Researcher’s Use of Social Media
Percentage:
25.30 % of researchers respond to my request, only 20.48% from researchers accepted to do video interview, while 4.81% preferred to answer by my questions by email. Pie chart

1-Researcher’s Gender: 
Women: 7 women: 33%   Men: 14 Men: 66% pie chart
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2-Researcher’s Age: Between 25-35 years:6researchers -28.57%). Between 36-46 years:8 researchers- 38.09%). Between 47-57 years: 5 researchers-23.80%). Between 58-68 years: 2 researchers- 9. 52%). bar chart

3-Researcher’s Profile: 1-Professor: (6 participants – 28.57%) 2-Associate Professor: (1 participants – 4.76%) 3-Assisstant professor:(3 participants – 14.28%) 4-Senior lecturer: (5 participants – 23.80%) 5-Lecturer: (2 participants – 9.52%) Research Associate: (1 participant – 4.76%) 6-PhD researcher: (1 participant -4.76%) 7-Early Career Researcher (ECR): (1 participant – 4.76%) bar chart

4-Academic Field of the participant: bar chart: Media and Development: (3 researchers-14.28%) -Journalism, Media &Communication:(15 researchers – 71.42%) -International Development: (2 researchers – 9.52%) 
Political economy of Development: (1 researcher – 4.76%)

5-Platforms preference: Bar chart
 Twitter: 21 100 % use it. For professional use: work, promoting research, sharing links.
 Facebook: 15- 71.42% use it. Do not add these personal and professional uses to the bar chart, just the general use highlighted by yellow. For personal use 4- 26.66. For professional use: 11- 73.33%
Academic Sites: for academic use: 9- 42.85%
LinkedIn: for professional use: 8- 39.09%   
YouTube: for professional use: 2- 9.52%  
Personal website-Blogs: 2- 9.52%     
Instagram: for personal use, 2- 9.52% 
WhatsApp: for personal use, 2- 9.52%
Telegram: for professional use and research: 1- 4.76%   
Zoom: for work, teaching -video conferencing: 1- 4.76%