SurveyMonkey

I recently created a survey in order to analyze the perception that my friends and the general population on facebook have regarding social media.

These are the questions: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/82QDN7W

The responses I received were somewhat disappointing, yet humorous. It turns out that there are certain individuals out there who use social media because "everyone crowds there like sardines" and to "tune bitches". All responses were quick to admit that they rely on social media and use it everyday, because they "flipping love it". 60% of the participants believe that social media is not safe, especially when "holding onto a tree with one hand", but on a more serious note, because even privacy settings can't always protect you. The other 40% of the participants did not feel threatened by social media; one reasoned that "there is very little chance it will impregnate me", whilst another (somewhat to my concern) saw himself as more of a threat to social media, than social media to himself. The youtube clip didn't change anybodies opinion on their perception of the safety of social media, due to the fact that one participant does not believe that google will change the chances of him being impregnated and therefore his safety is not compromised, another participant admitted that he "couldn't be bothered" to watch it, and most interestingly, because another believes that he is the antichrist - not google. Lastly, 100% of the participants had previously had a myspace and/or MSN account, but have all discontinued using them because they feel as though these social media platforms are "ghey", "outdated", and "annoying".

In conclusion, perhaps surveys are not too successful when used in the realm of social media, and I think it is unlikely that these responses will help me with my assignment.