LIBS1970 Cyberpsychology: Self and Social Media Analysis

This assignment is a self-reflection on the student's social media usage, exploring its impact on their sense of self and identity. The student analyzes their engagement across various platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and WhatsApp, detailing the purposes for which they use each. The assignment includes a survey to assess social integration and emotional connection, followed by reflections on the quality and content of their shared information, frequency of sharing, and the perceived influence of social media on their self-view. The student identifies changes they wish to make in their social media habits and how the course has influenced their perspective, including a recognition of potential negative impacts such as time consumption and cyberbullying. The student also re-evaluates their survey responses, noting changes in their attitudes and behaviors as a result of the course content. The assignment concludes with a renewed perspective on social media and its role in their life.

Running head: CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 1
Cyber psychology
Name
Institution

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 2
Week 4
1. What were your total scores for each subscale?
TOTAL SCORE TIME 1 Social Integration subscale: 29
TOTAL SCORE TIME 1 Emotional Connection subscale: 5
2. Reflect on who you are based on the results, do you agree or not?
I am a person who admires and value social media too much given the time I spend on the
social media platforms. As a person I love social media because I learn a lot through this and
how I interact with people reflects what have learnt from the media platforms.
I agree, this is because my social integration is high owing to the time I spend using social
media and my emotional connection is low because I rarely spend time with physical people and
also hardly respond to people on the social media platforms.
SURVEY
1. I feel disconnected from friends when I have not logged into social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
disagree

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 3
2. I would like it if everyone used social media to communicate
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
disagree
3. I would be disappointed if I could not use social media at all
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
disagree
4. I get upset when I can’t log on to social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
Disagree
5. I prefer to communicate with others mainly through social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
disagree

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 4
6. Social networking plays an important role in my social relationships
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
agree
7. I enjoy checking my social media account(s)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
agree
8. I don’t like to use social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
disagree
9. Using social media is part of my everyday routine
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
agree

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 5
10. I respond to content that others share through social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
strongly
Agree
Week 5
3. What social media platforms do you use?
Twitter, Instagram, Snap chat, Facebook, and whatsup.
4. For what purpose do you use each platform?
I use Twitter to find out the latest trends, fashion and gossips all around the world. I
use Instagram to post pictures of myself and my day to day activities. On the other hand I
use Facebook to stay connected with my friends since most of them use Facebook. I use
Snap chat to entertain myself while whatsup i use to chat as it is the easiest platform to
use.
Week 7
5. How would you characterize the quality and content of your social media
use?

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 6
The social media platforms I use are of both mixed quality and content as they vary from
time to time to time. Sometimes they get better than expected while sometimes the
content and quality are questionable.
6. What kinds of things do you share?
I share my pictures, funny memes, songs and the kind of food i love.
7. How often and with whom?
Four times in one week, I share with my friends and family.
8. Why do you feel you need to share certain information?
So that my friends and family can get to know who I am, what I like to do, which things upset
me and my take on some issues affecting us.
Week 9
9. How does your social media use relate to how you view yourself?
I view myself as an outgoing person who is willing to speak her mind on certain issues and
offer advices where necessary, this is due to numerous posts I have commented on in social
media and the ones that I also post myself.
What aspects do you think have contributed to your identity and sense of self, and why?

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 7
My ability to influence people and lead them,this is because whenever I post on social
media my views on certain issues such as drought draw attention of my followers who
agree and support my view. I become more confident.
Week 12
10. What changes do you want to make (or have you made) to your social media
use?
I want to stop using some platforms in social media.
Why?
This is because it consumes so much of my time and attention; it also affects my
communication and relationship with people who are not in the platforms I use. I also
realize that I have become too dependent on social media and that needs to stop.
Week 13
11. What were your total scores for each subscale?
TOTAL SCORE TIME 2 Social Integration subscale: 22
TOTAL SCORE TIME 2 Emotional Connection subscale: 6
12. Have you results changed at all since the beginning of term?
Yes.

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 8
13. Do you feel that you answered differently this time as a result of what you
have learned in this course? yes.why?
from this cause I learnt the demerits of using social media and I realized I had
unconsciously become a slave to social media platforms,I also realized I had ones
participated in cyber bulling and had come across some very disturbing images and
videos.i there needed to make a decision to try and keep off social media and the internet.
14. Do you think you have changed as an individual as a result of taking this
course?
Yes. I have definitely changed for the better; I am now a better version of myself who
discourages cyber bulling and excess use of the internet especially the children.

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 9
SURVEY
11. I feel disconnected from friends when I have not logged into social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
strongly
Agree
12. I would like it if everyone used social media to communicate
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
disagree
13. I would be disappointed if I could not use social media at all
1 2 3 4 5 6
Agree
14. I get upset when I can’t log on to social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
Agree

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 10
15. I prefer to communicate with others mainly through social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
disagree
16. Social networking plays an important role in my social relationships
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
Agree
17. I enjoy checking my social media account(s)
1 2 3 4 5 6
strongly
Agree
18. I don’t like to use social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
disagree

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY 11
19. Using social media is part of my everyday routine
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
agree
20. I respond to content that others share through social media
1 2 3 4 5 6
Strongly
Agree