Social media is widely used by everyone today. In a learning community, understanding the use of social media tools and platforms will empower leaders to facilitate meaningful and productive interactions among group members.
Description
Talk with 5 to 8 colleagues, friends or relatives. Interview them informally about their social media activities. Ideally, these individuals should belong to your circle of influence or locus of control as related to your present or future work environments. Compare and contrast your findings with the readings (below) from the Pew Internet Research Project.
Readings
Pew Research Center. (2014, January). Social media fact sheet. Retrieved September 2, 2014 from http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/social-networking-fact-sheet/
Rainie, L., Purcell, K. & Smith, A. (2011, January). The social side of the internet. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/2011/01/18/the-social-side-of-the-internet/
Duggan, M. & Smith, A. (2013, December 30). Social Media Update 2013. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/12/30/social-media-update-2013/
Deliverable
Create a Google document (or Google presentation) report. Summarize your findings in 250 words or in 5-10 slides. Provide a clear, concise concluding statement in your summary.
Post the link to your document (or slide show) as a comment to this page.
Guidance questions [Added 9/4]
Some items to consider when preparing your summary. Note that you need not answer them specifically. Your report should be in a written narrative form and a list of questions and answers.
- How do your findings compare and contrast to that of the references provided?
- How concerned were your interview subjects about their personal privacy when using social media?
- What are the implications of your findings relative to your locus of control or circle of influence?
- How might social media use change over time?
- How might social media impact learning in the next decade? Explain.
- Do you expect your use of social media professionally to change in the next five years? Why or why not?
Interact with your peers
Briefly review the reports submitted by your peers. Add a comment to three (3) of the reports reviewed. Spread out your comments among your peers so that everyone will receive three comments.Your comments should be professional, substantive and clearly understandable. 2-3 well-written paragraphs will suffice. Minimize social commentary and avoid use of slang. If necessary, provide links to appropriate references.
Drafting your statements off-line using a text editor and using spelling and grammar check tools will minimize typos and grammatical errors. It is also a good practice when preparing to post online for others to view.
Due dates
Sep 8 - Post a link to your summary report.
Sep 15 - Post comments to three (3) other reports.
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I have two different versions as I misread exactly what we were supposed to do by when. Here's my presentation version http://goo.gl/gvodiS while below is addressing the questions directly. If you're an image type of learner, check out my Google Presentation, if not, you can check out my Google Doc for directly addressing the questions http://goo.gl/XI3xhk (I've set permissions to comment if you wish) but I believe the responses have to be posted here.
ReplyDeleteAloha e Mark,
DeleteI enjoyed reviewing your social media demographics. The visual aids complemented and aided the understanding of the data you collected. I especially appreciate your starting with a clear purpose statement, something I will be mindful of for future presentations that I do as I is a great aid to overall understanding. In comparing your slides to your document, I feel that you clearly captured and summarized your findings with the presentation. It appears that we used a similar approach to the creation of our presentations, embedding charts created via Google Sheets.
In comparing our findings, we both found that Facebook was the most commonly used Social Media tool among our participants. I noticed that Twitter is second most popular among your participants, while Instagram is second most popular among mine. It would be interesting to explore the differences among the individuals we interviewed to discover what leads to that difference. I also appreciate the detailed look at how much time your participants spend on social media. It makes me with that I had looked at your presentation before I started mine, so I could have been more specific in gathering my usage information.
Great work and mahalo for sharing.
Kainoa
Mark:
DeleteI very much appreciate that you provided information on the survey that you conducted by taking into consideration those who are more visual as well as those who prefer more direct, succinct information. I reviewed both your items, and found each to be filled with very valuable information. The “presentation version” of your results is, in my opinion, particularly well-organized and able to provide a viewer with a clear idea about why the survey was conducted, who was interviewed, and what data was provided by the interviewees. The written version of your work effectively compared and contrasted the results the study conducted by Pew Research with your own, and provided information which is likely to be valuable to those looking to use social media to enhance our instruction.
