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Guisadio, Carla Mae
Layug, Romana
Maristela, Jefferson
Puno, Charmaine
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
In todays generation, gadgets become kids constant companion.
There are lots of versions and variations of these gadgets which are now
available in the market. One of the features of a gadget which make it more
appealing to the public is its capacity to stay connected in the Internet. The
target market of these gadgets are mostly students since this technology for
youngsters serve as their playmates too. Internet, indeed, has been part of a
childs life in todays generation. In the 2014 survey conducted by Cartoon
Network, the Philippines made it on top among the kids that use technology
or gadgets most in Asia-Pacific. Internet offers countless applications, such as
gaming, search engines and the phenomenal Social Media which anyone can
easily access in the Internet for free.
In a conservative country like the Philippines, there are still many
assumptions from parents that Social Media has negative effects on students
academic performance. On the other hand, there are parents who allow their
children to be exposed to Social Media because they believed it will help their
children be more alert, smart and excel in school.
To date, schools and institutions are experiencing many technological
advancements and changes in techniques in improving their teaching
methods to meet the growing demands of their students. There are schools
which take advantage of the use of Social Media as a teaching aid.
Social networking sites are the fastest and easiest way to connect or to
communicate other people whether they are near or far from you. By these
sites you can post anything you want such as photos, videos, and words that
you cant tell personally and you want the world to know.
Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and
Thumblr are very useful to the youth because they will be updated on what is
happening to our country and even to the world.
Social networking sites is not just for connecting people, its also have
different addictive application that the youths might spend their time instead of
doing some important things like homework, school projects and studying
their lesson.
Cyberbullying already exists in our generation; it has negative effects
to the teens and children especially to those people with low self-esteem. It
has an effect to the performance of the victims in the school performances, it
can also affect to social development of the victim especially when it comes to
making friends with others because they might think that people around them
hates them, and the worst is, victim might commit suicide due to severe
depression.
A social networking site is a platform to build social networks or social
relations among people who, for example, share interest, activities,
backgrounds, real life connections. Facebook is one of the most famous sites
today. You can post there anything you want such as images, videos, and
blogs.
This study aimed to discover the Effect of Social Networking
Sites to the Social Aspects and Academic Performance of the First
Year BSBA Students of Concordia College A. Y. 2015-2016.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Foreign Literature
Barnes (1954) indicates that Social Network Theory views social
relationships in terms of nodes and ties. Social Network is a social structure
made up of individuals (or organizations) called nodes, which are tied
(connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as
friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, likes/dislikes, or
relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.
Moreover Abhyankar (2011) pointed out that from the very beginning;
human beings always associated themselves to some form of social structure
as they evolved across generations. All human beings crave social life, but
not all can have time and resources to enjoy social circle where they can
communicate, collaborate and freely express themselves with like-minded
peers for satisfying their different needs like security, assets, skills,
relationships, science and technology, events, politics, history, literature, art,
etc. There is no end to the list of fundamental principles that can drive people
to create platforms for communication and interaction, mutually beneficial for
the whole community.
According to Abhyankar (2011), Social Network is an online
community where people across the globe (irrespective of demographic and
geographical differences) can develop network with different organizations or
individuals for a specific purpose. It creates a chain of linked/connected
entities (individuals/organizations, communities, forums, groups etc.) like a
tree with multiple branches and nodes. These branches are the various
groups, communities, forums etc. that an individual intends to join. Hence, a
social network represents relationships between nodes (people) and flows
between the branches (groups, communities, forums, organizations etc.)
A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that
focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among
people, who, for example, share interests and/or activities. A social network
service consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her
social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services
are web-based and provide means for users to interact over the Internet, such
as e-mail and instant messaging. Online community services are sometimes
considered as a social network service, though in a broader sense, social
network service usually means an individual-centered service whereas online
community services are group-centered. Social networking sites allow users
tool.
Social
Networking
sites,
in
particular
have
helped
organizations in terms of their public relations with their target audiences. The
invasion of various businesses in these sites have been rampant, mainly
because of its advantages that has proven to be very effective in increasing
visibility, revenue, and influence.
Foreign Studies
Fuchs, Christian. 2009. Social Networking Sites and the Surveillance
Society. A Critical Case Study of the Usage of study, Facebook, and MySpace
by Students in Salzburg in the Context of Electronic Surveillance.
Salzburg/Vienna: Research Group UTI. ISBN 978-3-200-01428-2. 674
students from Salzburg participated in the study that was conducted by the
Theory Research Group (University of Salzburg, ICT&S Center). 88.3% of the
respondents use studiVZ, 39.5% Facebook, 15.9% My Space, 9.0% Xing,
7.4% Lokalisten. Each of 61 other social networking sites (SNS) is used by
less than 1%. Study author associate professor Christian Fuchs: There are
indications for a strong economic concentration in the area of social
networking sites. On the one hand concerning usage, but as a consequence
on the other hand also in relation to profits that are made by advertising.
