The Connection Between Digital Media Use and Sleep Among WSU The College Students

The research report is reflected on relationship between social media usage and sleep quality among the students of university. Insufficient sleep is increasing due to usage of social media in the university. The university students are impacted by means of sleep outbreak. Primary research is conducted to collect data from list of questions and their responses are analyzed using quantitative data analysis. From the analyzed data, it is seen that most of the respondents are using Facebook as social media in their phone. Usage of social media provides higher impact on the quality of sleep as they are feeling disturbed. The results are provided to inform that future interventions are required to make improvement over quality among the college students.

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The connection between digital media use and sleep among WSU The College students
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Abstract
The research report is reflected on relationship between social media usage and sleep quality
among the students of university. Insufficient sleep is increasing due to usage of social media in
the university. The university students are impacted by means of sleep outbreak. Primary
research is conducted to collect data from list of questions and their responses are analyzed using
quantitative data analysis. From the analyzed data, it is seen that most of the respondents are
using Facebook as social media in their phone. Usage of social media provides higher impact on
the quality of sleep as they are feeling disturbed. The results are provided to inform that future
interventions are required to make improvement over quality among the college students.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
2. Research question and hypothesis...............................................................................................3
3. Design of questionnaire...............................................................................................................3
4. Analyse the data and results........................................................................................................4
5. Methodology..............................................................................................................................15
6. Discussion..................................................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................16
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................17

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1. Introduction
The research study is focused on “The connection between digital media use and sleep
among WSU The College students”. The group used social media reported that they are facing
sleeping problems and ones those are using social media before bed were likely to report poor
quality of sleeping. Insufficient sleep grows health related problems among the students of
University (Demirci, Akgönül & Akpinar 2015). The study is aimed to determine relationship
among the social media as well as quality of sleep among undergraduates at first quarter into the
college. Relationship between social media as well as sleep is critical to analyze.
2. Research question and hypothesis
Following is the research question such as:
1. How does social media usage affect on quality of sleep?
Social media as well as sleep are two variables which are used to correlated and form the
following hypothesis:
Hypothesis 1: There is a relationship between digital media and sleep quality among
WSU The College students.
3. Design of questionnaire
i. How old are you?
ii. On average how much do you use your phone per day?
iii. What part of the day do you use your phone the most?

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iv. What do you use your phone for the most?
v. What is your gender?
vi. What apps do you use your phone for the most?
vii. Do you use gaming consoles regularly?
viii. How often do you use your consoles?
ix. Do you think consoles disrupt your sleep patterns?
x. Do you use Stan or Netflix often?
4. Analyse the data and results
i. How old are you?
Options Number of responses Total respondents Percentage of
responses
18 2 6 33.33%
19 1 6 16.67%
20 2 6 33.33%
21 0 6 0%
22 1 6 16.67%

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Figure 1: Age of the respondents
From the above chart, it is analyzed that 33.33% of the respondents involved in research
work are 20 years and 18 years old. It is found that 16.67% are 19 years and 22 years old.
ii. On average how much do you use your phone per day?
Options Number of responses Total respondents Percentage of
responses
Often 1 6 16.67%
Every day 1 6 16.67%
2-3 hours 2 6 33.33%
3.1-4 hours 1 6 16.67%
4.1-6 hours 1 6 16.67%
Figure 2: Average use of the phone per day

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From the above chart, it is analyzed that 33.33% of the respondents are using the
phone per day is 2-3 hours. It is found that 16.67% of them are using it often, every day, 3-4
hours and 4-6 hours.
iii. What part of the day do you use your phone the most?
Options Number of responses Total respondents Percentage of
responses
Night 1 6 16.67%
Afternoon to
evening
2 6 33.33%
Mid-day 1 6 16.67%
Usually the day
and night time
1 6 16.67%
Morning and night 1 6 16.67%

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Figure 3: Part of the day the phone used most
From the above chart, it is analyzed that 33.33% of the respondents are using the phone at
afternoon to evening. It is found that 16.67% of them are using it for night, mid-day, usually the
day and night time and morning and night.
iv. What do you use your phone for the most?
Options Number of responses Total respondents Percentage of
responses
Social media 4 6 66.67%
Messaging 1 6 16.67%
Entertainment 1 6 16.67%
Figure 4: Usage of the phone for the most

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From the above chart, it is analyzed that 66.67% of the respondents are using the phone
for social media. It is found that 16.67% of the respondents used phone for doing messaging and
entertainment purposes.
v. What is your gender?
Options Number of responses Total respondents Percentage of
responses
Male 3 6 50%
Female 2 6 33.33%
Genderqueer 1 6 16.67%
Figure 5: Gender
From the above chart, it is analyzed that 50% of the respondents are male those are
involved in the research work. It is found that 33.33% of them are female and 16.67% of them
are genderqueer.

