Department of Education

Schools Division of Tarlac Province

Benigno S. Aquino National High School
Concepcion, Tarlac

GROUP #1

A Case Study on The Influence of

Social Media on the Political Stance of
the Senior High Students of Benigno
S. Aquino National High School
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CHAPTER 1:
THE PROBLEM AND
ITS BACKGROUND
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The Internet played a significant role of building the social media by

Introduction

providing information to the public online. As a democratizing medium,

supplying different knowledge and interaction; and communication
channels that are used for spreading news. 

This has changed the mode of political campaigning. Political matters have
been discussed through various online groups, pages, and web sites; this
helped political candidates to campaign more conveniently and relevantly. 
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Introduction

Moreover, election campaigns have exhibited a more intense and varied

use of social media to sow disinformation to either support or undermine
certain candidates. In contrast, social media also turned many people into
high-commitment voters. Many are spending their time on social media
to prove they are in the right stance. In addition, diplomacy around the
world has grown less private and more susceptible to public perception as
a result of the use of social media in political processes
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Thus, this study will show how the students' exposure to social media
Introduction

redefines their political engagement and how it influences their political

views. Hence, it is further desired that the result of this study could be a
course for understanding the effectiveness of social media to the students
in terms of politics.
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RATIONALE
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This study shows how people use social media to redefine their political
engagement and how it influences the political perceptions of the Senior
Rationale

High School students in Benigno S. Aquino National High School

(BSANHS) whether in negative or positive, or in both ways. Young
citizens of the Philippines, especially the students, do not just need to be
aware about the social issues but also needs to be politically
inclined. Moreover, students nowadays are most likely immersed in the
internet, hence, this study focuses on the different factors on social media
that contributes to influencing their political perceptions.
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STATEMENT OF
THE PROBLEM
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STATEMENT OF THE
PROBLEM
1. What are the key components of social media that lead to
influencing the SHS Students in BSANHS’ political engagement?

2. Provide the ways on which the SHS students in BSANHS gather

and exchange information from social media that affect their political
beliefs and perceptions.

3. What are the positive and negative political effects of social media
influence towards the SHS students in BSANHS?

4.  How will the gathered data in this study enhance the students’
political knowledge?
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SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY
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Significance of the Study
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The purpose of this study is to examine how social media contributes to

the political engagement of the SHS students of BSANHS and to find out
the political impact of social media among them. The findings of this
study may contribute to the literature of political engagement of students
in terms of social media involvement. The results are assumed to be a tool
to spread awareness about the positive and negative effects of social
media to the SHS students of BSANHS’ political perceptions. In addition,
the findings will also reflect on their political perspectives.
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SCOPE AND
DELIMITATIO
N
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Scope and Delimitation
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The researchers aimed to determine what are the influences of social

media on the political stance of the Senior High School students in
Benigno S. Aquino National High School in Concepcion, Tarlac. This is
a qualitative research which will use a case study as a research approach.

The variables in the study are the SHS students of BSANHS profile: sex,
age, grade level, and academical strand. It also comprises their frequency
of visiting social media, the negative and/or positive impact of social
media towards their political stance, and their most used social media
sites that make the students politically inclined
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Scope and Delimitation
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The respondents for the survey questionnaires will be limited to twenty-

five (25) SHS students; each 5 respondents from the five SHS strands in
BSANHS (Sports, TVL, HUMSS, ABM, and STEM). The volunteer
respondents for the individual interviews will be five (5) SHS students,
each from the said 5 SHS strands in BSANHS.

 
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DEFINITION
OF TERMS
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Definition of Terms

Definition of Terms
Social Media - a computer-based technology that facilitates sharing of ideas, thoughts, and
information through virtual networks and communities.

Politics - is the set of activities associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of
power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources.

Traditional - following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued
in a group of people or society for a long time without changing.

Disseminate - spread (something, especially information) widely.

Fictitious - not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated. 

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CHAPTER 2:
REVIEW OF
RELATED
LITERATURE AND
STUDIES
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Related Literature

According to Niel Nino Lim (2009), social media platforms, as

emerging political spaces, have paved the way for the re-
conceptualization of political engagement, especially among the
youth. Their participatory counterparts, particularly blogging, social
networking and content sharing, have encouraged more people to be
involved in political issues and have contributed to changing the
mode of protest from streets to cyberspace. Existing Literature,
however, shows a dearth of sociological inquiry on the social
impacts of the Internet, particularly on political engagement.
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Related Studies (Foreign)
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The social media plays an important role in providing information to the

public on political events, engaging its users and encouraging them to get
involve in offline political activities. (Emruli & Baca, (2011). Social Media
has become vital for political discussions and political participation. Online
activities related politics are useful to encourage youth to participate in
political events (Quintelier & Vissers, 2008). Internet usage, political
knowledge and political participation are associated with another. This trend
is playing a key role in elections, especially in developing countries like
Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Internet and Social Media have become
increasingly important for disseminating political information (McAllister,
2015).
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Related Studies (Foreign)
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According to DellaVigna and Gentzkow 2010, La Ferrara 2015, Enikolopov

