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Essay / Personality on social networks - 2930
IntroductionPhenomenon of interestThe social network is a combination of all the most popular growing sites. It is filled with people from all over the world with different cultural backgrounds and personalities. Social media is the easiest way for people of all personalities to connect with other people, whether they know them personally or not. However, some individuals spend more time socializing on social media than in real life. Some of these people only go on these networks to post photos and specific details about their own lives. Others rarely continue, but continue to have pages created for themselves that they rarely update just to stay up to date with what's going on in other people's lives. All of these individuals have different personality traits. This study sparks interest in seeing the difference between introverts and extroverts on social media sites and how they interact with others. Importance of the topic Studying the relationship between different personalities on social media is important for people to understand what type of personality they are. Some people may not realize whether they are introverted or extroverted, and whether or not they have created a profile to pass themselves off as someone they are not. Boyd (2007) suggests that when creating a profile on a social network, one “can be seen as a digital body into which individuals must register in order to exist”. (P. 131)Goal of the Current TopicThe goal of the current topic is to determine which personality traits are most likely to be most active on social media sites. The current topic is to determine whether more introverted individuals in public spaces tend to be extrovert... middle of paper ...... the following includes the use of social media. the frequency of this type of social media use. Define types of social media in 8 categories: social networks (Facebook), professional social networks (LinkedIn), social news (Digg), media sharing (YouTube), microblogging (twitter), blogs, online discussion forums, sites favorites (StumbleUpon) and chat applications (What'sApp/SnapChat). The measurement of these variables will begin with the use of the Likert-type scale at the interval level. The survey questions focus on social media use in terms of relationships with other people and interaction with information gathering outside of those relationships. The questionnaire will also question the frequency of use of each category in correlation with these relationships. Finally, the questionnaire will use a five-factor test to identify personality traits..