Detailed Survey Analysis: Social Media News Consumption & Habits

This assignment presents the results of a survey investigating social media usage and its impact on news consumption. The survey explores various aspects, including the frequency of Facebook use, the likelihood of sharing news stories, preferred websites for news updates (Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.), and the types of content shared. It also delves into perceptions of "fake news" and the primary reasons for using social media, such as entertainment, information, and relationship maintenance. The survey further examines trust in news sources, access to traditional television news, and willingness to pay for online news content. Device preferences for accessing news (mobile, laptop, television) and the frequency of checking social media sites are also investigated, along with demographic data such as profession and time spent on social media activities daily. The findings provide insights into the evolving landscape of news consumption in the digital age.

Survey questions 1
1. How frequently do you use Facebook?
Answer: Never Is Not Selected when asked 10 people
2. How likely would you be to share this story on Facebook?
Answer:
 Very likely (4)
 Somewhat likely (3)
 Not very likely (2)
 Not at all likely (1)
3. Which of the following website you use for news updating?
 Google
 Twitter
 Facebook
 any other
Answer: 10 answered google, 5 Facebook, 4 Twitter and 17 answered any other.
4. What Type of Content You Share?
Answer: 30 replied news tagged on Facebook
5. What does “fake news” mean to you?
Answer: 5 replied- made up stories.

Survey questions 2
6. Please rank your main reasons for using Social Media? (1=
main reason, 2= second reason, etc.)
Answer:
 To pass the time (entertainment, boredom, habit)- 50%
 Information (find/share, keep up with news)- 10%
 Relationships (stay in touch with people, to make plans) – 15%
 Other -15%
7. Do you believe everything that you hear and see and read?
Answer: 10 replied- Yes, I’m sure some of it is made up.
8. What sources do you question reliability of on social media?
Answer:
 advertising sites- 10 replied
 All sources on social media- 15 replied
9. Do you think social media right platform for news updating?
Answer:
 Yes- 5 replied
 No- 2 replied
10. When do you typically access traditional television news?
Answer:

Survey questions 3
 10 said never
 2 replied every time
11. what extent are the following important to you in terms of
whether you trust a source of news:
Answer:
 The news brand/the name of the news outlet -2 replied
 Individual journalists -3 replied
12. Have you bought (paid for) a printed newspaper in the
last week
Answer:
 4 replied yes
 5 replied never
13. Have you paid for ONLINE news content, or accessed a
paid for ONLINE news service in the last year?
Answer: No one said yes
14. Which, if any, of the following devices do you use for
news?
Answer:

Survey questions 4
 Mobile-10 replied
 Laptop-4 replied
 Television- 3 replied
 Any other – 1 replied (paper)
15. Do you access social media sites on the internet?
Answer:
 3 replied yes
 3 replied no
16. How often do you check social media sites?
Answer: 2 replied every hour
17. Have you lied about your age to gain access to a social media application?
Answer: 2 said yes
18. Specify your Profession?
Answer: 55% users were college students, 15% graduates, 10% post graduates, 5% job doers
19. Is YouTube important?
Answer:
 14 replied yes
 2 replied no

Survey questions 5
20. How much time do you spend on social media activities each day?
Answer:
 1 said he spend 2-3 hours researching and writing purpose
 3 females said 5-6 hours for entertainments