As stated in the comments of your written version, I found there to be many similarities among the results of your survey and my own – even though we surveyed slightly different demographics. It could be argued that both of surveys were slanted toward those identifying as Asian, although this may or may not be an issue considering the make-up of our local population in general. The age groups of those interviewed, however, were distinctly different in our surveys: yours looking primarily at young professionals, mine looking at high school students. It appears that some of the more obvious similarities between the two include everyone who was interviewed being a user of social media, as well as the intentions behind those users (to stay in contact with friends and family, productivity, and self-expression). It is also interesting to note that platforms such as LinkedIn appear to be dropping in popularity, while those such as Instagram appear to be on the rise.
Major differences to note would be how concerned about privacy high school students are (very concerned) compared with those you interviewed (“not too concerned”). Also worthy of mention is the rate at which platform preferences are changing: sites such as MySpace are now almost unheard of, and now there seems to be a change from more of text-oriented type of sharing to one which is more centered around photos and videos. This may have major implications for those of us in the education field: while privacy seems to be taken more seriously now, we have all seen what kind of trouble less responsible people can get themselves into with their photos and videos, and therefore we would be wise to consider redoubling our efforts to inform social media users of what steps they can take to protect their privacy. On the more positive side of things, photos and videos can communicate a lot of information and I believe this can be a great asset to learning.
Thanks for the thought-provoking and insightful information!
Mike
Aloha all -
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to my Social Demographics Report.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bG73aLSbe0Nw3b111UmirIMRm_YdDizZGIEN_tBd3lg/edit?usp=sharing
Mahalo,
Terri
Aloha e Terri,
DeleteMahalo for sharing your social media demographics write up. I appreciated your simple and easy to follow layout. The visual that you provided in which you graphed your data compared to the Pew data was an intelligent choice and I wish that I had though to do something similar. I like that you chose to purposefully interview a range of ages, it led to some very interesting data.
In specifically looking at your data, I found it odd that so few participants use Twitter, but upon reflection, I realized that most of us use Twitter for the ETEC program and so we are a specific subset of required Twitter users. Like you, I found Facebook and Instagram to be most popular. One of the individuals that I surveyed bucks the trends in that he is 21 years old, but only uses on social media platform, Facebook. He is resistant to using other networks. I find outliers of that nature to be worth exploring, similar to your one Twitter user. It could be enlightening to explore their choices in more detail.
Mahalo again for sharing.
Kainoa
Hi Terri
DeleteYour report took me back to a time when I was a high school teacher for a very brief period. I remember how my students used to get excited at the thought of using social media to complete an assignment. I had them form a private group on FB that was controlled by me, since I had the responsibility of ensuring they did not misuse the page, and almost every student, even the ones that did not show too much interest in class otherwise, chipped in and got involved in the process. So yes, Facebook does have immense potential for collaboration and learning, not just for students but for us teachers as well. I am still a part of groups for teachers and educational psychologist and staying on track with their updates and posts are very helpful. Some students wanted to use Instagram and Snapchat in my class but I flat out refused that because I knew I would have no control over it and also that those platforms did not carry much weight for the assignment I had for them!
Thanks for the post!
Aloha Terri,
DeleteI enjoyed reading your social media demographics report. I think it’s great that you were able to learn about the social media habits of a wide range of demographics. Our results seem to be quite similar, with Facebook and Instagram being the most popular programs. And like your results, Twitter was one of the least popular programs. I was pretty surprised at how low Twitter ranked in our results and in the PEW results, especially since it seems like we always hear references to Twitter on tv and in popular culture. However, as you shared in your report, people seem to prefer using social media to keep up with news and communicating with friends. In the short time I’ve been actively using Twitter, I’ve discovered that it’s a pretty great program for those kinds of activities. Hopefully it will catch on amongst our own locus of control.
You made a good point that those in the younger generation are less concerned with privacy. It’s so true that they’re very comfortable with sharing their personal lives in the very public venue of social media. I’m surprised at some of the things I’ve seen people share on Facebook. Even though I would call it over-sharing, to those in the younger generation, it’s become a normal way to express their feelings and get attention. It’s very interesting to see how the different generations use social media. Great job and mahalo for sharing!
Kaulana D.
