PRAC 2 Final
PRAC 2 Final
PRAC 2 Final
Students
The evolution of social media and other technologies like Web 2.0 is
unprecedented (Lenhart, Purcell, Smith and Zickuhr, 2010). Social media has
network with friends and associates, share photographs, generate contents, interact
technologies has increased the use of social media, more especially in universities
Ezekiel, Ruth and Leo (2013) asserted that students are addicted to the use of
social media in Nigeria and this takes most of their times. The authors maintained
that students chat even in highly organized places of worships like churches,
mosques and even in lecture halls. They opined that social media is a barrier to
academic performance; as most students that engage in social media perform
In line with the above assertion, Oberiri (2016) argued that most of the
platforms used by students are Facebook, WhatsApp and twitter and they use these
platforms to interact and share opinions that has to do with friendship, common
academic matters. This is because social media has not been harnessed in most of
The reason been that most of the institutions in these countries still rely on
Growth in the number of people who use Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and
Snapchat and other social media platforms and the time spent on them has garnered
interest and concern among policymakers, teachers, parents, and clinicians about
States of America and United Kingdom where social media is seen by students as a
good facilitator to improve their academic performance. Equally, Adidi and David
(2010) maintained that interactive social media is a great tool that allows students
to access, create and share knowledge by uploading pictures, videos, audios and
In recent years, significant changes have taken place around the world
and number of people who use them. Social networks include websites and
applications that allow users to share content, ideas, opinions, beliefs, feelings, and
In less than a generation, social media has evolved from direct electronic
century marketing tool. At first, social media existed to help end users connect
they might never have met in person. Desktop access to bulletin board services
such as CompuServe and Prodigy made it easier to grow free online communities
without ever leaving the house. The invention of the smartphone liberated social
media from the desktop and laptop computer. Apple’s first iPhone, launched by
Steve Jobs in 2007, helped shift the focus of online community building to mobile.
Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Tiktok, and other social media services
video and images. In addition to written messages, end users could now broadcast
in real time. Instagram, in particular, became the app of choice for social media
users interested in travel, entertainment, fashion, and other visually oriented topics.
Theoretical framework
Underpinning Theories
model for explaining the research area. Figure 1shows in diagrammatic form of the
two underpinning theories that may use in a proposed future study. Furthermore,
the following sub-sections will explain the two theories that could be applied in the
through which emblematic communication affects the idea, the influence, and
work in two respects: the instant way and the social way. The encourage change
(Bandura (2006). In the socially interfered route, the media have an impact on
connecting employees with social systems and network settings which provide
distinctive driving forces and continue the required change in a person. Because
multiple resources that means to clarify the psychological procedures and the
recognize and talk about crucial structures and procedures (Martin & Sujatha
(2016). Underlined cognition holds that there are sets of distinctive assets for
various intellectual procedures, which include a set of focal points for procedural
memory (i.e., how assignments are made) and marginal backgrounds for
While multiple tasks are performed, each task is composed around the
assets, which guide the psychological sub-processes and the use of assets from
different groups to achieve the objective (Nijboer, Taatgen, Brands, Borst, & van
and chatting with a partner. There are two particular goals (walking and
Conceptual Framework
Objectives
achievement.
To determine the advantages of social media usage.
This study is significant to the teachers, parents and students. This study will help
the teachers of the school to know the influence that social media has on their
The study is of significant to parents in the sense that they will know the 9
possible effects the social media usage has on their children, so as to serve as
The study will enable the students of the senior level so that they will be aware
that, apart from the social benefits of this social networking site, using the sites
more than necessary will pose possible dangers to their health. It will be relevant
relevance material for students and other researchers undertaking similar research.
The study will help researchers with more information on the Influence of social
This study focuses on the effects of using social media platforms in grade 12
students of Tanauan Institute Inc. The researchers used the descriptive research
method to gather the necessary information. The researchers collect known facts
about the study using a survey questionnaire, which serves as the primary source of
data.
The study also limits the findings in determining the impact of social media on the
learning of Tanauan Institute Inc. grade 12 students. The data was gathered
researchers approached the respondents in person and asked them to fill out a
survey questionnaire. The researchers used the quota sampling method to reach
100 Tanauan Institute Grade 12 students. The survey questionnaire will be given in
As words may mean differently in different contexts, the following definitions are
given as the words used as intended to be understood for the purpose of this study.
interactive base on certain interests. Social media include web and mobile
technology.
Social Networking Sites - A website where people put information about them and
available to other people especially people you share an interest with to send
messages to them.
Media - Are all those media technologies that are intended to reach a large
CHAPTER 2
investigating the effect of these styles on their intentions to use social media for
learning has become all the more important. This study explored the factors
affecting students’ intentions to use social media for learning based on their
learning styles (i.e., participatory, collaborative, and independent), using the social
According to Raut and Patil, (2016) Use of social media has been created a
positive impact on the society. With the help of Internet all the social site and
various applications are available which can be access easily, also allow users to
converse and interact with each other, to create, edit and share new forms of
textual, visual and audio content. It has a vital influence on our live as it helps a lot
in every field of life such as political field, economic field and educational field.
According to Nicholas, (2016) the effects of various social media on the ways
people communicate, and the implications of these effects for the use of social
are being used in increasing numbers, especially by young people. It is where they
live, share, and learn, so it is to be expected that educators would want to find ways
to use these technologies to engage them. At the same time, however, these new
media come with a host of issues and dangers as well as possibilities. Creative
While most young people regularly consume and produce social media content,
many schools focus on what students should not do with these technologies rather
than address what students and teachers can do. The authors share ways that some
educators leverage social media to enhance the who, when, where, why, how, and
academician are continually trying with social media technologies hoping to excite
Balakrishnan, V. (2016). Students' learning styles and their effects on the use of
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Raut, V., & Patil, P. (2016). Use of Social Media in Education: Positive and
Burbules, N. C. (2016). How we use and are used by social media in education.
Krutka, D. G., & Carpenter, J. P. (2016). Why social media must have a place in
1-8.