The development of online media to prevent youth violence

Abstract

The development of online media to prevent violence in adolescents carried out in the form of research and development aimed to 1) develop online media in motion infographics to prevent youth violence; 2) evaluate the effectiveness of online media in motion infographics; 3) study academic achievement and students’ satisfaction with online media in motion infographics; and 4) introduce guidelines for disseminating online media in motion infographics. The research samples were selected by purposive sampling consisting of adolescents, school administrators, school teachers, and officers from the anti-youth violence campaign units, totaling 97 people.  The research tools included interview forms, online media in motion infographic forms, media evaluation forms, achievement tests, and satisfaction assessment forms. The results revealed that 1) proper online media to prevent violence should be easy to access, full of interesting and engaging content, and suitable for all genders and ages. The media should educate adolescents, families, school administrators, and teachers. It should include content on adolescents’ development, anti-violence skills, positive communication, understanding the causes of violence, and skills for victim rescuers; 2) The efficiency of online media was 80.32/82.40 according to the established 80/80 benchmark; 3) The posttest achievement scores were higher than pretest ones at the 0.05 level which was in line with the hypothesis. The results of students’ satisfaction with online media had the highest level of satisfaction; 4). The suggested guidelines for disseminating online media were to send a written notice and online media project packages to the relevant education organizations, provincial public health organizations, the National Institute for Child and Family Development, the foundation for child safety promotion, and to publish on social media.