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Social Networking Research Project

Social Networking Research Project. Charlene Bugeja & Marija Mijovic . Research study . Surveys were handed out and sent by emails 23 questionnaires were filled in. Demographics. Males:12 Females:11 More or less an equal amount of both genders Age:

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Social Networking Research Project

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  1. Social Networking Research Project Charlene Bugeja & Marija Mijovic

  2. Research study • Surveys were handed out and sent by emails • 23 questionnaires were filled in

  3. Demographics • Males:12 • Females:11 • More or less an equal amount of both genders • Age: • 22 were 18-24 years old, one was in the 25-30 year old age bracket • All are full time students • Majority are Maltese (20), one Chinese, one Japanese and one German student • None of students who completed the survey are married, 15 are in a relationship and 8 are single.

  4. Demographics • Students were found to be from several different faculties: • Arts: 10 • Fema: 3 • Engineering: 3 • Education: 2 • CCT:2 • Medicine:1 • Law:1 • ICT: 1

  5. General use • Number of social networking sites (SNS) used: • 1: 2 students • 2-3: 20 students • 3+: 1 student • SNS used: • Facebook: 23 • Hi5: 13 • Myspace: 5 • Twitter: 1 • Mixi: 1

  6. General use • Amount of time spent on SNS on a daily basis: • Less than one hour: 14 • 1-3 hours: 8 • 3-5 hours: 1 • No one spent more than 5 hours a day on SNS • Reasons for using SNS • Keeping in contact with others: 14 • Sharing and viewing photos: 8 • General info about others: 6 • Event notifications: 4 • Birthday reminders: 3 • Chat: 6 • Making friends: 1

  7. General use • How often do you update your profile? • Every hour: 0 • Every couple of hours: 1 • Once a day: 3 • Every couple of days: 5 • Once a week: 1 • Rarely: 13

  8. Privacy and security • Do you have any privacy settings on your SNS profiles? • Yes: 17 • No: 6 • Do you accept friends requests from people that you don't know? • No, never: 4 • Yes, always: 3 • Sometimes, depends on their info:16

  9. Privacy and security • Who do you add? • Facebook: • Friends: 23 • Relatives: 20 • Co-workers:14 • Classmates: 21 • Myspace: • Friends: 4 • Relatives: 4 • Co-workers:3 • Classmates: 4 • Twitter: • Friends:1 • Relatives: Co-workers: Classmates: all 0 • No answers for Flickr

  10. Privacy and security • How do you feel about knowing that your information will be passed on to third parties on SNS? • I don't care: 4 • I am aware of this: 19 • I choose not to add/join anything:0 • Are you aware of any privacy laws on the internet? • Yes: 11 • No: 12 • Some of those who said “yes” wrote down the Data Protection Act, although others could not name any legislation

  11. Privacy and security • Do you feel that your privacy has ever been intruded through: • Tagging: 7 • Comments: 1 • Spam applications: 4 • Others felt that their privacy has not been compromised in any way • Do you submit personal details online such as: • Status updates: 11 • Notes: 4 • Photos: 16 • Videos: 5 • Contact info: 4 • Music: 3 • (Other) Personal info such as nationality/address: 1

  12. Community • How many friends/contacts do you have on your most used social networking site: • less than 100: 5 • 100-300: 11 • 300-500: 2 • 500-1000: 4 • 1000+: 1

  13. Community • Why did you choose to join your most used SNS? • All of my friends had joined: 8 • I got bored of invites: 4 • I heard about a new SNS: 7 • I accidentally found it: 0 • I wanted to make new friends/keep in touch with old ones: 5 • How do you feel about the time you spend on SNS? • I prefer face to face contact: 14 • I find it a great way to communicate: 5 • I waste too much time on it: 5 • I'm totally addicted: 2 • I regret joining: 0

  14. Community • Does participation in SNS help you integrate into the society you live in? • Yes: 14 • No: 9 • Do you feel that you are more interactive through SNS? • Yes: 6 • No: 17 • Do you feel that SNS enhance your rels with other people? • Yes: 10 • No: 13

  15. Community • Students found SNS to be important in their lives so as to keep in contact with old friends and also to make new friends. • One student stated that he did not believe that SNS helps someone to be more interactive only if they’re shy. • Another student felt more interactive in the community by learning about upcoming events.

  16. Conclusion • Facebook is widely used among students as all students who filled in the survey said they use this SNS. • Not much time is spent on SNS on daily basis as most responded to spending less than an hour per day

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