How Age and Gender Affect Instagram Use
School Name
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
Grade Level
10th Grade
Presentation Topic
Psychology and Sociology
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
This experiment was conducted in order to determine whether or not someone’s gender would affect the way they use Instagram. For this experiment, a survey was created and sent to twenty three willing particpants(male = 11; female = 12) via email. The participants were either male or female high school students and ranged in age from fourteen to eighteen years of age. They were asked a series of questions about the way they use their Instagram account. It was hypothesized that females are more likely to delete a post if it did not receive enough “likes”, and to become more self conscious with their appearence in pictures posted online. The results supported the hypothesis. The results showed that females are more likely to delete pictures because they did not receive enough “likes”, and are also more likely to become self conscious with the way they look in photos online. Future studies could be conducted to find out if there are differences depending on the ages of the participants.
Recommended Citation
Christian, Towns, "How Age and Gender Affect Instagram Use" (2018). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 132.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2018/all/132
Location
Neville 321
Start Date
4-14-2018 9:15 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
How Age and Gender Affect Instagram Use
Neville 321
This experiment was conducted in order to determine whether or not someone’s gender would affect the way they use Instagram. For this experiment, a survey was created and sent to twenty three willing particpants(male = 11; female = 12) via email. The participants were either male or female high school students and ranged in age from fourteen to eighteen years of age. They were asked a series of questions about the way they use their Instagram account. It was hypothesized that females are more likely to delete a post if it did not receive enough “likes”, and to become more self conscious with their appearence in pictures posted online. The results supported the hypothesis. The results showed that females are more likely to delete pictures because they did not receive enough “likes”, and are also more likely to become self conscious with the way they look in photos online. Future studies could be conducted to find out if there are differences depending on the ages of the participants.
