Responses are recorded exactly as provided by participants, however red writing denotes where the researcher has clarified which statements the participants are making reference to.
FACTOR 1
What makes the statements at the extremes (+6 and -6) so important?
Any other statements which stood out?
4 Columns 6-13 You witnessed somebody being verbally abused
Yes I find these comments either offensive and disgusting e.g. ‘a person being killed’ or I find them completely pointless e.g. ‘deleted as a friend by someone’
52 (I felt that someone was being sarcastic with me (such as an ex’s friends ‘liking’ my relationship status update)) They are being sarcastic! It does not matter
10 Columns 6-13 Yes 19 (I saw that someone had been offering drugs for sale) and 28 (I saw a person being killed) agree with because it is wrong to photograph a person and selling and doing drugs is mostly illegal
44 (I was deleted as a friend by someone) and 22 (I received a friendship request from someone I did not want to accept) because I don’t really care about deleting people, same with 22
Number 28 (I saw a person being killed) because I didn’t expect it and it is so wrong
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Yes They make it important to me because I have experienced most of them but not all
Numbers 2 (I was physically hurt offline and this information was posted online), 14 (I saw that a picture of me had been edited to spread a lie), 29 (I was called names), 40 (I found that rumours had been spread about me) usually occur on Facebook
Yes For most agree, seeing someone being killed or physically hurt isn’t an image you can just erase from your memory, and not knowing whether they were innocent may add to the guilt of seeing that person be treated so horribly. With the most disagree side, Facebook is bound to have messages about what people are doing, what else would people post about? People posting lyrics to songs is more irritating. Also, if I don’t want someone to see my personal
information, I won’t let them
If people were disrespecting my beliefs that wouldn’t bother me much, as their opinion won’t change mine, i didn’t feel that someone being killed was appropriate because I would never get involved with someone who has access to this footage, but everything else seemed highly appropriate. Also this survey can relate to other social networking sites as well as Facebook
On the left – things that don’t really bother like being left out of groups if it didn’t concern me, I’d not be bother
On the right something’s would never want to see
28 – I saw someone being killed = very extreme and if this was on Facebook it should be a criminal offence
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27 Columns 7-13 Yes I found that the ones on the extreme left are things that are done every day and nobody is really bothered about it and the ones on the extreme right are more physical things that can affect me emotionally
Card 36 (I found that someone had commented on all of communication) I found didn’t make sense when reading it however when it was explained I understood it better
28 Columns 7-13 Yes Because if I saw someone being killed or selling weapons I would be worried and get someone involved
31 Columns 8-13 No because
you could only have so many options and not able to fully decide
Some are just silly so I would not react to it, however some I felt strongly upset and would feel hurt to see that
41 Columns 8-13 Yes Because I do not like when people try to involve themselves in my life in a negative way
Number 10 (I found that I had been communicating with someone pretending to be someone else) stood out to me because talking to a false profile could cause problems especially when they know your personal details
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What makes the statements at the extremes (+6 and -6) so important?
Any other statements which stood out?
3 Columns 5-13 Somebody
Yes My cards to the extreme right I would feel upset about because sexual messages can make you feel very vulnerable and helpless and you may be too embarrassed to report it
I would be very angry if someone put some of my personal information out on Facebook because it is not theirs to share. It would also be very frightening because everybody would know your business
I don’t think the card ‘I found that someone had commented on all my communication’ made sense to me. Other than that, I think all the cards made sense and were appropriate
6 Columns 8-13 Yes Because in the right I don’t want to get into any bother and I don’t want people to share my private things
In the left because it would not really do much to me or my friends
Card 8 (I saw images of pornographic content) because I did not really understand what one of the words meant
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“I found that someone had changed personal information on my account” I think this does not apply to many people. Many don’t share passwords, like myself, I don’t, and I wouldn’t ever share a password.
Reason being anything could happen and arguments could be caused
Also I wouldn’t share personal info that I don’t want anyone to know about
12 Columns 6-13 Being sent game requests from strangers
Yes The ones which stands out are the ones which are about me because they would upset me the most because they would be used against me
Yes the ones that I didn’t think of because I didn’t know they happened
14 Columns 7-13 When people don’t write properly
Yes To the extreme left they are more about people who don’t like me or I don’t like them or they call me names etc and I don’t think these bother me as I don’t really care what people think and also things like someone wanted to meet up with me I would never do anything that silly. Ones on the far right are more like people getting physically hurt and killed and threatening people and pornographic things and these are to the extreme right because these are disturbing and could last a long time
A card that stood out is someone being killed and it stood out because I thought it was very disgusting thing to do and would be very disturbing and probably stick in your mind for the rest of your life and it may make you scared however I would never watch a video like that
19 Columns 6-13 Yes I feel most strongly about the cards I placed at the extreme left I think they’re insignificant and wouldn’t affect me
I feel most strongly about the cards at the extreme right as for example seeing someone kill himself would be awful and have an impact on me
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24 Columns 6-13 If I saw that a young
member of my family was partaking in an activity that I knew their parents wouldn’t agree with – this would really bother me
Yes I chose ‘I saw a person being killed’ and ‘I receive unwanted sexual messages’ as most agree because they would really upset me and I wouldn’t be able to forget them
I chose ‘I found that someone was posting everything about his/her life’ this would not bother me as it is their choice unless they were a close friend or family member
They all make sense because they are sensible scenarios that unfortunately take place regularly on Facebook
33 Columns 8-13 If you were bullied on and off Facebook
Yes Because if someone died through bullying and it happened to someone close it would be upsetting
No they were all fine
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What makes the statements at the extremes (+6 and -6) so important?