Aloha Terri,
DeleteI liked your report on Social Media Demographics. I also found the same thing about twitter. It's just not that common in my circle of friends or family. I found the same thing about what social media goes with different age ranges. The older folks really like Facebook, the younger folks really like Instagram and Snapchat. I also found that Facebook messaging is the way to reach out to people that you don't text regularly. Email is not the way to communicate socially, it's really more about work for those that I talked to. The issue of privacy really came up for me as you mentioned. With an eleven year old, I do worry.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteHere is my link to my Social Demographics Report.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A60RtOOFgY7LBb9Ba8KMUTVRG-JmlZFIM9Nwszcu0eQ/edit?usp=sharing
Christy
Hi Christy,
DeleteI enjoyed reading your Social Media Demographics report. I noticed that in my circle of control they are primarily users of Facebook also. Instagram was another popular site as well. I also have a small percentage of participants who don’t participate much in Social Media because of privacy issues and not wanting it to take over their life.
I have also used Edmodo and I think it’s a great way to communicate using social media in K-12. It’s a great way to connect with educators around the world. I’ve never actually used it outside of my school but maybe I will expand my horizons with it. Thanks for sharing!
Desiree
Hi Christy. Thanks for your report. What stood out to me was the part where you mentioned that people sometimes refrain from using social media due to their skepticism involving meeting random strangers. I must mention that I empathize with this since I myself was very hesitant to use social media platforms at one point. a lot of people view social media as a fun tool that just connects people for "fun" reasons. While it might be so, I think people need to realize the enormous learning potential that social media carries. Infact, once I decided to open myself up to Facebook and Instagram for the right reasons, with my learning goal in mind, it was surprising how much more meaningful they were!
DeleteHi Christy,
DeleteI noticed that your results for the use of social media was similar to mine. Many who were users of social media tools used Facebook. Although our results were limited it is similar to those from the Pew data. Another thing that was similar is that I had two participants who were not social media users because of privacy issues, lacks confidence in technology, or doesn't feel they have a use for it. You stated, Social media networks can assist professional groups to stay connected, share ideas and resources, and extend their professional development." My participants shared that these are the main reasons they use social media.
Although your report did not include graphs or charts it was easy to follow. I liked the statistics that you have included in your report. I enjoyed reading your conclusion. You are right, " The possibilities of using social media in various capacities are limitless as future technology and human ingenuity is a big factor in what social media can provide." Thank you so much for sharing.
Mahalo,
Brittany Neizman
Aloha Christy,
DeleteThe report that you wrote about social media was interesting to me. Everyone I interviewed uses social media, but different degrees. No one I spoke to is that worried about privacy issues to the point of NOT using social media. I'm a little worried because I have a few digital natives in the house - one only 11 years old. Although tech savvy, I'm not sure he has the depth of knowledge or experience to understand privacy issues. I also noticed that you mention Emundo. I've heard about this from many people in this program, always positive. Thanks for sharing.
Aloha mai kākou,
ReplyDeletePlease find my Google Slides for my Social Media Demographics report at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ch5rnZVMu4a9jUS48kZnfP0fbeN1tuazdnMdAHPmIZE/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Mahalo,
Kainoa
Aloha e Kainoa -
DeleteMahalo for sharing your social media demographics presentation! I greatly appreciated your visual presentation of your findings. The graphs of your study results were clear and easy to comprehend. We had similar findings in our reports in that all surveyed were Facebook users with Instagram a close second. Mobile device access was also prevalent in your study as well as mine.
I agree with your comments of the fickle nature of technology and the web. I, too, remember Myspace as my initial foray into social networking but now is not even considered one of the top social media sites. I wonder if Facebook will eventually give way to a new up-and-coming site. It seems there may be a shift already for younger users to move to Instagram and the like because as one person commented, “Facebook is for old people now.” We shall have to see how it plays out. We can all agree on the widespread usage of social media but it remains to be seen on whether it will be incorporated as extensively or more importantly, effectively in professional and educational settings.
Mahalo for sharing your insight.
A hui hou,
Terri
Hey Kainoa,
DeleteWow, your Google presentation was a lot BETTER. That's awesome that you took the time to not only collect good data, but to really format it well. I think my presentation looks to sterile now. I like how you used transitions, and really made the effort to make it great.
