For my data collection, I collected the time I spend on social media within one week. Thanks to my iphone, I am always told my screen time for every week and day. More specifically im told how long I spend on each app. The two social media platforms I tend to use most are snapchat and instagram. I went on my phone to track how long I spend on ot these apps within one week to analyze what days I use them most and why.
If someone were to just take a glance at my data, they will probably assume I rely on social media a lot for the main reason that there is at least one minute every day of the week spent on both these apps. Some other guesses may be that im barely on my phone on tuesdays or that i’m just the busiest this day for the main reason that tuesdays have the lowest amount of time being spent on these apps. Also, some may guess that I prefer instagram over snapchat because I spent more time on instagram this week than Snapchat. Is this really true? No, the only reason why I spent so much more time on instagram tis week was because this was the week I dyed my hair, so Instagram gave me more ideas. Usually or mostly always, I use snapchat way more. I don’t really use instagram because I don’t really bother about what other people post, and on snapchat is where I communicate with my friends.
If someone takes the guess that i’m busiest on tuesdays, they are correct. I am barely on either app or on my phone this day for the main reason that i’m in school all day from 12pm to 7pm. Tuesdays are different than thursdays because I have lab on tuesdays. When I have lab it means that after my first class ends at 1:40pm, I only have community hour then lab and Thursdays I have a 3 hour break until my 4:30 class. This explains why I have no time to be on social media tuesdays. I usually just eat during the hour and a half break I have, or print out my labs.
It was not hard at all collecting data for this project because my phone does it automatically. I really don’t know if I can turn off a screen time tracker or not. Looking at my data, I tend to be on social media the most on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The reason for these results are because on Sundays I usually take the day to relax for myself since I know I have school the next day, then mondays and wednesdays would be because I finish all my classes by 10:40am. Lastly, fridays reason would be because I don’t have school fridays so im free to get distracted. Adding on to my data analysis, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays I spend the least time on either app because im in school all day and on Saturdays, I usually spend this day with family.
Finally, the assumption that I rely on social media a lot is mostly false. I try not to use social media as much just because I don’t care about what other people are doing. The only times I really look at other people’s posts or stories might be when im really bored, other than that it doesn’t interest me. Also, although I don’t rely on social media to make my day, I do rely on it when it comes to contacting friends and people. Snapchat and Instagram are two of the easiest ways to contact my friends even if I have their numbers. I believe this is a true fact because people are usually on social media meaning they will see my message much quicker while they’re on snapchat or instagram. Finally one very important point is that I don’t look at my feed when using instagram, I look at the explore page for the main reason that I don’t really care about what other post unless its creative. I usually just look at funny videos, skincare, or softball videos on the explore page.
Data:
| Overall screen time in a week is about 8 hours and 14 minutes | Snapchat (3 hours and 9 minutes in a week) | Instagram (4 hours and 53 minutes in a week) |
| Sunday | 44 minutes | 1 hour and 6 minutes |
| Monday | 25 minutes | 52 minutes |
| Tuesday | 14 minutes | 3 minutes |
| Wednesday | 33 minutes | 56 minutes |
| Thursday | 24 minutes | 7 minutes |
| Friday | 9 minutes | 1 hour and 10 minutes |
| Saturday | 37 minutes | 37 minutes |
Thanks America! Beautiful table!
You can turn off Screen Time– probably somewhere in settings. I know because I don’t have it on and never have but my sister recently started using it.
Thank you! I will look to turn it off.
I think your data collection came out great, compared to my screen time yours is way better. Just by looking at your data chart you can tell that you are very busy on Tuesdays and even Thursdays. The chart was a good idea because it gives a better perspective on what you were talking about with your post and it was very easy to read.
Your data collection is very interesting because it shows the amount of time you spend each day on Instagram and snapchat. Your chart is very easy to read, something I should of used for my mini project instead of just writing it all in one paragraph. It shows that you spend more time on instagram then snapchat in a week. I never actually check how much time I spend on each of my social media but I will start because its interesting to know how much of my time is being wasted on social media instead of doing something more important.