59.1% of the respondents see the maintenance of social contacts as the
biggest advantage of SNS, 55.7% say that economic and political surveillance
is the greatest risk. Fuchs: Students are very aware of the massive collection
individuals, but also among companies and businesses. With this, the Honor
Award Program (HAP) of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has ventured
into social media to strengthen its promotional strategies of the Program.
Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT)
Chairman Ivan John E. Uy said that social networking sites can be a useful
tool in public service delivery. The use of Facebook and Twitter in
government offices provides better access to the public, he said in an
interview aired over DZRB. There are 24 million Internet users in the
Philippines, 51% of which use social networking sites. Social media is an
effective platform for information dissemination and engagement. Its about
time to engage with our stakeholders. There are 1.4 million government
workers all over the country.
our outstanding public servants. Being on Facebook is one way to reach out
to the public that we serve, said CSC Chairman Francisco T. Duque III. The
Pangasinan
provincial
government
is
vigorously
pushing
people
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Vangie Padilla, a social media specialist and resource speaker, said Espino
wanted to raise the level of quality of public service given to the 2.6 million
College of Arts and Science Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service. Since
there are now some 300,000 Pangasinenses who are on Facebook, Padilla
said Espino thought of coping with the times by switching from the traditional
to cyberspace. Since Pangasinan is now dubbed as No. 1 province in many
aspects, Gov.Espino opts to explore greater heights of bringing government
service closer to the people, having seen the intense impact of social media
like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube among Pangasinenses, Padilla said.
Provincial employees lauded the project, expressing their full support to the
cause by putting their own group page so they can post their regular activities
and enable the public to keep track of the efforts of the provincial government.
A series of orientation seminars is underway for all provincial employees, high
school and college students, Sangguniang Kabataan officials, and various
sectors in the province. Tutorial for government employees on social
networking is also set to fully realize the project.
The Philippines has been on the World Wide Web since the early
90s.MozCom was the first commercially available Internet provider in the
Philippines, starting in 1994. In early 2000, via the Electronic Commerce Act
or Republic Act 8792, the Philippine government mandated that every
department should have a presence on the web. This was to allow the public
access to information as well as a means to communicate with their duly
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elected politicians. There are different levels of web presence required of the
government. The hierarchy, from the most basic to the highest, is: Emerging
Web Presence level could be just a simple static website with details of the
respective agency and contact information.
Local Studies
Social Networking is one of the trendiest topics being talked about by
the students in Concordia College. Examples of social networking sites are
Friendster, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Social Networking Sites help us
to communicate with our friends, classmates, and relatives but they also allow
us to communicate with other people who contribute to common interests with
us. Through these social networking sites, we develop virtual interpersonal
relationships. An
interpersonal
relationship
is
relatively
long-term
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relationship with other people close to him/her. This influence can either be
good or bad for the user. The researchers chose the topic about the influence
of social networking sites to be studied because it is shown evidently that
most of the students in Concordia College use Social Networking Sites as
part of their activities done in the internet.
SYNTHESIS
Gathering Related Literature for the social networking sites is not that
difficult. The study is rich with prevalence and outcome but there is a deficit
on related studies and related literature. The researchers are very keen in
finding information for local studies and literature. However an inquiry and
review of relevant literature had been made and gathered to provide some
information and insights to help with the study. The Related Literature and
Studies that were gathered serve as an important source of information which
impel the researcher to conduct a broad study on the perception on
bisexuality among college students. The relevant literature and studies gives
knowledge and ideas on the effects of social networking sites to the students.
An investigation by the researchers of recent journals and books that
may tackle the same subject of local and foreign reveals the same opinion.
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know, or having opinions that do not fit with other opinions they hold." A key
assumption is that people want their expectations to meet reality, creating a
sense of equilibrium. Likewise, another assumption is that a person will avoid
situations or information sources that give rise to feelings of uneasiness, or
dissonance.
Cognitive dissonance theory explains human behavior by positing that
people have a bias to seek consonance between their expectations and
reality. According to Festinger, people engage in a process he termed
"dissonance reduction," which can be achieved in one of three ways: lowering
the importance of one of the discordant factors, adding consonant elements,
or changing one of the dissonant factors.
PROCESS
OUTPUT
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Students Profile
1. Age
2. Gender
Students Social
Aspects
Students
Academic
Performance
Evaluation
Identifying the
through Survey
Effects of Social
Questionnaire
Presentation,
Networking Sites
Analysis, and
Interpretation of
results
to the academic
Performances of
First Year BSBA
Students of
Concordia
College A.Y.
2015-2016.
HYPOTHESIS
There is no significant relationship between social networking sites to
the social aspect and academic performances of the first year BSBA students
of Concordia College A.Y. 2015-2016.
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limited from those obtained from selected 30 First Year BSBA Students of
Concordia College A.Y. 2015-2016.
The questionnaire served as the main instrument to gather the data
needed in the study. The questions were not intended to measure other
factors that affect academic performance of the learner.
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give their quality time and learn the values of self-realization. As for students,
the study can serve as a guide to learn the basic lifelong experiences in
worthy and responsible use of Social Media.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
For clarification and appreciation of the present study, the following
terms are defined:
Academic performances generally refers to how well a student is
accomplishing his or her tasks and studies, but there are quite a number of
factors that determine the level and quality of students' academic
performance.
