SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION AMONG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN

TARLAC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

By:

Margarette Julia Balilia

Donica G. Diamzon

Tiffany Gonzales

Josh Andrei P. Guzman

Jonna Lagera

April Joy Manabat

Submitted to Ms. Nica Joyce P. Aquino in partial fulfilment of the requirements of

Practical Research 2, 1st Semester, S.Y. 2021-2022

 CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

In today’s generation a lot of teenagers are addicted to using social media platforms.

It’s like social media is an escape for them, wherein they can do such things like building

relationships and communicating with their loved ones. It might also become a habit for them

to use social media in their daily lives, because it gives them a huge happiness and contentment

of what they are doing.

Social media has evolved into a strong and beneficial instrument that allows

individuals in current culture to easily engage and associate with one another through the

internet. Nevertheless, social networking seems to have a nasty but very little side of addiction.

Internet users have the ability of becoming severely addicted. Because of the addictive presence

of social media, individuals' everyday commitments throughout reality could be severely

disrupted, necessitating a treatment process to overcome the tremendous temptation.

Whereas Goldberg (1996) coined the phrase "Internet Addiction" this was the

psychologist Young (1996) who was the one who established this field of study with the very

first description of Psychological Internet Utilization (PIU) in a forty-three-year-old housewife

who spent over than sixty hours each week surfing. Following that, a number of studies began

to replicate and extend of information by looking into different forms of Internet Addiction

(IA) and PIU illnesses (e.g., Griffiths, 2000; Hardie and Tee, 2007; Jun and Choi, 2015; Kuss

and Griffiths, 2015; Mitchell, 2000; Pantic et al., 2017; Young, 1998).
 The study of Hilliard (2021) stated that internet addiction is a form of cognitive

addiction defined by increased concern regarding social media, an uncontrolled want to connect

onto it and utilize social media, and investing far more work and attention to media platforms

that one interferes with other vital aspects of living. Excessive internet use might resemble

anyone else component utilizing illness, with signs such as psychological adjustment (i.e.,

involvement in social media causes to an improvement in feelings and emotions),

meaningfulness (i.e., psychosocial, intellectual, and sentimental obsessiveness with digital

networking), sensitivity (i.e., expanding through use media platforms over time), and side

effects (i.e., going to experience undesirable symptoms when online networking use would be

constrained or stomped out) (i.e., after some time of separation, people with mental health

problems often resume their compulsive online behavior) (Hilliard, 2021).

Due to the increase of teenagers who are exposed and consistently using social media,

the researchers want to conduct this study to know the social media usage of the students and

to determine if the student is a social media addict. Thus, to know the excessive effects on their

health and studies. After finding the results the researchers will aim to suggest or come up with

ways on how to decrease the social media addiction among the students.

Statement of the problem.

This study aims to determine the usage and level of using social media of Senior High School

Students of Tarlac National High School- Main.

Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following research questions:

1. Demographic profile of Senior High School Students in terms of:

1.1. Age

1.2. Gender

2. How many hours do Senior High School Students spend in using Social Media and what

social media platform do they usually use?

4. What are the effects of using excessive social media on Senior High School Students?

5. What implications can be drawn from the study?

Significance of the Study

It is expected that the result of the study will reveal information concerning about the Social

Media Addiction Among Senior High School Students in Tarlac National High School results

will be used by the:

Students. The Grade 12 Senior High Students are the center of the research because they are

mostly the ones who are capable of being addicted to social media, through this study we

could find the reasons why they are into social media and how we could help them limit their

usage of social media.

Parents. In this study, Parents will realize how important it is to give more guidance to their

children, especially in this kind of situation.

Teachers. This study will give information to the teachers regarding this topic to help their

students be aware of social media addiction.

School Administration. This study will help the school administration to know what are the

challenges of distance learning among students. This also aims to know what are the things

they need to fix and improve

Researchers. The process and the outcome of the study will produce a great awareness

among the students who are getting into social media.

Future Researchers. For the future researchers this information will help them as a guide

and basis for their research.

Scope and Delimitation

To conduct this research, Grade 12 Senior High Students were the primary respondents.

