Social Media: Boon or Bane?
Social Media: Boon or Bane?
Social Media: Boon or Bane?
Submitted by:
Jonah Obillo
Submitted to:
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AMA Instructor
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………..
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 1 - Introduction…………………………………………………………………..
Literature………………………………………………………………
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Foreign………………………………………………………………………
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Chapter 3 - Methodology………………………………………………………
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3.1 Research Design………………………………………………………
5.1 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………
5.2 Summary…………………………………………………………………….
5.3 Recommendations…………………………………………………………..
References……………………………………………………………………
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank our supervisor, Mr. Allan Ballesteros, for his guidance in
performing our research. The completion of this study wouldn't be complete without
Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to our classmates for supporting us
Abstract
With the advancement of technology came with the rise of social media. It has become
the
main method of communication in today's generation. This research aims to determine the
factors that affect social media usage among teens and whether or not it has a positive or
negative effect it has on them. The researchers used a descriptive correlation method through
the use of survey and questionnaire to gather data and was conducted on Grade 11 students of
AMA Computer College. The study found that students lack time management skills to perform
stable academic performance. They also found that students value face-to-face interaction with
friends and family over digital communication, post their current activities and locations online
and do not spend their time on social media after sleep hours.
Chapter I
Introduction
According to We Are Social, a United Kingdom-based consultancy, the Philippines has been
declared as the Social Media capital of the world. Filipinos are estimated to spend an average of
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nine hours on the internet, 4 hours of which is spent on social media. It has become clear that
social media has become prominent in people’s lives.
Social media are websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and Reddit. These
platforms enable users to share their experiences, ideas, achievements, and discoveries with
likeminded people. With the advancement of social media, it has become a tool for business
practices and brand advertisements. On the individual scale, it is used to raise exposure and gain
popularity.
Morallo (2014) states that students use social media to update one another about the
latest school events, schoolwork and activities in order to attain moderate to high academic
performance.
Despite the benefits and positive impacts it provides, the statistics also raise concerns about
the negative effects excessive usage it can have on its users.
Rachel Ehmke (n.d.) released an article stating that negative usage of social media sites
results in teenagers lacking real-life social skills, because their main source of communication is
through a screen rather than the actual person. This leaves them with the inability to properly
make friends and form healthy bonds with them.
Denny Carter (2014) wrote an article regarding a study conducted by Jennifer Walsh. She
states that students who spend most time on social media have problems that affect their
schoolwork. These refer to lack of participation in class and their activities.
Research has shown a potential association between problematic social networking use and
psychiatric disorders, including attention deficit disorder, narcissism, depression, anxiety, stress
and decreased social skills.
AMA University is an IT based education in the Philippines, making use of blended learning
to provide flexibility and low cost efficiency to its students. Almost all of the students have
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access to the campus computers and the usage of their own smartphones are permitted. It is
inevitable that the students would be tempted to log into their social media accounts for
personal use. This research is conducted to determine whether its students are positively or
negatively affected by SNS.
The research explores the positive or negative use of social networking sites of adolescents.
Specifically, the study will attempt to answer the following questions?
A. Digital Interaction
B. Face-to-Face Interaction
A. Communication
B. Sense of Belonging
C. Expression of Oneself
D. Media Entertainment
3. What time do teens spend on SNS usage? A. Key Daylight hours(Work or School hours)
B. Free Time
C. Sleep Hours
The target participants of this study will be conducted on Grade 11 senior high school
students of AMA Computer College located in Mayombo, Dagupan, Pangasinan.
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IV. Significance of the Study
Students. The study may enable students to be aware that using SNSs more than necessary will
pose dangers to their physical and mental health, as well as academic performance
Teachers. The teachers may know the influence SNSs have on students of AMA and monitor
their usage on class hours.
Parents. They may be informed of their child/children’s activities and monitor their usage on
sleep hours.
V. Definition of Terms
Social Media - websites and applications that enable users to engage in social interactions
and share media with one another.
Consultancy - a professional practice that gives expert advice within a particular field.
Prominent - important
Facebook -a social networking website where users can post comments, share photographs
and post links to news, chat live, and watch short-form video.
Twitter - a social media platform where users post short messages referred to as tweets.
Instagram - a social media site where users upload, edit and like photos and short videos
with one another.
Youtube - a popular video sharing site that enables users to upload and watch videos
posted by individual content creators.
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Reddit - a social news site where registered users submit content such as links to other
sites, post messages and images and is mainly voted up or down by other members.