I would assume that since you had almost a 50/50 mix in the folks you've spoke to confirmed that the user of Pinterest are mostly female? I also found it interesting that no one used Linkedin. As for me, perhaps because I work in higher education, that half of my respondents used Linkedin. I use Linkedin for keeping my resume/CV data current. I always have a hard time finding my latest resume, so I use that as the "one stop" for keeping that up-to-date, and then going back to update my resume from there.
I didn't have a chance to break down the frequency of use by app, but I did get total usage per day. I really commend you for being able to provide all of that rich data! Great job!
-Mark
Kainoa:
DeleteYour presentation was relatively short but very clear and filled with relevant information. Your graphs and charts were simple enough to very clear, but informative enough to provide evidence of what you stated later in your reflection. Of particular interest was your slide on privacy, and also what you mention later on about the correlation between privacy settings and occupations. I would strongly support further research on this topic should you opt to conduct it.
I noticed a few trends among your survey results and those which I attained, and there does seem to be more a shift toward the use of platforms such as Instagram which involve the sharing of photos and/or videos. At the same time, LinkedIn seems be of less interest – particularly among younger users. When conducting my own survey, I chose to look at how high school students use social media, and I was surprised to see that your interviewees seem to use social media significantly more often. I also noticed that your respondents were less concerned about privacy issues.
The (preliminary) results of your survey and my own seem to support your conclusion about changes in social media, and it will be interesting to see if some reversion occurs among users that results in more conservative usage in the near future.
Mike
Hey Kainoa
DeleteGreat visual presentation! I do agree that the term “social media” can still be construed as something of a taboo in most classrooms and even in a lot of corporations! Well, a lot of companies go so far as to check their employees’ Facebook profiles every so often just so they can find out what that person has been upto and if he/she is not badmouthing the company! The same goes with students in a classroom too. But I do think that there is a positive shift in the way social media is being viewed in some schools and colleges and corporations. Edmodo is now a hot platform in education. I was a part of a class that used it a lot and it was really helpful. So I do think there is a shift in mindset and people need to start focusing more on how they can harness the benefits of social media for learning than just the negative aspects of it, which is inevitable in any online platform.
Hi there,
DeleteThank you for sharing your Google presentation. I enjoyed the diversity that you offered in each slide. I find it very interesting to see that others would rather browse than create. How will we in return create creators if everyone decides to browse?
~Liane
All:
ReplyDeleteHere is the link to my Social Media Demographics Report:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1srERtrDshsY_sVBegHBtAz3kITuAsVuTF8HiuR09rJ/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks,
Mike
Aloha,
ReplyDeleteHere is my doc about social media demographics:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cT-02ad_rjeiD77WorNprLPVMrYP1RqJTeKzBtSrlZk/edit?usp=sharing
I allowed you to add comments to the doc. An easy shortcut to comment on a doc is: command-option-m
Thanks for checking it out!
Aloha Janet,
DeleteIt is interesting to note that you found “70% of those you surveyed to use social media on their phones.” As you point out, the “popularity for smartphones, make the social media apps more user-friendly and easily accessible.” I would agree. Facebook boasts of more than 250 million active users that access the site from their mobile devices.
I believe an attractive feature for many is that one’s experience can be shared in real-time through the FB app. Wireless social networking, anytime or anywhere! User-friendly and accessible.
In regard to education, how do think social media sites will become more socially accepted for education? In your view, what has to change?
Mahalo,
Faith
Hey Janet,
DeleteI had some similarities in my finds as you did. All of my friends/coworkers used FaceBook. It was interesting to see the rest of your breakdown by types of social media. I had 8 people who I collected data from, of which 3 were females, and only one of them used Pinterest.
That's really cool that you were able to survey your class, fellow teachers, and friends and family. It's always interesting to hear multiple perspectives, especially students. Have you and/or your school done anything on Internet safety and Digital Citizenship? I'm just curious as to if those factors would have further influenced your students one way or another.