They came from different strands on senior levels in Tarlac National High School, where the

convenience and availability to carry the questionnaire needed in this study were factored in.

The background of the students was taken. The study investigated the students who claim that

they are social media addicts. This study focuses only on the causes, effects, manifestations,

and forms of intervention on social media addiction among the respondents. The researchers

selected social media addiction because of the alarmingly high rate of students who put so

much time on social media, which is not good. This is to bring about a sense of responsibility

and care among all members of the school community.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following terms are defined for a better understanding of this research, within the

context of this study.

Addiction- Addiction is an urge to do something that is hard to control or stop. In this study,

it is the behavior of the students they adopted

Internet - A vast network that connects computers all over the world. In this study, this is the

one they used to access social media like facebook and etc.

Mental health - Includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how

we think, feel, and act. This is the main focus of the study.

Students- Refers to a person who is studying at a school. This is the main target of the study.

Social Media- Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to

participate in social networking. This is the platform where the students addicted.
 CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This part of the study reviews and takes a closer look at the studies and pieces of

literature published that the researcher sees may provide a clearer and wider background and

information regarding the present study in terms of their results.

Related Literature

Social media refers to a computer-based technology that promotes the exchange

of ideas, information, and thoughts via virtual networks and communities (Dollarhide, 2021).

Some of these are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, etc. that are used by using electronic

devices or gadgets like tablet, smartphone and laptop. Hence, Facebook, the most popular

social media platform, was the first to surpass one billion registered accounts, and it now has

more than 2.89 billion monthly active users. Facebook (core platform), WhatsApp, Facebook

Messenger, and Instagram are the company's four largest social media platforms, each with

over one billion monthly active users (Statista). Moreover, social media is also created for

effective conversations especially for people who are in a long distance situation and for

entertainment purposes. Eventually, using social media is rampant now due to its easy

accessibility from people of any age. According to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA),

Filipinos aged 10 to 64 were more likely to use the internet for social media (73.9 percent) than

for research and e-mail (63.6 percent). This was true in both urban and rural areas, as well as

between sexes and age groups.

 According to Kepios (2021), there are 4.55 billion social media users worldwide in

October 2021, accounting for 57.6 percent of the total global population. As shown in these

statistics, more than 9 out of 10 internet users now use social media at least once a month. On

the other hand, In January 2021, the Philippines had 89.00 million social media users. Between

2020 and 2021, the number of social media users in the Philippines increased by 16 million

(+22%) that makes the Philippines social media users accounted for 80.7 percent of the total

population. Most of these population is consisting of teenagers, according to surveys, 90% of

teens aged 13 to 17 have used social media. Seventy-five percent say they have at least one

active social media profile, and 51 percent say they visit one at least once a day. Two-thirds of

teenagers own a mobile device that can connect to the internet. Teens spend nearly nine hours

per day online on average, not including homework time (The American Academy of Child

and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2018). However, in an article written by Aaron Smith and Monica

Anderson, teenagers (especially those ages 18 to 24) stand out for embracing a variety of

platforms and using them frequently. Some 78% of 18- to 24-year-olds use Snapchat, and a

size able majority of these users (71%) visit the platform multiple times per day. Similarly,

71% of Americans in this age group now use Instagram and close to half (45%) are Twitter

users. People spend so much time on different sites and they are not able to handle the social

media revolution that it begins to interfere with their lives. Psychologists are referring to this

as a social networking compulsion or addiction.

Social media addiction refers to a type of behavioral addiction characterized by too

much concern for social media, an uncontrollable impulse to log on to or use social media, and

give so much time and effort to social media that it interferes with other important aspects of

one's life (Hilliard, 2021). According to some researchers, social media addiction is similar to

cell phone and internet addiction. These types of disorders are not new, and people have been

discussing them for decades. Students of today’s and one of them are High School students
who are exposed to social media and with that they are part of the population who experiences

social media addiction. It is important to conduct the present study to explore and determine

the negative impact of social media addiction to the Senior High School students and to their

studies. Negative impacts like internet dependency, sleep deprivation, and dysfunction in daily

life. Also, the study aims to know the social media usage of the Senior High School students.

