Research Method

This survey will be use for course BUS400 and all information collected is confidential. This questionnaire is intended to better understand the influence social media has on college students and the affected It has on their personal relationships, the way they shop, the way they view current events, and the way they view their hobbies.

For this survey social media is defined as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Social media is a form of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, create ideas, personal messages, and intimate memories.

Questionnaire:

1. Do you use social media (as define above).

* If Yes go to question 2

* If No go to demo

2. If yes, in what areas has social media changed your life.

* Personal relations

* Shopping

* Hobbies

* Current events

* Other______________

Personal Relations

3. In what ways have Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter change the your personal relationships?

* I get to improve communicating with the people I know.

* Posting pictures and status and viewing my friends and family status and picture allows me to keep track of my close ones as well as them keeping track of me.

* With my busy schedule this is the easiest way to communicate.

* Other____________

On a scale from 1-5 with 1 being the least and 5 being the most.

4. Social media has changed how I communicate with friends.

1- Strongly Disagree

2- Disagree

3- Neutral

4- Agree

5- Strongly Agree

5. Social media changed how I communicate with family?

1- Strongly Disagree

2- Disagree

3- Neutral

4- Agree

5- Strongly Agree

6. Social media has changed how I communicate with my significant other?

1- Strongly Disagree

2- Disagree

3- Neutral

4- Agree

5- Strongly Agree

7. Posting pictures in my social media website has improved my personal relationships?...