Assignment #2 – Self and Social Media

In this assignment, you will analyze the quality and quantity of your (or another person’s) social media engagement. You will be asked to write a succinct response to a variety of questions. The assignment should be submitted as one document to the eConestoga drop box. The questions cover topics such as total scores for each subscale, social media platforms used, purpose of using each platform, characterization of social media use, things shared, frequency of sharing, reasons for sharing certain information, relationship between social media use and self-view, changes in social media use, and the impact of the course on individual change.

Assignment #2 – Self and Social Media
Worth 15% - Due week 14
LIBS1970 - Cyberpsychology
In this assignment, you will analyze the quality and quantity of your (or another person’s) social
media engagement. Over the course of the term, you will be asked to write a succinct response
to a variety of questions. There is no word limit, but keep things concise.
Once you have responded to all of the questions outlined in this assignment, please submit this
as one document to the eConestoga drop box – Assignment # 2.Please use the following
naming format for you assignment submission – First initial, Last Name, Course Code and
Section, and Assignment. E.g., anoskoLIBS19702Assignment2.
The format should be question-by-question, not essay-style. Please write in Times New
Roman or Calibri and double space your work. Please write your responses directly below
each question listed in this document.
You may wish to restrict your analysis to the platform(s) you use most often, and/or to a given
time period (e.g., the month before this class began). Stronger work explicitly and meaningfully
integrates course content in the analysis. You can refer to things mentioned in class. Do not
worry about APA referencing, but be sure to mention the week the content was presented
(e.g., Identity – Week 5).
Instructions:

Over the course of the term, I would like you to answer the following questions. I have outlined
weeks in which you can respond to each.
Week 4
Fill out survey on the next page. Keep your results. (Directly after the survey, you will see
scoring instructions).
1. What were your total scores for each subscale?
TOTAL SCORE TIME 1 Social Integration subscale: ___34______
TOTAL SCORE TIME 1 Emotional Connection subscale: __31_______
2. Reflect on who you are based on the results, do you agree or not?

SURVEY
1. I feel disconnected from friends when I have not logged into social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
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2. I would like it if everyone used social media to communicate
1 2 3 4 5 6
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3. I would be disappointed if I could not use social media at all
1 2 3 4 5 6
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4. I get upset when I can’t log on to social media
1 2 3 4 5 6

5. I prefer to communicate with others mainly through social media
1 2 3 4 5 6


6. Social networking plays an important role in my social relationships
1 2 3 4 5 6
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7. I enjoy checking my social media account(s)
1 2 3 4 5 6
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8. I don’t like to use social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
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9. Using social media is part of my everyday routine
1 2 3 4 5 6
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10. I respond to content that others share through social media
1 2 3 4 5 6


Scoring Instructions:
1. # 8 is reverse scored, so you’ll need to change you score.
If you answered 1 it becomes a 6, 2 becomes a 5, 3 becomes a 4, 4 becomes a 3, 5 becomes a 2,
and 6 becomes a 1.
2. Add your scores for #1 through #6 to get a total. This is the Social Integration subscale. This
scale tells you how much you integrate social media use into your social routines. Higher
scores mean more integration of social media into your regular routines.
3. Add your scores for # 7 through #10 to get a total. This is the Emotional Connection subscale.
This scale tells you how emotionally connected or dependent you are on social media use.
Higher scores mean more connection or dependency.

Week 5 -1230
3. What social media platforms do you use?
The social media platforms that I regularly use are Facebook, WhatsAap, Twitter,
Snapchat, Pinterest. I also use some platforms for getting help in my academic field for
getting some knowledge.
4. For what purpose do you use each platform?
Social media platforms are an important part of my life. I usually use almost all the social
media platforms. Different platforms are utilized for different purposes. Some of them
are used for connecting with friends who are far away, some of them are used for selling
as well as purchasing various products, and I use some for purchasing new materials and
many more. I use Facebook for the purpose of connecting with my friends that do not
stay in my geographical location and it is difficult to meet them. I also use Facebook for
the purpose of making new friends and knowing them better. I use YouTube for viewing
various videos in the fields of entertainment, inspiration, comedy and many more.
Week 7
5. How would you characterize the quality and content of your social media use? To
answer this question, you may want to try referring to some of your posts/shares/etc.
The quality of content in my social media profile contains of funny, motivational and
knowledgeable. Usually i share posts that would help people in getting more ideas on
various areas such as some DIYs that help in providing some tricks that can be used for
surviving in scorching heat, the ones that share facts. I also share some posts that are