Aloha Janet,
DeleteI enjoyed reviewing your report and I think it’s great that you were able to interview people from a range of ages and backgrounds. I think it’s especially neat that you interviewed your middle school students, and the information you received from them regarding privacy concerns was very interesting! I have seen in other reports that it appears that the younger generation is not as concerned with privacy on social media sites. As a parent, I find this very concerning, especially since I would hope that my children would be cautious about what they choose to share online. I agree with you that’s an important role that we play as educators and parents, that is, to educate the younger generation on what to share and what not to share, and helping them understand that once the information is out there, as you said, it’s permanent! As far as the programs being used by your participants, you had very similar results to my own report. Twitter and LinkedIn were the least popular programs, and Facebook and Instagram were the most popular. I have yet to come across a business that requested information from a social media site. I’m sure those kinds of businesses are out there, however, and it’s only a matter of time before they appear in the smaller communities. People seem to enjoy being able to find out information at the touch of a button, and as you said, the eventual dominance and popularity of social media in a variety of environments is inevitable! Mahalo for sharing!
Kaulana D.
Aloha everyone,
ReplyDeleteThis is my doc presentation about social media demographics:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12efpJlhrUd9eFf8RAIIgi4-Bcfc6eKkjWGma8VfFnHM/edit#slide=id.g39d003c96_038
Mahalo!
Kitty
Aloha Kitty!
DeleteFirstly in response to your Social Demographic presentation, I must say that I very much appreciate your use of PowerPoint, which was complete with colorful and visually pleasing graphs/charts to illustrate the number of individuals surveyed and the breakdown of gender and age group.
Secondly, who predominantly uses LINE/KAKAOTALK/WHATSAPP in America?
The first time I heard of LINE was when participating in a collaborative project with Kansai University. However, no one I know personally on the mainland uses it or the other apps mentioned.
Looking forward to your response!
Mahalo,
Faith
Aloha Faith,
DeleteThank you for checking out my report!
LINE/KAKAOTALK/WHATSAPP are messenger tools that are very popular in Asia. Since a lot of my coworkers/friends have a lot of ties overseas in the Asian Pacific area, most of them use these tool to connect with friends and family. It works like the MSN messengers in the old times, and made popular with their extra features such as emoticons and online phone games. Whatsapp is gaining so much popularity that Facebook has recently purchased Whatsapp to include it in it’s business portfolio. I would imagine that in the future they will have plans to expand Whatsapp audiences to the rest of the world, if not only to capture the huge user network in Asia. Mahalo for ‘listening’!
-Kitty
Hi Kitty,
DeleteI enjoyed reading through your Social Demographics slideshow. It was very visually appealing. All of your graphs really helped displayed your data nicely. Within your participants you had a nice age range! It’s interesting to see how involved the older population is with social media and what their thoughts are about it. In my results Facebook and Instagram tied for the top most popular social media sites. I see that in your results Facebook stood out much more than the rest.
I agree with you that our findings can’t really compare to the PEW research because it’s such a small amount of data. You did a nice job of organizing and comparing your data with the PEW research data. Well done and thanks for sharing!
Desiree
I also posted a comment on your document. I wasn't sure if they wanted us to post here too. Sorry for double posting.
Aloha All,
ReplyDeleteHere is my Google doc on social media demographics.
https://docs.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/document/d/15LT9t6fQ9R1CUdsImxq7ntPXdCVI59UzCV2WC0RYl3s/edit
I have allowed you to add comments straight on the doc.
Thanks in advance for reading it over.
-Kaulana Hokoana
Aloha e Kaulana –
DeleteMahalo for sharing your report. I liked the way you clearly and concisely displayed your results in table form. I could quickly see your participants as well as your findings. My findings were similar in that all of my subjects use Facebook as well. And regarding privacy, the younger people surveyed also were the least concerned with privacy. It seems like age as well as occupation affect privacy preferences.
It is definitely clear that social media is widespread in its use and has the potential to be a powerful tool in education. I agree that incorporating social media into education can be useful and provide a way for educators and learners to connect. Developing and utilizing strategies to make those connections to enhance learning will be the challenge.
Again, thanks for sharing!
A hui hou,
Terri
Kaulana:
DeleteThe results which you obtained seem to be pretty consistent with not only the Pew Research finding, but also with the findings of most others in our course – including my own. Facebook definitely seems to be the social media platform of choice at the current time, while Instagram seems to be the fastest growing. Pinterest being of interest to predominantly female users is also common theme that can be seen in looking at our classmates’ results, and as someone already mentioned, Pinterest may be making more of an effort to target females than they are males (although I haven’t seen any evidence to support this claim).
