Social Media and in Person Communication
The Relationship between Social Media and In-Person Communications
A Student
Green Grass University
Abstract
Today people are more connected than ever, the internet and social media have opened
Pandora’s box for interpersonal communications. It is hard to imagine our lives before the internet and cell phones. If we take a moment to really think about how we communicate today, most of us would immediately think of our preferred type of social media or our cell phone.
Social media is a phenomenon that has changed the way society communicates. This study created an online survey to investigate the relationship between social media and in-person communications. A sample of 42 participants, mostly students from Green Grass University, answered a two part questionnaire, the first part reported the number of hours spent using various types of social media each week. The social media chosen for the survey included the most popular forms of social media being used today. The second part asked the participants to answer a series of scenario type questions where they could choose their answers based on their personal preference when using social media for communications. The results of this study did not support the hypothesis and showed no statistically significant relationship between social media and in-person communications. However, the data does show a trend of negative significance, as in-person communications goes down while social media goes up, this finding warrants further research. Key words: social media, interpersonal, communications, in-person
The Relationship between Social Media and In-Person Communications Little more than 20 years ago households were introduced to the “Internet”. There was no way to know how this electronic wave of communication would impact our everyday life, and how we would soon be interacting with friends, family, and co-workers. Today we communicate with a variety of
A Student
Green Grass University
Abstract
Today people are more connected than ever, the internet and social media have opened
Pandora’s box for interpersonal communications. It is hard to imagine our lives before the internet and cell phones. If we take a moment to really think about how we communicate today, most of us would immediately think of our preferred type of social media or our cell phone.
Social media is a phenomenon that has changed the way society communicates. This study created an online survey to investigate the relationship between social media and in-person communications. A sample of 42 participants, mostly students from Green Grass University, answered a two part questionnaire, the first part reported the number of hours spent using various types of social media each week. The social media chosen for the survey included the most popular forms of social media being used today. The second part asked the participants to answer a series of scenario type questions where they could choose their answers based on their personal preference when using social media for communications. The results of this study did not support the hypothesis and showed no statistically significant relationship between social media and in-person communications. However, the data does show a trend of negative significance, as in-person communications goes down while social media goes up, this finding warrants further research. Key words: social media, interpersonal, communications, in-person
The Relationship between Social Media and In-Person Communications Little more than 20 years ago households were introduced to the “Internet”. There was no way to know how this electronic wave of communication would impact our everyday life, and how we would soon be interacting with friends, family, and co-workers. Today we communicate with a variety of
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