Research on the Influences of Social Media to Gender Equality

Lingnan University, Cultural Studies, Hong Kong, China

^* Corresponding author. Email: fuyige0928@gmail.com

Abstract

As social media emerged, it generally make an influence on our society, and especially the social relationship among us. Social relationships include many aspects, such as the expansion of the social sphere, and then comes to the subject of the research: the Influences of Social Media to Gender Equality. First, the research is conducted through collecting data: a questionnaire was designed and finally, 81 questionnaires were collected. The data comes from the friend circle around the researcher online, especially the group who do not have difficulty having access to the traditional media and social media at the same time. In short conclusion, the research finally showed that social media platforms gathered more voices from the minorities, especially from the LGBTQ group; and it provides the public with the opportunities to interact with each other, which is completely different from the traditional media; then if the topic related to gender equality is heated, it will be more possible to be seen by the public. Then the research in the following will provide more details.