Parental mediation strategies for social media use: a thematic analysis of perspectives among Indonesian parents and adolescents

Eka Riyanti Purboningsih, Karlijn Massar, Zahrotur Rusyda Hinduan, Hendriati Agustiani, Robert A. C. Ruiter and Philippe Verduyn

Behaviour and Information Technology, 2025, vol. 44, issue 12, 2838-2859

Abstract: As social media provides opportunities but also involves risks for adolescents, some parents apply strategies to help their children adaptively use social media. Taxonomies of these strategies were primarily based on research conducted in the Global North. However, while social media use is also highly prevalent in the Global South, research on parental mediation strategies in the Global South is relatively scarce. The aim of this study is to increase our understanding of parental mediation strategies for social media use that occur in Indonesia. We conducted a qualitative study consisting of eight focus group discussions and eight semi-structured interviews (15 Indonesian parents and 30 Indonesian adolescents). The thematic analysis revealed that participating Indonesian parents typically applied a combination of specific restrictive and enabling strategies, including access restriction, interaction restriction, technical mediation, monitoring, interpretative mediation, supervision/co-use, modelling, and norm implementation. Parents reported a range of difficulties when trying to implement mediation strategies but overall, they believed that their strategies help their children to use social media more adaptively.

Date: 2025
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