I Need to Get Off of Instagram
By: Sarah Hampton
October 7, 2025
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I recently participated in a media content analysis project for one of my courses and realized just how much time I spent on Instagram. For this assignment, we were asked to analyze what content we were consuming, whether it is in the form of a website, social media platform, or even an entertainment platform. We had to write down the time and date for when we engaged with the content, what the content was about, and the overall emotions it brought us. This project was very eye opening for me as it made me realize just how much time I spent on Instagram. While looking through my data, I noticed that whenever I was not doing schoolwork or work, I was on Instagram.
Here is the data that I collected:
Like mentioned before, when looking at all of the data I had collected, I realized that the majority of the content that I had engaged with was through the social media platform Instagram. I will say, I was very happy about the content that I was engaging with. It was mostly promotional content with the occasional post about entertainment or a topic that interested me. For example, most of the content was related to events that I wanted to attend such as the tour that Twenty One Pilots just recently announced. The main forms of content that I engaged with through Google were websites that related to what I was doing in the moment. For example, when writing a devotional about season of change, I was having a hard time remembering verses, so I looked up verses for the specific moment.
Content Platform Analysis
Looking back at all of the data I have collected, I think it speaks to how the newer generations operate. The younger generations are more likely to engage with social media and entertainment platforms compared to the older generations. When it comes to how we fill out time, it is most likely through engaging with content on these platforms. I would not say social media is a bad thing, but for me, a full time college student and worker, I don’t really have disposable time and it is very easy to fall into the trap of doomscrolling.
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