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vi. What apps do you use your phone for the most?
Options Number of
responses
Total respondents Percentage of
responses
Facebook 1 6 16.67%
Instagram or Snapchat 1 6 16.67%
Imessage 1 6 16.67%
Facebook, Tinder and
Instagram
1 6 16.67%
Facebook, messenger,
Instagram and snap
1 6 16.67%
Facebook, Instagram and
Youtube
1 6 16.67%
Figure 6: App used in the phone for most

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From the above chart, it is analyzed that 16.67% of the respondents are using mentioned
applications in the phone for most such as Facebook, Instagram or Snapshot, I-message,
Facebook, Tinder and Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Snap.
vii. Do you use gaming consoles regularly?
Options Number of responses Total respondents Percentage of
responses
Yes 1 6 16.67%
No 4 6 66.67%
No, I don’t’ have
one
1 6 16.67%
Figure 7: Using gaming consoles regularly

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From the above chart, it is analyzed that 66.67% of the respondents are not using the
gaming consoles regularly. It is found that 16.67% of them are using it for gaming consoles and
they do not have one.
viii. How often do you use your consoles?
Options Number of responses Total respondents Percentage of
responses
Once a month 1 6 16.67%
Every 3- 4 days 1 6 16.67%
Not very often 1 6 16.67%
Never 1 6 16.67%
Do not 1 6 16.67%
Rarely 1 6 16.67%
Figure 8: Often used the gaming consoles

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From the above chart, it is analyzed that 16.67% of the respondents are used gaming
consoles once a month, every 3-4 days, not very often, never, do not used and rarely used it.
ix. Do you think consoles disrupt your sleep patterns?
Options Number of responses Total respondents Percentage of
responses
Yes 1 6 16.67%
No 4 6 66.67%
Yes, it does 1 6 16.67%
Figure 9: Consoles disrupt the sleep patterns

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From the above chart, it is analyzed that 66.67% of the respondents are thinking
that consoles are disrupting their sleeping patterns. It is found that 16.67% of them are
not thinking that it can disrupt.
x. Do you use Stan or Netflix often?
Options Number of responses Total respondents Percentage of
responses
Yes 5 6 83.33%
No 1 6 16.67%
Figure 10: Usage of Stan or Netflix often
From the above chart, it is analyzed that 83.33% of the respondents are using
Netflix often and 16.67% of them are not used it.

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5. Methodology
The research method which is used in the paper is primary research where the data are
collected through survey method. Lists of 10 questions are prepared based on the selected topic
where the sample taken for this work is 6. After surveying the selected participants from the
university, they are provided online survey questions in Microsoft Forms. The selected data
analysis method is quantitative, where the data are analyzed in form of pie chart and graphs.
6. Discussion
From the analyzed data, it is discussed that the respondents are using the phone mostly
for login to the social media sites. Facebook is mostly used by the university students to use the
phone. As per most of the respondents, usage of digital media influences quality of sleep. The
findings of this study indicated that there are negative effects of digital media usage on the sleep
among the adults (Chassiakos et al. 2016). Therefore, in future the research work should be
based on digital media as means to cope with problems of sleeping causes due to usage of social
media.

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References
Chassiakos, YLR, Radesky, J, Christakis, D, Moreno, MA & Cross, C, 2016, Children and
adolescents and digital media. Pediatrics, 138(5), p.e20162593.
Demirci, K., Akgönül, M & Akpinar, A. 2015, Relationship of smartphone use severity with
sleep quality, depression, and anxiety in university students. Journal of behavioral
addictions, 4(2), pp.85-92.

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