Nowadays, almost every student uses social network services (SNS). The Keimyung Gazette carried out a survey on SNS with 200 university students who use SNS.
1. How much time do you spend using SNS each day?
① 30 minutes ~ 1 hour (49%)
② Less than 30 minutes (31%)
③ 1 hour ~ 2 hours (13%)
④ More than 2 hours (7%)
2. Which SNS do you use the most?
① Facebook (44%)
② Twitter (28%)
③ Kakao Story (12%)
④ Instagram (6%)
⑤ Other (10%)
3. Why do you use SNS?
① To share information (38%)
② To promote friendship (25%)
③ To record everyday life (19%)
④ To consume the time (11%)
⑤ Other (7%)
4. What is the best benefit of SNS?
① Finding information easily and quickly (34%)
② Sharing daily life (22%)
③ Connecting with others easily (18%)
④ User-friendly (14%)
⑤ Other (12%)
5. What is the biggest problem of SNS?
① Personal information leaks or invasion of privacy (57%)
② Decreasing the credibility of information (18%)
③ Spending too much time on SNS (12%)
④ Blocking communication between people (5%)
⑤ Other (8%)
The Keimyung Gazette found that lots of students spend 30 minutes to 1 hour on SNS each day and use Facebook the most. Also, 38% of students use SNS to share information. They think the best benefit of SNS is finding information easily and quickly. However, the biggest problem of SNS is personal information leaks or invasion of privacy.