The most interesting difference between your results and my own seems to be related to the level of concern over privacy and security: my respondents (high school students) expressed much more concern over privacy than those from other age groups. Your results, however, seem to be more consistent with what others found – although I am not yet aware of anyone else who surveyed secondary students. What you mention about teachers taking greater security precautions is another common theme.
I am currently unaware of any results which contradict your statement about social media use continuing to grow at a rapid rate, although how it is used – and which platforms are most popular – does seem to be changing. Like many things, I would argue that social media can be both a very powerful tool in education, as well as potentially dangerous. One implication for educators, it seems, is that we need to be take privacy and security measures seriously. That students are more concerned about this than most adults may be either a positive or negative indication depending upon how one looks at it, although it is somewhat relieving to see that teachers are taking privacy concerns into consideration.
Mike
Aloha kākou,
ReplyDeleteHere is the link to my Google Doc on social media demographics:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J2vwu1RghDebCDF2yGAm4Zcc7t0JUPZ7LZaLJmoeqiE/edit?usp=sharing
Mahalo!
Kaulana D.
Hi Kaulana,
DeleteI enjoyed reading your Social Demographics report. I had seven participants and my top two social media apps used were Facebook and Instagram also.I agree with you that your one participant who doesn’t use social media being an outlier. I had two participants who didn’t think they used social media but then after talking with them they actually use it and didn’t even realize it. They just don’t use the popular ones like Facebook or Instagram and in their eyes that’s all they considered social media.
The graphs that you included in your report were visually very helpful. I agree with you that incorporating social media in K-12 will be very slow. Privacy issues are definitely always the big road barrier. Thats great that you can use Facebook as a way to inform people about what’s going on with Hawaiian language revitalization. Thanks for sharing!
Desiree
Hi everyone,
ReplyDeleteHere's my google presentation on Social Media
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wGVytKX3TG2Et99YG6wUakU4cuPU1CLu-U202C11He4/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks and sorry for the late post.
Desiree
Aloha e Desiree –
DeleteBeing a visual learner, I loved your presentation of your report! The graphs were clear and easy to understand and displayed your results in a concise manner. I too found that Facebook and Instagram were the most popular platforms with my participants. I have never heard of Viber, and found it interesting that 2 of your participants use it. I also liked that you included quotes from your survey – it provided some personal insight into your participants.
I think we can agree that social media is prevalent in today’s society and growing. Because of its widespread use, I agree with you in that it will make its way into teacher and can be a useful tool to keep students engaged.
Thanks for sharing.
A hui hou,
Terri
I enjoyed viewing your slide presentation. As I was reading through your presentation, your professional social media usage slide caught my attention. I thought it was interesting that Pew Research reported that social media usage keeps increasing every year. I also found your expectation to use social media in a professional setting interesting as I reflected on my own usage of Facebook. While I have many of my collegues as friends on Facebook, we do not really talk about professional matters. We mainly comment on family, trips taken, or an observation made during the day. It is interesting to note that once in a while we might ask something related to school such as confirming what we need to bring to a professional development training but we do not use Facebook to engage each other relating to teaching, our instructional practices, or any topic related to the profession.
DeleteRecently, I separated my accounts into three categories: personal, work, and UH-Manoa. I did this because I had it all in one account (personal) and I needed to compartmentalize it as I was having difficulty keeping track of it all. By separating these accounts, I am able to establish boundaries and privacy settings accordingly. I think as I have become more experienced and my expectations are becoming more established, I can make informed decisions on how I want my internet presence to be viewed.
I found it also interesting that Facebook was the common social media app. Also, the comment made about going through Facebook rather than socializing with others or watching their children was a lens into what is occurring today, i admit I do the same thing in social settings. I think it is an issue that will need to be addressed in the future and hopefully does not disconnect us in face to face interactions. What is made to connect people in a virtual setting is slowly disconnecting us in a face to face social setting.
Thank you for your report and your insights!
Christy
Aloha Christy,
DeleteIn reading your response to Desi, I noted how you separate your accounts into three categories: personal, work, and UH-Manoa. Brilliant! For too long I have done the contrary, everything in one location with the exception of the UH- Manoa account, which is only for UH-Manoa.