Any other statements which stood out?
2 Columns 9-13 My friends and it would be a piece of important information and somebody might just be offline and not able to send a message back so it doesn’t really and other people before, some of the statements have to be taken seriously.
Yes Because they are the 4 most extreme statements that would either really get to me or wouldn’t
Felt all were relevant to the table
34 Columns since seeing that would affect me personally
The weapons card since it’s highly unlikely to happen. Also the drugs card
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38 Columns 6-13 Yes 3 (I received messages that were made to get a response out of me) & 1 (I saw someone being physically hurt) – If I received a threat about someone close to me it could mean me getting dragged into it. I don’t like people physically being hurt
25 (I found that I was spending all my free time on Facebook) Not really linked to the subject
39 Columns 6-13 Yes To the right (most concern) it’s extremely negatively impacting somebody, particularly someone who is vulnerable. Also, threats / harm to me or my family is concerning.
To the left (least concern) is behaviour that occurs often and doesn’t harm me or anyone else seriously – especially as there’s the option of blocking
40 Columns 10-13
Yes ‘I saw a person being killed’ this bothers me because this person has a family who loves them and has lost them!
‘21’ (I saw that a vulnerable person was being encouraged to hurt himself/ herself (such as to self harm or commit suicide)) this bothers me because if the person was to harm and die because of others then they don’t get arrested for it and it would also affect families
‘44’ (I was deleted as a friend by someone) that really doesn’t bother me because I wouldn’t notice it and they can do what they want
‘52’ (I felt that someone was being sarcastic with me (such as an ex’s friends ‘liking’ my relationship status update) it doesn’t bother me because I don’t believe in that stuff
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What makes the statements at the extremes (+6 and -6) so important?
Any other statements which stood out?
8 Columns 7-13 If someone
Yes I felt most strongly about answer 21 (I saw that a vulnerable person was being encouraged to hurt him/herself such as suicide or self harm) because self harm is a problem that someone is trying to get through. People who self harm have a very personal reason why they do harm themselves and if people tell them to hurt themself they’re going to harm themselves more. And that’s not fair. Suicide is also no joke and people don’t understand why and how painful it is to the person
And answer 28 (I saw a person being killed) that is just wrong. A person’s death is personal to the family. Not right?
Answer 19 (I saw someone selling drugs) and answer 46 (I saw someone selling weapons) this would concern me but I don’t understand why people would do that sort of thing on a public website? Wouldn’t they get caught?
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Yes That I can share my views to other people ‘I was left out of an invite’ because I don’t get how that would get to someone Facebook that become physical offline and some people get scared to go out of the house because of threats. I don’t think it’s ok to do that
I didn’t really like I saw a person being killed it didn’t bother me much just made me thought what it would be like if that happened
36 Columns 12-13
Arguments Yes Right – because it’s annoying Left – I find it funny vulnerable person was being encouraged to hurt himself/ herself (such as to self harm or commit suicide)), 28 (I saw a person being killed) as I would feel very emotional and disturbed because I feel that the two are wrong. I can see a link to the two on how I have put them there. The images and everything else would make me feel how much pain the individuals may have felt. I feel that murder and bullying a person through physical abuse is wrong
27 (I received hurtful comments from a profile which I knew to be fake) and 44 (I was deleted as a friend by someone) are not the most concerning as they don’t have an insult as they are not threat or important. If someone wanted to delete me they probably have a reason for it or they have got rid of their account, Comments from a fake profile is ridiculous as its aimed to be a set up
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What makes the statements at the extremes (+6 and -6) so important?
Any other statements which stood out?
1 Columns 4-13 People
Yes I think because they include my friends being hurt, me being hurt and other people being hurt.
Not just hurt physically but hurt by words or actions as well
49, I saw that someone was trying to present himself/ herself in a certain way (which was different to how I saw him/her) 37 (I felt that someone’s general comment was an indirect ‘dig’
(comment) about me)
I found the way they were worded confusing but after it was explained I understood them
Most disagree = everyone uses swearing and for younger people to get on Facebook they have to lie about their age
I saw a person being hurt and killed because it’s not something that people want to see and it’s not good to brag about it
23 Columns 6-13 No Yes Most of the messages which was on the cards were quite negative touching people’s feelings and others just comments which you could just ignore
Cards like ‘seeing someone getting killed’ posted on Facebook and pornographic which is unnecessary to be honest
25 Columns 7-13 Fake profiles being made to
Yes Agree – seeing someone hurt by others on Facebook is completely wrong and people shouldn’t boast about it
Disagree – people ignoring me on Facebook isn’t a huge issue as they may not have got round to me yet or busy