Young Scientist 2016 case studies: Girls ‘manipulated’ by social media

Younger people are more influenced by social media, their parents should be aware.

That was what students from Cork’s Christ King Secondary School found when they surveyed 12 to 18-year-olds.

The three second-year students, Amira Abbas, 14, Ieva Zaveckyte, 13, and Paulina Dauksaite, 13, found social media had a greater effect on girls aged 12 to 13.