Social media has taken a huge part in our lives. People of all ages interact on social media. According to http://webtrends.about.com/od/web20/a/social-media.htm, “Social media are web-based communication tools that enable people to interact with each other by both sharing and consuming information. The first social media site was Friendster, which was launched in 2002. The second social media site was Myspace, which was launched in 2003. These sites caught everyone’s attention; therefore, everybody started interacting with social media. The most common social media sites today are Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram (web.trends.about.com/od/web20/la/social-media-htm). People may think social media is a waste of time; however, it helps
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Thirty younger adults were selected to complete my questionnaire. The ages were from 18-25 years of age. All of them were different races, different gender, and they were all from my location. The people who were selected was my friends, and the other were from social media. The reason why I choose different ages was because I wanted to see different opinions and input on this project.
Instrument:
In this research a questionnaire was administered to collect data; which was the standard survey collection method. It included seven multiple choice questions associated with social media. Thirty people participated in the survey, the survey was created on Google forms. I sent my thirty participants an email with the survey as an attachment. Some of the questions were “Why do you get on social media?” and “How does social media make you …show more content…
Seventy percent of my sample reported they use 3-4 social media sites, while 19.4% use 4-5 social media sites, and only 9.7% use 0-1 social media sites. Forty-eight point four percent admitted they spent 4-6 hours a day on social media, 29% spent 0-3 hours, and only 22.6% spent more than 7 hours. Eighty-seven point one percent reported social media is important because it shows the news and current information occurring in the world, while 12.9 percent disagreed while stating social media doesn’t contain any important information. People admitting to being grateful for social media were 77.4%, while 22.6 disagreed while stating they don’t need social media. Eighty percent of my sample revealed social media make them feel confident, while 20% makes them feel depressed. Sixty-one point three percent of my participants admit social media makes their relationship worse, while 38.7% admits it make it
Thirty younger adults were selected to complete my questionnaire. The ages were from 18-25 years of age. All of them were different races, different gender, and they were all from my location. The people who were selected was my friends, and the other were from social media. The reason why I choose different ages was because I wanted to see different opinions and input on this project.
Instrument:
In this research a questionnaire was administered to collect data; which was the standard survey collection method. It included seven multiple choice questions associated with social media. Thirty people participated in the survey, the survey was created on Google forms. I sent my thirty participants an email with the survey as an attachment. Some of the questions were “Why do you get on social media?” and “How does social media make you …show more content…
Seventy percent of my sample reported they use 3-4 social media sites, while 19.4% use 4-5 social media sites, and only 9.7% use 0-1 social media sites. Forty-eight point four percent admitted they spent 4-6 hours a day on social media, 29% spent 0-3 hours, and only 22.6% spent more than 7 hours. Eighty-seven point one percent reported social media is important because it shows the news and current information occurring in the world, while 12.9 percent disagreed while stating social media doesn’t contain any important information. People admitting to being grateful for social media were 77.4%, while 22.6 disagreed while stating they don’t need social media. Eighty percent of my sample revealed social media make them feel confident, while 20% makes them feel depressed. Sixty-one point three percent of my participants admit social media makes their relationship worse, while 38.7% admits it make it