1. Social Media: The New Note Home Does Age Effect Responsiveness and acceptance to Social Media? By: David Yarbrough EDTC 5130

2. Hypothesis I hypothesized that there will be a trend demonstrating an increase in preference for digital parent and student communication from schools through the use of social media. I also speculate that parents age 25 to 45 will be more likely to accept and use social media’s like Facebook, and Twitter more often that parents age range 45 – 65 in my community.

3. Methodology To test my hypothesis, I developed a survey consisting of five questions to define my participants position on social media. I presented this survey at my monthly FFA meeting.

4. The Survey Please indicate the degree to which each statement applies to you by marking whether you: (1) Strongly disagree, (2) disagree, (3) are neutral, (4) agree, (5) strongly agree. Social networks are growing rapidly in popularity. How likely are you to join a social networking website like Facebook, or Twitter? 1 – Strongly 2 – Disagree 3 – Neutral 4 – Agree 5 – Strongly  2. Social networking is more important than face-to-face interaction or traditional communication methods. 1 – Strongly 2 – Disagree 3 – Neutral 4 – Agree 5 – Strongly  3. How often do you use a computer or networking device like a cell phone on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the most often 1 being the least? 1 – Strongly 2 – Disagree 3 – Neutral 4 – Agree 5 – Strongly  4. Social media is a better method to commutate with you than traditional methods. 1 – Strongly 2 – Disagree 3 – Neutral 4 – Agree 5 – Strongly  5. I would prefer communicating with social media over a traditional method of calling or meeting face-to-face. 1 – Strongly 2 – Disagree 3 – Neutral 4 – Agree 5 – Strongly 

5. Participants I had a total of 44 participants respond 23 Parents = 53% ◦7 Male ◦16 Female 21 Students = 47% ◦14 Male ◦7 Female

6. Results As you can see the results from question 4, which asked if, social media is a better method to commutate with you than traditional methods assures that my first hypothesis is correct for the 25 -40 age group.

7. Results As you can see my second hypothesis was correct. Parents in the age range of 25-40 were all receptive to social media as compared to the 41 – 65 age range which all responded lower to the questions in the survey.

8. Conclusion In conclusion it appears that there is a preference to communicate by social media in my community and parents in the age range 25 – 45 are more accepting of social media as a means of communicating.