Thank you for sharing a valuable insight.
Faith
Aloha Desi!
DeleteGreat use of PowerPoint to share your findings for Social Media Demographics.
Under the section On Social Media and Learning, it states that “In the next decade kids will be communicating more on social media as it continues to grow.” And that it will make its way into education and teachers will need to integrate them in their teaching practices to keep students engaged.”
In what ways do you see teachers integrating social media into teaching practices? And, what would be considered engaging for students in K-12, or more specifically for the grade level that you teach?
Look forward to learning from you!
Faith
Aloha Everyone,
ReplyDeleteBelow is my Google Doc on my Social Media Demographics.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JsZc6MKpGEZ370rTAX-CwCMU_yo6Q6tVSdXkg-Af_3E/edit?usp=sharing
Mahalo,
-James
Aloha e James,
DeleteMahalo for sharing your social media demographics. The first thing I noticed was that care that you took to get an even sampling. Iʻm not sure if it was intentional, or just luck, but having an even split of males and females and 2 representatives from each demographic can be helpful in drawing conclusions from the data. The use of tables to call attention to data is helpful for the way I like to engage with content, it gave me a reference point to hop back to every so often to review the data.
As an individual who does not use Facebook as frequently as I used to, I find it interesting that so many people are still engaging with it regularly. In addition, the findings about Pinterest make sense, and since the user base creates the content, I wonder how different Pinterest might look if there was a greater male user base. Privacy is always a concern but I wonder, as we start to see so many data breaches, if that impacts user views of privacy. How many users do you think there at that simply throw their hands in the air and say why keep my stuff private if it might get hacked anyway.
Mahalo again for sharing your paper.
Kainoa
After reading your social media report, my focus gravitated toward your section on online security and privacy settings. In your survey, half of your participants found online security and privacy to be important. I am curious to know demographics of those who thought it was important and those who do not feel that it was important. Was there a clear definable category that they shared, for example their age or profession? Or was it a mix? Or did it even matter?
DeleteI liked the one person’s response of “If you don’t want it seen, don’t do it/post it anywhere.” Personally, this concept took a while to cement into my own social media practices and even using the internet. However, I have learned throughout the years that things posted on the internet are fully not deleted when you delete it. You have no way of knowing what someone else did with the content that you posted. So far I have not had any negative experiences so I am currently cautious of what I post.
I think social media can be a way to educate and connect with others. However, I think there needs to be more security and other failsafes that need to be put in place if used in educational settings. I do not think that social media is a benefit for every student. Students under a certain age need to learn other social practices and nuances in face to face interactions before they explore online social media platforms. I believe that social media continues to evolve and hopefully we can keep up and use it for educational purposes which allow us to connect with others and share ideas.
Thank you for your results and insights!
Christy
Aloha from sunny southern California!
ReplyDeletePlease find my Social Media Demographic submission link below.
https://docs.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/document/d/1_0921X3c21DYqWht9pS7tnMg023FdQsTzc8Ycg4G64E/edit
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Faith
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Hi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteHere is the link to my demographics report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BJP_Ki8EtrE7T9LdcUCp8pclkoAPrQdoM2iB4fJKOUQ/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you in advance for reviewing my assignment and providing feedback.
Mahalo,
Brittany Neizman
Aloha Brittany,
DeleteI enjoyed reviewing your social media demographics report. I was so happy to see Pinterest amongst the social media giants of Facebook and Instagram. It’s such a wonderful, fun program to use! Pinterest wasn’t as popular amongst the people I interviewed, and after completing my interviews, I couldn’t help but share with them all of the fun things you can find on Pinterest. I can see how it can be a little overwhelming at first, however, once you get familiar with the features, you can get lost for hours searching through all the different categories! I thought it was very interesting that the older teachers you interviewed did not have social media accounts. I wonder if the reason for that is because they’re concerned with privacy? Or maybe they’re worried their students might find out about their social activities outside of school? Like the people you interviewed, my favorite reason for using social media is to keep in touch with friends and family. I really can’t imagine a better way to keep in touch, though I’m looking forward to seeing what the creative young minds of the young generation will be able to dream up. Great job and mahalo for sharing!
Kaulana D.