A. Foreign

Andreassen and Pallesen (2014) defined social media addiction as "becoming

excessively aware of social networking services (Networking sites), of being supported by a

strong determination to access on to it and have been using SNSs, and devoting such a large

amount of time and energy to Networking sites that something that hinders other recreational

interaction, experiments, social interactions, and/or psychological functioning including well-

being. "Physiology, identity theorist (need for expertise, independence, but also sense of

belonging), personal attributes (psychotic, agreeableness, egotism, or other.), comprehension

(immediate opinions, consciousness), wanting to learn (ground troops, observational

interactions), society, and other aspects can all play a role in social media addiction

(Andreassen, 2015). Researchers shall investigate the links between social media addiction and

identity throughout this research.

Young coined the term "internet addiction" (IA) in 1996, and it became largely

acknowledged in 2000. It's a way of thinking about those who can't tell the difference between

online and offline lives. Characterized us as an internet addict, a psychologist or physician must

make a diagnosis. The American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic Standard Infrastructure

Services for the International Classification of diseases Classification of Personality Disorders

V (DSM-5) has compiled a list of certified mental illnesses. The Institute of Medicine did not

propose IA in DSM-5 in 2006, due to the belief that IA is specific to the type of addiction.

According to Steinfield et al. (2008), individuals with low levels of personality have

elevated amounts of Internet addiction and interpersonal trust linkage. Worries of failure,

researchers hypothesized, could clarify whether people with limited consciousness choose

Social media over face-to-face encounters.

Strom's research has also found that internet addiction has an effect on academic

performance, with individuals becoming unhappy as a result of feelings of loneliness,

embarrassment, exhaustion, and insomnia. Furthermore, internet addiction leads to people

avoiding their social responsibilities, distancing themselves, losing positive reinforcement,

working incompetently, and performing much worse. As a result, IA's status as a mental

problem is still up for debate.

Researchers dedicated their lives to another sort of internet addiction known as social

media addiction as a consequence of social media transformation (Kuss and Griffiths, 2011).

Andreassen and Pallesen (2014) characterized social media addiction as being overly focused

on social media websites, obtaining a motivating reward to gain access including using social

media websites, as well as expending a significant amount of effort to online communities that

interferes with certain other group interaction, findings, social interactions, or psychological

health including well.

A study entitled "Social Media Addiction among Students of the university of Ghana”

conducted by Akua Adoasi, out and published in the year of in the month of October. This

study is a qualitative analysis with its main purpose of indicating whether students of the

University of Ghana are addicted to social media and the level of their addiction as well this

study therefore sought to examine addiction among users of social media in the said university
the participants are the students of the University of Ghana this quantitative study presents the

findings of the data collected from students of the University of Ghana to find out their usage

of social media and to test their level of addiction to it A 20 item questionnaire was handed to

respondents and a100% response rate was achieved this method includes frequency tables and

charts the research questions and objectives of the study Based on the research findings more

than half of the respondents said they use WhatsApp on a regular basis followed by Facebook

which has over a quarter of the respondents using it regularly the results show that majority of

the respondents use their social media account for entertainment, followed by 22.3% who use

social media for creating media content and sharing opinions while 20.3% said they use social

media to meet new people. A little above half of the 200 respondents said they use it for social

events and about a fourth said they use it to maintain relationships the relation of this study

with our study is that it focuses on the level of addiction the students are being addicted to

Social Media in all platforms

B. Local

Lopez (2015) Social media provides a wide range of important devices that handle

many platforms and engage students to participate effectively in the construction of their own

language learning, providing for such application of even more efficient instructional methods.

