Noting Social Networking Trends

The research question that was parti in ally serviceed by my mini-research is two-fold. I concerned myself by intercommunicate first, what hearty networking sites (if some(prenominal)) were affaird by family members and peers. Secondly, if utilisation of these sites was confirmed, I asked the purpose for the use of these various(a) social alikels. Since, these sites are so overt, I wanted to know if there was a difference in hop on, gender, or any other demographic information that would feign usage vary in the adjudicate population.I interviewed 22 people and out of those 22, 18 of them reported use some fictional character of social networking sites. The four that did not use them claimed that they very rarely, if ever used the mesh or that they had no need for these tools. dickens of these responsives were over 50, only if two were relatively young, white, blue-collar types. Of the 18 that did report employ social networking sites, 5 of them admitted to havin g an account, but infrequently or never visiting the sites or utilizing them in any centering.There was no parkland demographic in these five, the only commonality was a response of existence too busy or digesting connected with others by dint of other means, such as texting or hanging out. This leaves 13 respondents that admitted to mend use and utilizing social networking sites. Out of these 13, the ages of users ranged from 14 to 47. Both males and females were represented al to the highest degree equally. ethnically speaking, much than whites than blacks were left at this pose in the sample, making whites seem some over represented.Many sites were reported as being used and many reasons were given for using them. Of both younger men and women (aged 14-26 and 9 members in this subgroup) MySpace was cited as being the most used site with most of the respondents report that they used this site everyday to stay in contact with friends. Of this same age group, more men tha n women, also, reported using both Imeem and Buzznet to listen to music and/or to find new artists with Imeem being more popular than Buzznet (with only 2 of 6 using Buzznet).The remaining 4 respondents were all Caucasian women from the ages of 33-47. Facebook was popular with all 4 for staying connected with old friends and/or networking. Myspace was unpopular with all and cited by one respondent as being made for teens. sledding and LinkedIn were also popular with LinkedIn being popular with 3 and Going with 2. LinkedIn was said to be popular for business purposes and Going was considered a popular way to find events and parties in the surrounding areas.This research begins to answer the two-part question, but further research and a larger group to sample may answer the question fully. These demographics were pretty universal in the popularity and reasoning for using the sites and further say could help advertisers learn how to more specifically target the demographics in and o utside these sites. Also, social scientists could look at this research more broadly to gauge trends in social behavior and communication that could effect the way groups of people in different demographic categories deal with one another in jobs or in other arenas of public life.