Your social media demographic report was very thorough. I found it very informative and interesting. I particularly found it interesting that the participants in your survey below age 40 used social media as compared to the participants over 40 years old as it seemed to align to the data presented in the Pew Research. I even found the choice of social media accounts interesting as most of my survey participants gravitated toward the same social media platforms. I think the ability to have the visual/photo/video and the captions/comments are easier for people to use and have a more established base in the mainstream than the others.
ReplyDeleteAs you shared in your report about using social media in education, I was also the same way. I did not use social media in an educational setting because I really didn’t see how it could help learning. However after taking some ETEC classes and being encouraged to use Twitter or Google + for educational purposes, I can see the potential that social media can have within an educational setting. Yet, I believe it is not for every age group. Due to privacy issues and technological access, I am not confident that social media should be used with students under a certain age particularly elementary age students . I believe that at this development stage, students need to have that face to face social interaction so they can discover and practice the social and academic skills they need. I think it would be a great vehicle to have open lines of communication with parents but social media should be used with purpose and enhance learning rather than using it because it is available.
Thank you for sharing your results and insights!
Christy
Hi all
ReplyDeleteI finally kind of figured out how to upload this. I was experiencing problems uploading. I hope it isn't too late. Here is my report on Social Media Demographics:
https://docs.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/document/d/1RD9o9u-eStBvfUkeO9C55SrlLo5OBXEC-5L28E-2G9E/edit?usp=sharing
Please do leave your thoughts on this. Thanks!
Shil
Hi Shil,
DeleteAlthough your data is linited, I noticed that your results were very similar to the Pew Research. While doing my research I had come up with Facebook being the most used social media. My results were also similar in regards to Instagram. Another thing I noticed about your report is that majority of your participants are aware of priacy issues. Your results were a little higher than mine however, it is great that more people are aware of these issues. I also like the idea of setting their privacy settings to the highest or almost the highest setting. I really liked the charts that you have included into your report. It helped me to understand your results.
I would have to agree with you about the social media trend. Everyone has their opinion about the growing use of social media. I see an increase in the use of social media, but like you mentioned it comes with the possibility of misuse. People need to be aware of what goes up, may not always come complete down on the internet. People really do need to be responsible for what they are posting. Thank you so much for sharing your report.
Mahalo,
Brittany Neizman
Hi Shil,
DeleteThank you for sharing you social demograhics report. Although your data is limited I notice that it is similar to mine. For example, in our report most of our users use Facebook over other social media tools. I like how a lot of your participants had concerns with privacy. I had a lower percentage, however it is important that people are aware of the privacy issues that may occur. A good practice that your participants do is they set their privacy setting to either the highest or almost highest privacy setting.
I liked how you said that although there is an increase in the use of social media it does come with the possibilities of misuse. This is very true and many need to learn about privacy issues that may occur. They not only need to be aware, but they need to take actions to prevent things from happening (even if it is not 100%). I agree that people need to be responsible for what they post up on the web. This is really important and a good social meida practice.
Mahalo,
Brittany Neizman
Here is my link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jSl5KSzsWT-uGWLdSY4pDsqpwtJDMRlGMHj-kT-ZJ88/edit?usp=sharing
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Liane,
DeleteThank you for sharing your social media demographics report. Your visuals made it easy to follow and understand. One thing that you did that I wish I did was have the Pew data and my data graphed and displayed side by side. Another thing that I noticed about your data is that the group that ranged from 19-29 checked their social media sites more than twice a day. This data was very similar to mine. However, your older group particpates more in the social media relm than those who I interviewed. Although I do know a couple of people who are in that older age range that do use social media, specifically Facebook, and checks it once a day. According to your results many people use social media to network with family, friends, and for business purposes.
I also enjoyed reading your conclusion. I agree that social media is apart of our everyday lifestyle. I too see many people of all ages with a device in their hands at shopping malls. I liked how you said that social media is not prejudice, but it is inviting to everyone. Excellent closing to a great report.
Mahalo,
Brittany Neizman
Here is the link to Social Media Demographics from Wendy Laros: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZZBS9x0f_Ufdl9qXkLzcQ70AFjO_ABzNJPGXr4pUKVg/edit?usp=sharing
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