funny in nature. I would like to provide an instance, I had come across a video where a
group of dogs belonging to various breeds were playing together and doing fun
activities. I had shared it and most of my friends had like it very much. I had also shared
a video where pet dogs were playing with a new born baby and swinging his cradle in
order to make the baby fall asleep. These sort of entertaining videos aremostly shared
by me.
6. What kinds of things do you share?
I share posts or videos that are funny but I also share the ones that are very important
and the ones that are very important to share and the ones that would be helpful for
any one. An instance of this would be that one I had come across a picture of a child
who was lost and his parents had shared his picture with the caption that if he is found
the person who finds him would be awarded with a certain sum of money. The caption
also included details regarding the physical appearance of the child. I had shared the
post not only in Facebook but also in other social media sites and it actually had helped.
A friend of mine had contacted me and said that he had seen the child in a railway
station with a person and he was crying miserably. He then took a picture of the child
and informed the police along with showing my shared post. This had helped the child
to get back to his parents and saved him from going into a world of crime.
7. How often and with whom?
I share my posts with my friends and relatives as well. The funny and entertaining posts
that I share, I do it with my friends because we are of the same age group and I share
some religious posts with my relatives in order to show them some respect.

8. Why do you feel you need to share certain information?
I feel I need to share these data because it is not always possible to meet them and have
a long talk along with informing them regarding these things, hence sharing these with
them helps us to stay in continuous contact along with sharing necessary data. The
usage of social media has made sharing data very easy, just one click makes it possible
to share any sort of information to the desired person. I share data of different
categories and they also do the same whenever they get access of any such data. This
helps us to stay in touch even if we are apart in the terms of geographical location. In
case of sharing data with people whom we have met in social networking sites, it
provides us a chance to know each other better.
*If you don’t use any yourself, try searching some sites and using public profiles as
examples. Answer these questions by reflecting on other peoples shared information.
You can try and imagine why they might share what they do.
Week 9
9. How does your social media use relate to how you view yourself?
My social media related to the way I view myself because I am a friendly, fun loving and
a frank person so I share various posts that are funny, entertaining with my friends. I
also respect elders so I share some religious or respectful posts with them. I am a caring
person so I share various medical and fitness related posts with my family members,
relatives as well as friends.
10. What aspects do you think have contributed to your identity and sense of self, and why?

The aspects that I think have contributed in my identity and sense of self include the
content in various posts, there are numerous medical and fitness related issues that is
faced by everyone but it is not known by anyone, or its cure is not known by people, but
with the help of social media it has been easier to contact with doctors and take
appointments from tem or even ask for medications from them. This has helped in
suggesting people who does not have accounts in social media or who does not have
access to internet. I have become more aware regarding various bad habits that leads to
serious issues in future.
*If you don’t use social media, think about how use contributes to identity formation for
those profiles you sampled in # 2.
Week 12
11. What changes do you want to make (or have you made) to your social media use? Why?
I want to decrease my usage of social media. Everyday I spend around 3-4 hours in social
media which is very harmful for my health and might prove to be dangerous for my eyes
and backbone in future. Hence I want to reduce the time that I spend in social media. I
want to spend that time in doing something effective which would be helpful for me as
well.
Week 13
Fill out the survey again on the next page – keep your results.
Answer the following questions:

12. What were your total scores for each subscale?
TOTAL SCORE TIME 2 Social Integration subscale: _____36____
TOTAL SCORE TIME 2 Emotional Connection subscale: ____32_____
13. Have you results changed at all since the beginning of term?
No, my results have not changed much since the beginning. It ha been almost similar.
14. Do you feel that you answered differently this time as a result of what you have learned
in this course, why or why not?
Yes I feel I have answered differently this time because I have gained much knowledge
regarding the usage of social media and its usefulness and the time that can be spent
using social media.
15. Do you think you have changed as an individual as a result of taking this course?
Yes, I think I have changed as an individual because I spend less amount of time in social
media as compared to before.

SURVEY
11. I feel disconnected from friends when I have not logged into social media
1 2 3 4 5 6

12. I would like it if everyone used social media to communicate
1 2 3 4 5 6

13. I would be disappointed if I could not use social media at all
1 2 3 4 5 6

14. I get upset when I can’t log on to social media
1 2 3 4 5 6

15. I prefer to communicate with others mainly through social media
1 2 3 4 5 6


16. Social networking plays an important role in my social relationships
1 2 3 4 5 6

17. I enjoy checking my social media account(s)
1 2 3 4 5 6

18. I don’t like to use social media
1 2 3 4 5 6

19. Using social media is part of my everyday routine
1 2 3 4 5 6

20. I respond to content that others share through social media
1 2 3 4 5 6


Scoring Instructions:
4. # 8 is reverse scored, so you’ll need to change you score.
If you answered 1 it becomes a 6, 2 becomes a 5, 3 becomes a 4, 4 becomes a 3, 5 becomes a 2,
and 6 becomes a 1.
5. Add your scores for #1 through #6 to get a total. This is the Social Integration subscale. This
scale tells you how much you integrate social media use into your social routines. Higher
scores mean more integration of social media into your regular routines.
6. Add your scores for # 7 through #10 to get a total. This is the Emotional Connection subscale.
This scale tells you how emotionally connected or dependent you are on social media use.
Higher scores mean more connection or dependency.

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