Moreover, social media's connectivity possibilities, combined through its ability to transcend

boundaries of time obstacles, facilitates teamwork and participation among as well as between

globally disparate learning and teaching, allowing people to expand their own perspectives and

cooperate throughout territorial boundaries, communication problems, and infrastructural

facades.
The internet has become an inventive means for persons to interact as the computer industry

has progressed. Upon this online, social networking sites had spawned some phenomena that

had already grown considerably over the previous few years. Lopez (2015)

Social Media Addiction. Represents a type of local sickness focusing on a dependence

on internet pals or internet activity. Issues. It includes risks and problems which could arise as

a result of online consumption but may interfere with teenagers' everyday routines. Lopez

(2015)

Lopez (2015) Moderate social media users included forty percent (40%) of individuals

with an increase in social media addiction ranging from 20 to 49. Fourteen (17) or 17 percent

of the people for whom the degree of social media addiction differed from 80-100, implying

that social media created severe difficulties, have been regarded increased consumers; and

forty-three (43) or 43 percent of the people who encountered infrequent or common difficulties

due to digital networking have been regarded reasonable consumers; and seventeen (17) or 17

percent of the people whom the degree of social media addiction differed from 80-100,

implying that social media created severe difficulties in the development of people have been

regarded inordinate consumers.

Throughout the Philippines, 46 percent of the country's 107 million inhabitants take

advantage of social media, with an estimated average viewing interval of 10 hours and 2

minutes. Filipinos use social media sites such as Facebook and Other social media on a regular

schedule. According to studies, a substantial percentage of people use gadgets to access the

website. In 2010, 65.3 percent of individuals used cell phones, and by 2020, that number is

predicted to climb to almost 70%. The growth in social media usage among Filipino students

is fueling the adoption of low-cost cell smartphones. Throughout the Philippines, 46 percent of

the country's 107 million inhabitants take advantage of social media, with a current average
viewing interval of 10 hours and 2 minutes. Filipinos use social media sites including Facebook

and Other social media on a regular schedule. As a result, a substantial percentage of people

use mobile devices to access the website. In 2010, 65.3 percent of individuals used cell phones,

and that number is predicted to climb to almost 70 percent by 2020. The surge in social media

use among students in the Philippines is driving the adoption of low-cost cell phones.

Social media addiction, according to Andressean [7], is characterized as "seeming

to be particularly concerned regarding Online Communities, to be motivated desire to access

on to or have been using Social medias, but also to dedicate just too much work and attention

to Online communication that something that affects those certain leisure events, experiments,

social interactions, and/or emotional functioning including well." We can't identify if someone

is addicted depending on the description mentioned only if also assess their various features.

Instructors at Butuan City School of Arts and Trade, like professors in other schools, devote a

great deal of time and effort to their students' education. If executed right, evaluating a

teenager's addiction degrees could be accurate. Understanding the severity of a teenager's

addiction may aid in the use of prevention to treat them. Considering this necessity, it is

recommended that the study should be carried out.

A study conducted by Benedicto Y Mindajao about "Social media addiction among

senior high school learners" in Butuan City School of Arts and Trades states that social media

has been widely accessible to all in the advent of new technology specifically in the emergence

of mobile devices. Many researchers are studying related to the effects of social media on the

different walks and aspects of life. The study aims at profiling and identifying the extent of

social media addiction of senior high school students of Butuan City School of Arts and Trade.

The study was administered to 513 senior high students with social media accounts. It was
found out that 294 out of 513 are social media addicts and mostly use Facebook. The majority

of social media addicts are female, grade 12 students, and 18 years of age.

Conceptual Framework

The conceptualization of this study is to know the profile of Senior High School

students in terms of age and gender and to determine the Social Media Addiction among Senior

High School students.

OUTPUT PROCESS
INPUT
Analysis of data Determine the
Demographic through usage of social
profile of Grade media and what
12 students of · Survey social media
TNHS: · Questionnaires platform do they
a. Age usually use.
b. Gender
Social media Stop the social
usage and what media addiction
social media among Senior High
platform they are school students.
using.
Manage the time of
using social media
platforms.

Figure 1. Paradigm of the study

 Chapter 3

METHODS OF STUDY AND SOURCES OF DATA

This chapter is important as it will explain how the researchers will gather data and results.

This chapter presents the research design, respondents of the study, data-gathering instrument,

data-gathering procedure and statistical treatment of the study.

