By DEBORAH FAKEHINDE

ETHNOGRAPHY PROJECT : PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION

STUDENT ANumber Of Times What they did on your phone?

1. Made 6 phone calls

2. Went on Twitter

3. Texted someone

4. Friend called me

5. Went on Snapchat

6. Looked at the time

7. Facetimed somebody

8. Checked Emails

9. Went on Twitter

Student A, displayed that they do not constantly use social networks that much. Each time they used their phone out of 4-6 hours in the day they used Twitter two times. And it shows that they use technology and their phone more in terms of checking emails and making phone calls .

STUDENT BNumber Of Times What they did on the phone?

1. Looked at the phone

2. Checked a message

3. Played candy crush

4. Went on Instagram

5. Looked at the time

6. Checked an email

7. Went on snapchat

8. Checked Whatsapp

9. Played Hangman

Similar to student C, Student B use of social networking sites is not that important. However there use of other apps such as, playing candy crush and hangman as well as using Snapchat and Whatsapp. Correspondingly student A and B use apps more, as they may not follow the norms of using social sites but the social norms of using certain apps like, Snapchat and candy crush takes precedence.

STUDENT CTime What they did on your phone?

1.00pm Check Twitter x3

2.00pm Called mum

3.00pm On Snapchat and Twitter x2

4.00pm n/a

5.00pm Instagram/ Twitter

6.00pm Snapchat/ called a friend

7.00pm Phone off

8.00pm Phone off

9.00-10.00pm Twitter 5 or 6 times

Student C, observation shows that’s tthey mainly use a lot of social networking sites. Compared to the other students, student C shows each hour and how much not only technology has an impact but also the importance of social networking sites. Also it shows the over taking of Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram. The two hour gap that the phone was off was because the person was sleeping. Displaying the fact that the only time student C did not use their phone was when they sleeping.