Other // 7 Questions
7 Questions
Name ______________________ Age ______
Course _________________________ Year ______
School – Emirates College of Technology
(please write or check your answers on the blanks)
1. How long have you been using social media?
___ years
_____ months
______ weeks
2. How often do you use it?
_____ several hours daily
____ a few hours daily
_____ frequently at different hours
_____ on an at-need basis or for occasional socializing
3. What platforms do you always or often use?
____ Facebook
___ Twitter
__ Instagram
__ LinkedIn
__ Others (please specify) ________
4. What is your main purpose in using social media?
_____ for socializing and/or dating
____ for general information
____ for entertainment
____ for product search and sharing
____ for specific information, such as health, fashion, politics
5. Do you swap information about products and services you buy or look for with your social media contacts?
_____ yes
____ no
____ sometimes
6. Does social media influence your choice in the product or services you spend for?
_____ yes
____ no
____ sometimes
___ seldom
7. Does social media make you feel better as a person and bring you greater life satisfaction?
____ yes, definitely. I find lost friends and make new ones
____ yes, in some ways like entertainment
____ no, it induces useless spending and an addiction to it
____ no, it wastes my time and injures my health
____ no, I developed sleep disorders because of it
Methodology
This survey explored the level of materialistic attitudes and consumerism in young UAE social media users and its overall impact on their lives. A questionnaire consisting of seven questions was distributed to a select sample of 35 students, aged 18 to 23, at the co-educational Emirates College of Technology in Abu Dhabi City from July to December, 2018. Of the 35 total questionnaire forms, 20 returned from students enrolled in six diploma programs and three in graduate programs. Of this total, 13 or 65% were male and seven or 35% were female. Two each were enrolled in accounting, banking and finance, business and computer information systems, computer graphic design, human resources, Bachelor of Science in business administration and Bachelor of Science in Financial Science.
select student users in the Emirates College of Technology or ECT in Abu Dhabi City, UAE
This study aimed at identifying the effects of social media on the everyday lives of Saudi Arabia volunteers and their perception of its mediating role between them as consumers and online business. The study applied a causal exploratory method and used a peer-moderated and pre-tested questionnaire in collecting data from 385 participants living in Saudi Arabia between April and July 2014. Majority or 48.3% of them were aged 18 and 25, 48% male and 51% female, 57.1% were undergraduate students of different courses.
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