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The Effects Of Social Media On The 's Personal Identity And Social Relationships

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Discussion: At Concordia College – NY, 58% of the students feel like they have a stable identity, despite the use and power social media has over human development and the society we have now. Compared to females, more males reported to have a more stable identity and self-image. Men also reported that their relationships were affected the most due to their social media platform. Unlike their male counterparts, females seemed to have a weaker sense of self, but stronger hold of those social relationships around them, no matter the type: friend, family, and significant other. In answering the research question: Does the use of social media affect one’s personal identity and social relationships? I created fifty surveys that had a total …show more content…

In Figure 4, the data indicates that the age of the student could determine how they see themselves and how stable their identity or self-image is. There was not enough data for the age 24+ to make a correct statement towards the age rate. If I had more surveys and more respondents of an older age, I believe more information and assumption could be drawn out to a point a proper answer or proper result would be displayed. Another factor that played a part when it came to this graph was that the survey was a self-reported survey. It was what they believed they saw. To some, those who stated their identity was stable might be seen differently in other’s eyes, but seeing as it was not behavioral and more of a personal view, their answer might be different than the truth. The graph became too opinionated with a factual variable (age) being intertwined. Figure 4 was flawed, which resulted in p=.26 with no significant effect of age on stability of identity. Pew Research Center also claims that females are the one gender that uses social media the most, while men take a second place. What stood out in one of their research was despite females using social media often, men tend to stand by what they post and actually post more than females. This brought the question of gender taking an affect towards one’s identity and self-image despite the power and role social media plays out in society. Figure 5’s data indicated that the gender of the student could

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