Personal Investigation 2 Flashcards
An Interview On The Use Of Social Media
Variables: IV- Age of PPS and what social media they use- ask age + media used. DV- Amount of time spent on social media- Screen time
Hypotheses: Significantly people under the age of 30 will spend a lot more time on a range of social media than people under 30. This is known from previous research that younger people spend more time on a range of social media.
Null Hypothesis: Age will not influence media usage
Sample: People above and below 30- above 16- Opportunity sampling- convenient, cheap and not time consuming
Design: Semi-structured interview as it combines both the structured and unstructured interview styles. A few predetermined closed questions will be asked while the rest will be more open and planned ones.
Procedure: Ask to interview, gain consent, ask questions, mark down answers, repeat for each PPS, record results, graph data-statistical tests.
Findings
- 15 above 30, 15 below 30.
- Above 30- 13/15 used Facebook most, 2/15 used Instagram, 1/15 used other.
- Below 30- 10/15- used Snapchat most, 3/15 used Instagram, 2/15 used Facebook.
- Above 30- 7/15- screen time was 6-8 hours, 5/15 was 4-6 hours and 3/15 was 2-4 hours.
- Below 30- 13/15- screen time was 8+ hours, 2/15 was 6-8 hours.
- Above 30- Social media screen time- 5/15 was 2-4, 5/15 was 4-6, 5/15 was 0-2.
- Below 30- Social media screen time- 10/15 was 4-6hours, 4/15 was 2-4, 1/15 was 6-8 hours
Stats: Mode, Range, Bar chart- easy to interpret. Chi-square test- show whether PPS were above or below 30, difference in apps.
Evaluation
Evaluation- Test-retest reliability. Concurrent- Comparing with established measurements. Content- objectively checks method of measuring behaviour is accurate and decides whether it is a fair test. Construct validity- Overall results reflect the phenomena.
Ethical issues: Informed consent- Ask if they are willing to be part of interview and tell them the aim. Confidentiality- No names taken; data kept only for me before produced in stats. Do no harm- No personal questions asked, except name and age, age bracket will be given.
