THEFACEBOOK SURVEY PHENOMENON

by Ville Niemi

The following information was collected manually by Ville Niemi, browsi ng t he Facebook page for UCA Epsom 1st year graphic design students.During research,

a total number of 19 surveys was found, all created by the students responding to the same brief.The amount of

replies to each others surveys was positive. It’s interesting to see that they all have an easy access to get opinions from others, whose interests are varying - yet there is a major factor that connects all.

The way we learn to approach graphic design and how we continuously do active research.

This schematic and these numbers reveal how well the participants take part into the open flow of information, knowledge and viewpoints.

43 peopleout of 58 members in the group

created this survey network and managed to produce over 330 replies in less than 72 hours.

PEOPLE WHO MADE A SURVEY / Amount of replies they got

ISABELLA GROVES _ / 39REECE CRAWFORD _ / 31LOUISE GREEN _ / 29EMILY BLIGHT _ / 27LUCA CICERO _ / 27 KASHIF NASIR _ / 24ZIZI ALI _ / 19VINCE LEE _ / 18CATRINA BURNS _ / 18ANTONIA WINTERS _ / 17GEMMA GERHARD _ / 16SHAKIL HUSSAIN _ / 13EMMA RIDGWAY _ / 12CHRISTOPHER LALANDE _ / 12CHRIS BARANOWICZ _ / 10HAYLEY KEMPEN _ / 8CHRIS BARANOWICZ _ / 7DANIEL JARVIS _ / 4 AARON RACKLEY _ / 2 0 10 20 30 40

TOP 5 BEST RATIO / Replies given : answers received = Ratio

1. HAYLEY KEMPEN 10:8 = 1,252. CHRISTOPHER LALANDE 10:12 = 0,833. SHAKIL HUSSAIN 9:13 = 0,694. CATRINA BURNS 12:18 = 0,675. VINCE LEE 10:18 = 0,56

MOST REPLIES GIVEN / Replies to others : replies to themselves = Ratio

1. KASHIF NASIR 13:24 = 0,542. CATRINA BURNS 12:18 = 0,673. LOUIS DELANY 10:NA = - HAYLEY KEMPEN 10:8 = 1,25 CHRISTOPHER LALANDE 10:12 = 0,83 ZIZI ALI 10:19 = 0,53 VINCE LEE 10:18 = 0,56 0 5 10 15 20 25

Here are the members who posted a survey on the UCA Epsom 1st year graphics students Facebook page. This chart shows clearly who got the most replies.

Total amount of repliers: 43 (out of 58 members in the group)Most replies by one person: 13 (by kashif nasir)Average amount of replies per person: 43 people, 333 replies

average of 7,74 replies per member

19 surveys, 333 replies (as of 30.3.2011 22:45)

Average amount of replies per survey: 17,5 replies

The chart on the left indicates the amount of replies gived to all surveys, totaling a number of 333 replies.

Participants are listed in alphabetical order.

The Ratio Chart was created to provide additional, fun information.

How is it relevant or interesting? When you learn how to read it, you should be able to easily tell who is the kindest

student on the course.

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PEOPLE WHO REPLIED TO A SURVEY / Amount of replies given

AARON RACKLEY / 2AGATA RYBICKA / 1ALICE LIU / 6ANTONIA WINTERS / 6ANTONIYA KUNEVA / 4CALLUM BOWDLER / 6 CATRINA BURNS / 12 CHRIS BARANOWICZ / 6 CHRISTOPHER LALANDE / 10 DANIEL JARVIS / 7 ED PIÉL / 3 EMILY BLIGHT / 7 EMMA RIDGWAY / 1 GEMMA GERHARD / 8 GEORGINA SADLER / 2 HAYLEY KEMPEN / 10 ISABELLA GROVES / 6 KASHIF NASIR / 13 KATHLEEN BOCANOG / 5 LAURA NEVILL / 4 LAUREN GREGORY / 1 LOUIS DELANY / 10 LOUISE GREEN / 7 LUCA CICERO / 3 NEAVE RAGIP / 5 NIELS ESELGROTH / 8 PAUL PHILLIPS / 4 PAULA MOCKUTE / 4 RACHEL CONNOLLY / 9 RAJAN JANGDA / 6 REBECCA WEST / 2 REECE CRAWFORD / 6 RHEA GAUGHAN / 3 ROBBI GRAY / 5 ROWSHANARA SYEDA / 8 SHAKIL HUSSAIN / 9 SIMON JAMES RAYFIELD / 9 THOMAS HA / 1 TRISTAN GATCUM / 4 VINCE LEE / 10 VILLE NIEMI / 9 YUI YAHATA / 6 ZIZI ALI / 10

Ville Niemi _ UCA Epsom 03/2011