Research Design

This study will use descriptive research design under quantitative research. Descriptive

research is a type of research that describes the population, situation, or phenomenon under

study. If there is a research problem, it focuses on answering the how, what, when, and where

questions rather than the why (Formplus, 2020). The researchers will use this design to fully

understand the aim of the study which is to know the level of social media addiction of Senior

High School students. Therefore, researchers will use descriptive research design because of

its compatibility to the present study wherein to know social media addiction among Senior

High Students in Tarlac National High School.

Respondents of the Study

Due to the prevalence of the pandemic, physical contact or interaction is strictly

prohibited. This incident limits the choice of the researchers in data gathering and selection of

participants. This study was conducted in the researcher’s respective homes. Social interactions

between participants and researchers were done through social media platforms.
 The chosen respondents for this study are the Grade 12 students in Tarlac National High

school. The researchers selected Grade 12 students of Batch 2020-2021, specifically those

under the Humanities and Social Sciences strand/track with a total population of 591 students

as the main participants in order to fulfill the indicated purpose of this study.

The researchers used convenience sampling under non-probability sampling in

obtaining the student participants.

Data-gathering Instrument

The instrument that will be used in this study is survey questionnaire that will be created by the

researches. Due to the pandemic, researchers will provide a link for the respondents for them

to answer the survey questionnaire. The researchers will conduct the survey to determine its

positive and negative effects on social media addiction among senior high school students at

Tarlac National High School. The questionnaire composes of questions like, how their daily

routine of using social media has been simplified and how it has also affected them. Participants

can access the link to the questions by clicking on the link the researchers will provide.

Data-gathering Procedure

The researchers constructed a questionnaire to obtain an applicable response for the study.

Under the observation of the research adviser the questionnaires have undergo consultation

from the adviser for further checking.

After the questionnaires has been approved, the researchers will conduct the survey

questionnaires through google forms via social media platforms. The respondents who

voluntarily accept the survey questionnaires will answer the forms, the google form will be
open for 3 to 4 days until a certain target of respondents has been completed. The day after the

survey the questionnaires will be gathered and interpret the results based from the gathered

data.

Statistical Treatment

Observations, face-to-face interviews, and individually delivered surveys were improbable and

expressly prohibited due to the nature of the study and the appearance of the pandemic. This

study is a quantitative in nature, statistical analysis and interpretation of the numerical data

acquired from the online survey is necessary.

The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics to obtain the mean, percentages, frequency,

and standard deviation after collecting and marking the responses to the prescribed codes.
 CHAPTER 4

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter includes the presentation, analyses, and interpretation of findings based on

the problems of the study. It covers the use of social media as described by hours spent of every

student who are addicted in using social media. In the case of this study, the use of social

media platform may or may not affect the study of the students.

I. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS

This section offers graphs relating to the demographic information supplied in the

survey by Senior High School pupils. The profile of the respondents which are the Senior High

School students of Tarlac National High School includes the age and sex. This part gives graphs

by grade 12 student under humanities and social sciences strand who completed the

questionnaire. The researcher was able to determine the students’ profile based on the

following.

1.1 AGE

To categorize the SHS HUMMS students from grades 12 to 12, the researchers

classified them by age. The ages of the respondents were divided into distinct age groups in the

questionnaire, with the options of 16 years old, 17 years old, 18 years old, and 19 years old. As

a result, the data was altered. A pie chart was used to show the data.
 Figure 2. The percentage of respondents in terms of age groups.

Figure 2 shows the demographic data of the participants: 37 students representing the

(52.90%) of respondents the age 17 years old, 26 students representing the (37.10%) of

respondents the age 18 years old, the 6 students representing the (8.60%) of the age 16 years

old; and the last two ages of 19 years old has (1.4%) equivalent for 1 student. So when we

combine it all, we have 80 respondents in total.

1.2 Sex
 Graph 3. In terms of sex, the percentage of respondents.

Based on the responses in the questionnaire, the researchers identified the number of

respondents who fell under each sex and presented it in a pie chart to indicate the percentage

that the males and females and prefer not to say covered in the total number of respondents.