and Petrova 2015. There is plentiful evidence that traditional media like
newspapers, radio, and TV have had an important impact on political
outcomes by providing political news and entertainment, both in their
infancy and after they have become widespread. To the extent that online
media resemble traditional media, one should expect their persuasion effects
to mirror those of traditional media. However, certain features of the new
media—of social media, in particular—distinguish them from traditional
media. This review focuses on these features, as they may affect politics in
ways that explain some of the recent trends
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Related Studies (Local)
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Filipino youth's responses to current societal and governance problems, such as

corruption, child violence, armed conflict, and poverty, seemed to be muted. Many
have attributed the youth's silence to an implicit sense of apathy and skepticism or
disbelief (Medina & Diestro, 2009). According to Velasco (n.d.), in her
documentation of reports from 1996 to 2002 on Filipino youth's political
participation, reported that the youth's less than positive attitude towards being
responsible voters, their minimal participation in the form of social involvement, or
their lack of knowledge on the structures of governance, have remained unchanged.
The decision to remain uninvolved was reportedly made out of concern that their
participation would have a negative impact on their school results. According to
Velasco’s study, they may have also believed that their participation in political
activities would make no difference, or that they would be labeled as communists if
they did. 
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Related Studies (Local)
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Price, V., Zaller, J. (1993) states that political knowledge indicates facts about
political systems in which individuals can remind memories to understand and
learn events. Research measuring political knowledge on social media is mainly
related to current events.  

The relation between social media use and political knowledge has a proven track
record (McLeod et al., 1999; Mcleod & McDonald, 1985) and that media generated
information and how users receive news determining the political knowledge
acquired (Ekström, M., Shehata, A. 2018). It happens by presenting enough news
about current issues and politics, encouraging users to signalize those related to
politics (Boomgaarden, H., de Vreese, C. 2013). An active search is the first step
toward reading up news and encouraged by surveillance to collect a knowledge
user environment (Eveland, W. P. 2001).
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Conceptual Framework

Variables Research Design

Questionnaires and
• Students Profile Interview
• Age Descriptive
• Gender Qualitative Research

A Case Study on The Influence Solutions that could

of Social Media on the Political be proposed to
Interpreting the
Stance of the Senior High enhance the political
Data
Students of Benigno S. Aquino engagement of the
National High School students.
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CHAPTER 3:
METHODOLOGY
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Research Design

In order to find out the key components of social media that

lead to influencing the SHS Students in BSANHS’ political
engagement, the descriptive qualitative research was the
method used by the researchers.
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Participants and Sampling Method
Benigno S. Aquino National High School
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The study will have a total population random sampling of BS ANHS Senior High School
students.
A total of 25 students will participate in the study. This number of students is enough to be used as
respondents of the study. Table 1 charts the number of respondents per strand.

Distribution of the Respondents in BSAHNS Senior

Strands High School Students
Students

STEM 5

HUMSS 5

ABM 5

SPORTS 5

TVL 5
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Research Locale

The locale of the study is limited to secondary school in the

district of Concepcion, Tarlac namely; Benigno S. Aquino
National High School (BSANHS).
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Data Gathering Procedures
Benigno S. Aquino National High School
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The researchers will ask permission through consent forms from the
school administrator, teachers, and students to conduct the survey.
The researchers will provide the questionnaires.

The respondents for the survey questionnaires will be limited to

twenty-five (25) SHS students; each 5 respondents from the five
SHS strands in BSANHS (Sports, TVL, HUMSS, ABM, and
STEM). The volunteer respondents for the individual interviews will
be five (5) SHS students, each from the said 5 SHS strands in
BSANHS. The students will be asked to answer all the questions
accordingly and will be offered help when needed.
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Research Instrument

The researchers will use the combination of questionnaires, surveys and

interviews as an instrument in collecting data. These will be processed
using the google form, messenger, and face-to-face interviews. The series
of questions are formed based on the researchers reading, and study's
requirements and statement of the problem. It will gather the influential
behavior of social media in link with the political engagement of the SHS
students in BSANHS. The collection of data through questionnaires and
surveys will be tabulated, and the data gathered through interviews from
the chosen respondents will be take and organize.
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Statistical Treatment

After collecting the data needed, the researchers will tabulate

and analyze the gathered data with the help of statistical
tools. By means of descriptive qualitative analysis it is easy
to analyze as we have limited our respondents to twenty-five
(25) SHS students; each 5 respondents from the five SHS
strands in BSANHS (Sports, TVL, HUMSS, ABM, and
STEM). 
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RESEARCHERS

Ira M. Ortiz Luis

Acosta, Aizzy D.
Castro, Janyse Aliah Fatima G.
Antonio, Althea A.
Bucu, Ryan James B.
Guiling, Rubeline
Mangune, Jerome D.
Ortiz Luis, Ira M.
Pangan, Dean Ashley S.
Policarpio, Justine Mark S.
Villota, Roger C.