My three steps for my inquiry project are:
- Find how long people use social media daily. This will help me determine how much of their day people use on social media instead of doing other things such as studying or homework.
- Find what people are doing when they use social media. This will tell me if they are being productive or if they are using social media to waste time or for entertainement purposes.
- Find out what content different social media platforms contain and what features they use to keep people fixated on their feeds and content. This will be useful to determine how much of the content is productive and what percentage of people use this content. This will also
Five valid sources are:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/433871/daily-social-media-usage-worldwide/#:~:text=How%20much%20time%20do%20people,minutes%20in%20the%20previous%20year.
https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2023-deep-dive-time-spent-on-social-media
https://buffer.com/resources/psychology-of-social-media/
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/social-media-content/492311/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/effect-social-media-productivity-gertrude-c-chombo#:~:text=Research%20shows%20that%20social%20media,key%20to%20striking%20a%20balance.
This question will have implications to other individuals or my community because it will show if using social media, which many people use is actually beneficial to their mental health, their work, and their productiveness. It will also help encourage them to either use more social media, or use less of it.
Hi Frederick, your inquiry project looks really interesting so far! I liked how you incorporated all the aspects of social media such as the positives and negatives it can have on our lives. One question I would suggest adding to your research to enhance your understanding of the topic is: Why is social media so addicting? Other than that, I think you are off to a great start!
Here’s a link that you might find useful:
https://socialmediavictims.org/social-media-addiction/why-is-social-media-addictive/
Good luck,
Julie
Hi Fredrick,
I love the idea of researching social media. Your inquiry project looks so interesting and I am excited to see what is to become of it. Something that I think would be amazing if you were to include would be to do research on how the length of social media usage can effect your mental and emotional health.
I have found this link to help with your research
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-health/social-media-and-mental-health.htm
hopefully this helps and good luck with your project!
Sarang
hi Fredrick,
I think that this is an important question, and quite relevant to moderne society. I think that social media can be helpful and useful to many people, if used right. it can also stop people from go out with friends and other important things. I look forward to seeing your next post
here are some links that might be helpful
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2022/12/06/views-of-social-media-and-its-impacts-on-society-in-advanced-economies-2022/
https://www.simplilearn.com/real-impact-social-media-article
-savannah