How about your own habits with social media?

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4.a Document and compare your own use of social media | 10 Min x 3 Days

One of the best ways to understand the impact and function of social media on our lives is to closely monitor your own use of it. For this assignment, you are expected to keep a log of your social media use for three consecutive days and then compare your own habits with those of three anonymous history students as well as with statistical data for your country of residence. Doing this can give you insights on how social media users create their digital footprint and leave traces that may one day be used as sources by historians.

  1. Keep a log of your own social media use with the help of the schedule below.
  Which social media platform I used Why I used it What I felt about it How long I used it for
Day 1        
Day 2        
Day 3        

  1. After keeping your own log, open the link below to see the log of three anonymous history students and note what strikes you as similar and different in their habits from your own. cit

  2. Lastly, compare your use of social media with that of your country of residence. Use slides 78-101 from this 2021 global report on the use of social media to look up your respective country. (“We Are Social’s Digital 2021” by Simon Kemp from we are social/Hootsuite). If you find more recent reports, you may want to use those. What can you say when comparing your social media habits with those of the students above and the global report? Write down some of your thoughts and findings in a short essay (max. 250 words).