According to Figure 3, the majority of respondents were female, making up 72.90 % (51

students) of the total population of respondents, while their male counterparts accounted for

the remaining 21.40 % (15 students) and the remaining 5.70% (4 students) of the total of

respondents who chose prefer not to say.

2. Hours spent by senior high school students using social media and social media

platform do they usually use.

These are the hours spent by senior high school students using social media and social

media platform do they usually use according to the data gathered using the self-made

instrument of researchers.
 Table 1

Hours spent by senior high school students using social media and social media

platform do they usually use.

Statements

A. Mean STDEV INTERPRETATION

1. I surf on social media 3.75 0.98 Agree

to keep informed about
what social media
groups share.

2. I spend more time on 3.5 1.13 Neutral

social media to see
some special
announcements (e.g.
birthdays).

3. Keeping informed 3.84 1.03 Agree

about the things
related to my courses
(e.g. homework,
activities) makes me
always stay on social
media.

4. I like using social 4.07 1.01 Agree

media to keep
informed about what
happens.

5. I want to spend time 3.71 1.21 Agree

on social media when I
am alone.

6. I usually prefer to 3.38 0.87 Neutral

communicate with
people via social
media.

Grand Mean 3.70

 The table reveals that the highest computed mean is 4.07 with a standard deviation of

1.01. This means that students are like using social media to keep informed about what happens.

The lowest computed mean is 3.5 with a standard deviation of 1.13, students spend more time

on social media to see some special announcements (e.g. birthdays.

3. Effects of using excessive social media on Senior High School Students

The table below shows the effects of using excessive social media on Senior High School

Students because of the unhealthy social media cycle is a cruel one.

Table 2

Effects of using excessive social media on Senior High School Students

Statements

B. Mean STDEV INTERPRETATION

1. I pass over my homework 2.58 1.05 Neutral

because I spend much
time on social media.

2. I feel unhappy when I 2.42 1.01 Disagree

am not on social media.

3. I do not even notice that I 2.7 1.25 Disagree

am hungry and thirsty
when I am on social
media.

4. I notice that my 3.32 1.20 Neutral

productivity has
diminished due to social
media.

5. I have physical problems 2.41 1.12 Disagree

 because of social media
use.

6. I look for internet 3.35 0.93 Neutral

connectivity everywhere
so as to go on social
media.

Grand mean 2.79 Neutral

The data in this table indicate that in Effects of using excessive social media on Senior

High School Students have been observed, Having a grand mean of x̄ = 2.79, Respondents

experiencing difficulty in effect of using social media, some respondents are not having

difficulty to notice that they hungry and thirsty when they are using social media. Social media

is a tool that is becoming increasingly popular these days due to its user-friendly features.

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and others enable people to

connect with one another across long distances. However, most people are constantly

struggling to cope with and grasp as time passes.

4. Implication of this study to the Senior High School students

The implication of this study to the Senior High School Students is they can determine

the social media addiction among Senior High School Students of Tarlac National High School.

However, through this study they can find out if they are addicted to social media and what can

affect them by becoming addicted to social media.

A study also indicated that social media has a significantly detrimental effect on the

emotional well-being of chronic users and their lives, negatively their real-life relationship and

academic achievement.
 . Chapter 5

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This study is a convenience research design to identify the overall perception of 70

Grade 12 students under the Humanities and Social Sciences, to determine the addiction of

senior high school students to social media. Respondents answered our online survey with a

content rating of 1 to 5 ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree.

The raw scores that the researchers gathered were converted to standard scores by

computing the overall average and standard deviation of each item. The result shows

This chapter presents the summary of findings, conclusions and recommendations of

the study.

Summary of Findings

1. Demographic Profile of Grade 12 Students:

1.1. Age

The total sample included 52.90% of 17-year-olds and 37.10% of 18-year-olds. More

than half of the students in the sample were aged 17 to 18, with the remaining 1.4% aged 19

and up. This indicates that by the twelfth grade, the majority of respondents will be between

the ages of 17 and 18.

