Facebook and WhatsApp at school, present situation and prospects in Italy

In the last few years, social media have become one of the main communication vehicles among young generations. Gradually, they are also entering the school. Starting from data collected through a questionnaire administered to approximately 2000 secondary school students and those gathered from a questionnaire and interviews with about 300 teachers of schools of the same order, we try to take stock of the spread of social networks such as Facebook and WhatsApp as a means of communication between teachers and students for educational purposes, with a main focus on the reasons for the choice for or against using social networks at school.