Psyc 1100 Research Experiment

Name: Jodi Wagenaar Id# 4187981 Teacher: Manuela Keeler Date: Nov,15/13 Course:Physc 100

Research Question: Is social networking affecting face to face interactions in todays society? Would people rather communicate via the internet or face to face?

Hypothesis: I believe that doing this research will show that people who use a lot of social networking loose the face to face interaction and would rather communicate over a social networking site. Going over previous research methods I have learned that they have also chosen to use a survey as the best option to conduct this study. Upon review there had been mixed out comes however I believe that a study in todays society will lean more towards the use of social networking.

Research Study
I have chosen to use a survey as my research method. This survey will act like any other survey that has been done where there will be a random assignment used. Anyone who wishes to participate in this survey is able to and the more people to participate the more results and analysis can be achieved. People will take a survey and answer the questions to the best of their ability and return them directly to me. I will not be observing them answer the questions and they can return it to me by placing the answered survey on the table.

Social Networking Survey

This survey is for my phycology class! Please complete with honest answers and leave on table. No names required.

Question1,What is your age? (circle answer) 13-18, 19-25, 25-32 Question2,Do you have a computer or access to one? Yes or No Question3,Do you have a social networking account? Yes or No Question4,Do you have a facebook account?

Yes or No The next few questions will be answered using hours Question 6, How many hours a day do you go online? Hours_______ Question 7, How many hours do you spend a day on a social site? (Facebook for an example) Hours_______ Question 8, How many hours a day do you spend time with face to face interaction? Hours_______

The next few questions will be true or false (circle answer) Question 9, I would rather be on a social media site then hanging out with people. T or F Question10, I stay and touch with people more on the internet then through the phone. T or F Question11, I feel more comfortable with online interaction then face to face ones.

T or F Question 12, I will unfriend someone from Facebook rather than talk about it to their face. T or F Question 13, I have used a social media site to end a friendship or relationship via mgs or some other form online. T or F Question 14, Sometimes I have a better relationship with people I meet online. T or F Question 15, I make an effort to spend time with my friends? T or F Question 16, I rather carry on a conversation online then face to face? T or F Question17, I talk to my friends face to face more than through an online site? T or F Question 18, I have no time for face to face contact and that is why I go online to keep in touch ? T or F

Thank- you for your participation. It is greatly appreciated!!

My Results
I have found through my results that there are still a lot of people that do enjoy that face to face interaction. My outcome was that more people use social media in a day then talking to people face to face or even over the telephone. I believe that I achieved these results because in todays society people have become so accustomed to the computer and have to use it every day for school work or pleasure. People that may have issues being able to express themselves or they may be introverted feel more comfortable behind a screen and being able to talk freely without judgement against them. The internet is also a faster way to connect with people which may be beneficial to someone who has a busy schedule. I believe that my results supported my hypothesis because I based my hypothesis on what I see everyday around me. I know for the many people that are in my generation that computers and social networking have become a part of life to us; we almost get worried if we do not have these types of accesses that we could be missing out on something. There are many limitations and factors that could affect my experiment and make it not 100 percent accurate. The questions could have been too broad or specify which did not give people the opportunity to explain themselves. There was also the factor that I only had about 25% of the surveys returned to me which does not give me a wide variety of results. There are also many factors to do with peoples lives. Maybe someone is here just for schooling and they have no family and friends around at this time and that would be why social media is the best option for them because face to face is not possible. There are a lot of factors when you do a

survey that you may not get totally accurate information because people could just lie and you cannot get every ones opinion.

Table of Contents
Page 1: Research Question and Hypothesis

Page 2: Research Study Design

Page 3: Research Data and Observation

Page 4: Results and Discussion

Page 5: References

Page 6: Rubric

References
Website References

1) Sponcil,M and Gitimu,P. (). Journal of Technology Research. In . Retrieved 11/02/13, from www.aabri.com/manuscripts/121214.pdf.

2) Drussel,J. (2012). Social Networking and Interpersonal Communication and Conflict Resolution Skills among College Freshmen". In . Retrieved 11/05/13, from http://sophia.stkate.edu/msw_papers/21.

3) http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=T Mg8XM6yIe1UzPEq_2fvCXjQ_3d_3d This

reference gave me examples of questions that could be used in such survey.

Research Data
Ages of people who participated in experiment.

Percentage of Participants
25-32

19-25

Percentage

13-18

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Average Hours Spend Face to Face

25-32

19-25

Hours

13-18

A lot of factors played in this response such as using social media over the phone and it always being left on.

Average hours online

25-32

19-25

Hours

13-18

All data information had been put into graphs for easier use and percentages have been estimated to the best of the researchers ability!