 1.2. Sex

The majority of Grade 12 students on the academic track were females, accounting for

72.90 % of the total sample size. Female participants are more likely to be chosen than male

participants. This was due to the gender distribution in the entire population of Grade 12

students enrolled in the academic track.

2. Hours spent by senior high school students using social media and social media

platforms they usually use.

It shows that the highest computed mean is 4.0 with a standard deviation of 1.01. They

always surf social media and they can’t use social media for a day or every second.

The research found that the lowest computed mean is 3.5 with a standard deviation of

1.13. Students spend more time on social media to see some special announcements. Many

people are still using social media for communication.

3. Effects of using excessive social media on Senior High School Students

The data in this table show that in Effects of Excessive Social Media Use on Senior

High School Students has a grand mean 2.42 that disagree when they are not on social media.

According to the data in this table, in Effects of Excessive Social Media Use on Senior

High School Students, with a grand mean of x = 3.35, Respondents experiencing difficulty look

for internet connectivity everywhere so as to go on social media

4. What implications can be drawn from the study?

The significance of this study for Students is that it can be used to determine social

media addiction among Tarlac National High School Senior High School Students. They

may, however, find out if they are addicted to social media and how becoming addicted to

social media can affect them through this survey.

Conclusion

Based on the findings stated in the previous chapter, the following concl

usions are derived:

1. The participants of this study consisted of 80 Grade 12 students on the

academic track, most of whom were 17 years old, female, and under the

HUMSS strand.

2. The Grade 12 students neither agree nor disagree on how it is an addiction

when using social media. It reveals that the highest computed mean is

agreed. This means that students like using social media to keep

informed about what happens.

3. The researchers show that students usually prefer to communicate with people via

social media announcements and want to spend time on social media when they are alone. In

addition, it can be seen from the instrument they used that students prefer to surf on social

media to keep informed about what social media groups share, and keeping informed about the
things related to courses (e.g. homework, activities) makes students always stay on social

media.

4. The researchers have trust in the grade 12 students and their perception of social media

addiction among senior high school students in Tarlac National High School. Their response

was neutral. Students’ experiences are similar, inferring that they are neither in agreement with

nor opposed to the findings of the researchers, Response time was adequate and well organised

by the respondents

5. Although there are more grade 12 students who usually spend time on the internet to

keep up with social media, in the proportion of the pie, and their percentage is bigger than the

result of others, the effects of excessive social media use among senior high students were

neutral. Some respondents do not have difficulty noticing that they are hungry and thirsty when

they are using social media.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Social Media Addiction among Senior High School Students in Tarlac National High

School was investigated in this study. The following recommendations are made and listed

based on the findings and conclusions:

1. Social media is an internet-based computer technology that enables for interactive

communication. It allows people to share photos, videos, audio, opinions, and news, among

other things. As we can see at the respondents, some of them are having trouble using social
media effectively. Students must reflect on themselves at least once a day. Students must focus

their attention on more important aspects of their lives.

2. Social media starts to have an impact on emotional and mental health, leading to social media

addiction. Students should keep track of how much time they spend on such sites in order to

reduce their addiction. Furthermore, regaining control of their behaviours before becoming

addicted to social media is ideal.

3. As for students, they should all participate in raising awareness and voice their concerns

about the current state of student addiction. In addition, to break free from social media

addiction, go on a weekend vacation without your smartphone or other gadgets. It's fine to use

social media in moderation to engage with friends and family. Too much of anything, however,

is harmful to one's health.

4. Social Media is an internet that is concerned about the impact of Social Media Facebook,

Twitter, Instagram on student's focus. In particular, they believe that too much time spent on

social media can negatively impact a student's academic performance. The problem has gotten

worse with the recent widespread use of smartphones.

5. Social media is where we can post, talk , and get associated with others and communication

platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp, GPS functions and games are

especially popular.Smartphone abuse to addiction is becoming more problematic nowadays in

youth because most students whether higher learning students or low level students are more

addicted to applications found on Internet connection. It causes unhealthy, time wasting

because it tries to explore the reasons behind poor education of youth students
6. As for students, instead of doing physical fitness activities, you are lying down scrolling

on your phone through social media.