Behavior is the actions by which a person adjusts to his environment.
College students a person formally engaged in learning, especially are
enrolled in a school or college.
Cyberbullying is blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually
badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people though online.
Effect is something that is produced by an agency or cause, result,
consequence.
Social networking sites is a platform to build social networks or social
relations among people who, for example, share interest, activities,
backgrounds, real life connections. A social network service consists of a
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representation of each user (often profile) his/her social links, and the variety
of additional services.
Social role is a defined pattern of behavior that is expected of person in a
given setting or group.
CHAPTER 2
METHODOLOGY
This chapter describes the subjects of the study, sources of data and the
procedure followed in the study.
RESEARCH DESIGN
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This study will utilize descriptive design. This research design is suitable
with the aims of the researcher which is to determine the effect of social
networking sites to the 1st year BSBA students of Concordia College
especially to their social aspect and academic performances.
RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
The researcher will formulate a 20 items survey questionnaire that
intends to determine the effects of social networking sites to the students
which are considered as affected aspects of an individual and the aspects
are: social aspect, and academic performances.
20
% = f n * 100
Where:
2. Weighted Mean
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X = X N
Where:
CHAPTER 3
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
This chapter presents the presentation or findings, analysis and
interpretation of data gathered from respondents of the study. The specific
problems raised in this study were answered sequentially. The study data
reviewed the answers of respondents after the survey. The demographic
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profile of the respondents includes their age and gender. The data is
presented in tabular forms with their corresponding textual presentation and
interpretation.
The researcher conducted the study to find out the Effects of Social
Networking Sites to the Social Aspects and Academic Performances of 1 st
Year BSBA Students of Concordia College A.Y. 2015-2016.
Specifically the study answered the following questions:
1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:
1.1. Age;
1.2. Gender;
2. What are the effects of social networking sites on:
2.1 Social aspect
2.2 Academic performances
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1
57%
40%
3%
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Table 2
Frequency and Percentage Distribution of the Gender of the
Respondents
Respondents Frequency Percentage
Male
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37%
Female
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63%
TOTAL
30
100%
Shown in table 2 is the frequency and percentage distribution of the
respondents gender. 37% of the respondents are male and the remaining
63% from the respondents are female.
Verbal
Interpretation
Strongly Agree
Agree
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2.50 3.49
1.50 2.49
1.00 1.49
Moderately Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Table 3
Effects of social networking sites to the 1st Year BSBA Students of
Concordia College A.Y. 2015-2016 on Social Aspect
Social aspect
1. Do you regularly view any of the
networking sites?
2. Do you hose sleep due to late night logins?
3. Can Social media helps you to express
yourself?
4. Do you spend more time in socializing
online than to join in an organization?
5. Does social media makes you feel
comfortable?
6. Do you still hang out with your friends?
7. Does Social media bring you closer to your
family and friends?
8. Do you forgot household chores to spend
more online?
9. Social media provides ways to enhance
connection with students as it brings them
closer by alleviating the necessity of physical
presence
10. Social media is a good way to release
pressure
Average Weighted Mean
Weighted
Mean
Interpretation
4.4
Agree
4.24
Agree
4.12
Agree
4.26
Agree
4.6
4.8
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Agree
4.2
Agree
3.3
Moderately
Agree
4.5
Strongly
Agree
4.28
Agree
4.27
Agree
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Weighted
Mean
Interpretation
4.28
Agree
4.54
Strongly
Agree
4.16
Agree
4.6
Strongly
Agree
4.6
Strongly
Agree
4.28
Agree
4.22
Agree
4.38
Agree
3.34
Moderately
Agree
2.16
Disagree
4.06
Agree
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CHAPTER 4
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter presents the summary, conclusion and recommendation of
the study. The researcher conducted the study to find out the effects of social
networking sites to the 1st Year BSBA Students in Concordia College A.Y.
2015-2016.
The researcher conducted the study to find out the effects of social
networking sites to the students in terms of social aspects and academic
performances.
Moreover it aims to answer the following questions:
1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:
1.1. Age;
1.2. Gender;
2. What are the effects of social networking sites on:
a. Social aspects
b. Academic performances
Summary:
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Conclusion:
1.
Recommendation:
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1. Since social networking sites are now the most influenced on the
students in terms of different aspects, the researchers recommend that
the students should have the proper time management to maintain the
proper balance on school and build a good relationship with others.
2. Since the academic performances of the students is one of the
affected aspects of spending a lot of time on social networking sites,
students should use it in a useful way such as reading informative
blogs and posts which is credited or validated with professionals, and
also reading a useful information posted by known group or
organization.
3. The parents in general must be aware that students need parental
guidance while using the Social Media. Parents play a major role in
their childs Social Aspect and Academic Performance, thus when their
childrens learning habit diverted into excessive use of Social Media
this will have a great effect on the childs Academic Performance.
Social Media in moderate usage doesnt directly affect the students
learning process but anything in excess is harmful.
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