Survey Report

THE USING OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Introduction

In this modern era, most of people have social media. Students are no exception. This survey was conducted to find out how students use social media in their life.

Method

The research was done by means of a questionnaire given to the students to complete. The survey was done by 34 respondents. They were asked to fill in the questionnaire on 6-10 May, 2016. 

Findings

Of the majority, 91.2 per cent of the participants are female. They are in the age between 18-20 years old (94.1 per cent). The participants commonly have almost the same opinion on what they know about social media. According to them, social media is a medium on the internet to ease communication.  Most of them (88.2 per cent) have more than one account on social media. The reason why they create account on social media is dominated by keeping in touch with friends (85.3 per cent).

The 34 students are next questioned on how they use social media. 44.1 per cent do check their social media once an hour. What they post are dominated with daily life stories (70.6 per cent), followed by re-posting someone’s quotation (58.8 per cent). They are also interested in friends latest updates (38.2 per cent) and have least interest in famous people updates (8.8 per cent), although a significant majority (91.2 per cent) follow famous people such as artist or musician. They are not always accept friend requests (97.1 per cent) and have met some of their friends (94.1 per cent).

The participants tend to be happy when they received more comments (70.6 per cent) rather than likes (29.4 per cent). They will block an account if it tags them on inappropriate posts (67.6 per cent) although the habit in using social media is to be silent reader (61.8 per cent) than giving comments (38.2 per cent).

Conclusion

Students commonly have more than one account on social media. They create accounts to keep in touch with friends. Checking social media is a must in once an hour. What they usually check is their friend’s latest updates and their own post waiting for comments. The majority of them follow famous people, but they have least interest in the updates. They will also block an account if it tags them on inappropriate posts, although they are silent readers.