SMM benefits (range: 3-21) | 16.93 (3.12) | 16.92 (3.37) | 16.39 (3.74) | 14.05 (4.48) | 12.68 (3,519) | <.001 | 0.068 |
SMM risks (range: 3-21) | 12.20 (4.51) | 12.83 (4.75) | 13.60 (4.77) | 15.21 (3.95) | 7.11 (3,519) | <.001 | 0.039 |
Overall support of SMM (range: 1-7) | 4.76 (1.58) | 4.92 (1.71) | 4.91 (1.64) | 3.84 (1.81) | 14.02 (3,519) | <.001 | 0.075 |