Survey Questions and Synthesis Chart

1. How much time a day do you spend talking to people on your phone?
2. How much time a day do you spend talking to people in person?
3. What social media platforms do you use the most?
4. How often do you choose to use technology over being with people in person?
5. How often do you use your phone while you are with other people?
Topic
Daily Cell Phone Use
Gender
Social Media
Macdonald 2018
“Each day we unlock
our phone 28 times -
and over a third of the
time this is compulsive
and unnecessary.”

“The apps we crave most are
Facebook, followed by WhatsApp,
Gmail and Instagram.”
Anderson 2016
Para. 7. “For both the
men and women, the
study found that prob-
lematic cell phone use
was negatively related
to feelings of emotional
closeness with parents
and peers.”
Para. 3-4 “Female students
reported spending an average
of 365 minutes per day using
their cell phones...Male students
reported spending less time on
their phone (287 minutes).”

Saiidi 2015
Para. 2. “87 percent of
millennials admitted to
missing out on a conve-
rsation because they
were distracted by their
phone”
Para. 3. “76 percent of females
check social media platforms at
least 10 times when out with
friends, compared with 54 percent
of males.”
Para. 2. “Meanwhile, 54 percent
said they experience a fear of
missing out if not checking social
networks.”
Noble 2018
Para. 2 “In the study,
researchers found that
about one-third of people
communicate less with
their parents (31%),
partners (23%), children
(33%) and friends (35%)
because they can simply
follow them on social media.”
“24% of men said they worry
that if they get few like, their
friends will think that they are
unpopular, compared to
one-in-six (17%) women”
57% said after going on social
media they’ve felt that someone
they follow has a better life than
they do

Comments

  1. AshleyOctober 22, 2018 at 8:48 AM

    I think these are good questions that will provide solid evidence for your paper.

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