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results that we received proved wrong. One of the interviewees, who came to SKIS

only one year ago after spending her whole life in Korea, said that she preferred

Instagram over Facebook because of the types of users that she saw on both apps.

She thought that there were too many weird people on Facebook, thus causing

her to feel uncomfortable when using the app. On the other hand, she believed

that Instagram was a better way of sharing one’s lifestyle with more people and

feel safe doing so. Other interviewees had similar thoughts. Due to Facebook’s

recent data scandals, there have been some major trust issues when using the app.

Thus, causing results like so.

Furthermore, from the chart in Figure 2, results show that most students who prefer

Instagram over Facebook prefer Instagram for the following reasons: Instagram has

more diverse features such as stories, stickers, and higher quality pictures, and that

it was easier to use, more so than Facebook. From this, we concluded that since

Instagram provides more “fun” and “easy-to-use” features, students would be more

inclined to using this, thus making it more popular than Facebook, which does

provide features, but not as diverse as those provided on Instagram.

From both the survey and interview results, we were able to conclude that although

the high school student body was made up of students of different backgrounds,

the preference of the apps did not differ, and we could assume that the popularity

of an app is based on how it can be used, and how convenient it is when using it,

and not what trends the country follows. Thus, although most students from Korea

tend to prefer Facebook, the results of the survey on SKIS high school students

proved contradictory.

5. Conclusion:

During our research, we came across many surprising results that proved some

stereotypes wrong. As we moved into the 21st century, both Instagram and

Facebook have become one part of our daily routine, making this research more

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