A study of social media use among high school students in Japan, China, South Korea and the United States published Tuesday found that Japanese high school students use social media mainly for hobbies and occasionally to make friends.
The research was conducted by the National Institute for Youth Education collected responses from over 15,000 secondary school students from the four countries between September and January.
Japanese high school students seemed most interested in using social media as a tool to gather information about their hobbies, such as video games or music, as well as to join online fandoms or participate in online events. oshikatsu — activities that fans do to support their idols.