Narcissism - excessive or erotic interest with oneself and one’s physical appearance.
Blended learning - the practice of using online educational materials and offline traditional
classroom-based teaching methods.
Inevitable - unavoidable
Chapter II
I. Related Literature
Local
According to Rejie D.A.(2016), it has been observed that the the majority of the
students engage in online messaging, playing online games, watch videos rather than learn
their academic lessons, completing their assignments and other academic assignments. He
has observed students from grades 7 and 8 at Tabuk City National High School the same
positive and negative impact of social media inside and outside the classroom. He made use
of SNSs to refer to his students to helpful resources that could fetch them higher grades in
academics. As result, approximately 85% of the students were able to cope with their
academic difficulties and at least 65-75% of the class obtained the average level of
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performance. He suggests a need to introduce students other information resources or
materials that would motivate and help them perform well in their academics.
Kathryn Doyle (2016) published an article on how teens who play video games and
those that use social media take longer to fall asleep.These technology-related behaviors
were tied to shorter and poorer sleep for teens on school days and even on vacation, while
kids who stuck to non-tech behaviors like spending time with family before bed tended to
get more sleep. Teens may be engaging in some activities because they are not yet sleepy,
and they do so to pass time until they feel like going to sleep, she noted.
Foreign
Rachel E. (2018), from the Child Mind Institute, published an article that states experts
worry social media lowering self-esteem. A survey conducted by the Royal Society for Public
Health asked 14-24 year olds in the UK how social media platforms impacted their health
and wellbeing. The survey results found that Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram all
led to increased feelings of depression, anxiety, poor body image and loneliness.
According to Denny Carter (2014), a study was released by researchers at The Miriam
Hospital’s Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine shows a link between social
media use and poor academic performance. The study wasn’t limited to usage of traditional
social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook, but instead included popular social
technology like texting. Freshman women spend upwards of 12 hours a day using some
form of social media, researchers found. Social networking and watching movies and TV
were most negatively associated with academic performance among the study participants.
Martinez and co. (2014) conducted a study about the relationship between parents and
children and how the advancement of technology influences what type of parenting they
apply. They are concerned about helicopter parenting in particular, a technique in which the
parents pay too close attention to every aspect of their child/ren’s lives. Children who are
raised this way grow up to be too dependent on their parents and are unable to be self-
reliant and independent. The researcher’s recommend applying the authoritative method,
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in which it is a middle ground between disciplining their child/ren and putting trust in them
to achieve goals without their aid.
Local
According to Isaac M. Morallo (2014) social communication using the internet became
a frontier of daily communication. His study was conducted to determine the effects of
Social Networking Sites (SNS) on students' academic performance in Lyceum of the
Philippines-Laguna. To determine the effects of SNSs on academic performance, the
researcher devised an online survey questionnaire designed using Google docs was
distributed to 203 randomly-selected students from the six colleges in Lyceum of the
Philippines-Laguna. The results showed a statistically positive relationship between time
spent by students on SNSs and their academic performance. The students tended to use
SNNs to interact with their friends and not use for academic reasons. Specifically, the study
found out the higher the time spent on SNSs showed lower the time is spent on studying. It
has showed an inverse relationship between the GPA and the number of SNS accounts
being maintained by the students, the frequency of SNS use, since when they have SNSs,
length of SNS use, and the number of study hours. Results revealed that as these
mentioned variables increases, the GPA also increases, showing that SNSs had made a
contribution in the attainment of higher grades. Therefore, the study found that SNS usage
had no significant relationship on student academic performance.
Josan D. Tamayo and Giselle Sacha G. dela Cruz. (2014) studied the relationship of
SNS in relation to the Academic Performance of the students of Bachelor of Science in IT at
Centro Escolar University-Malolos. Among the one hundred thirty eight (138) respondents
drawn using stratified random sampling there are 45 first years, 37 second and third years
and 19 fourth years. There are 102 males and 36 females that participated. 71(51%) of the
participants have reached below satisfactory grade average while 67(48.6%) students have
reached satisfactory academic performance from an average grade. 61(44.3%) falls under
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Frequent User of SNS. It represented that that there are more Frequent User of Social
Media among the respondents participated in this study. Students’ Prelim and Midterm
Average and their Social Media usage were correlated using Pearson (r ) correlation and
evaluated that there is moderate significant relationship between Social Media and the
Academic Performance of the BSIT students of Centro Escolar University – Malolos,
Bulacan.
Foreign
Xiaoli Ni and co. (2019) aimed to study the influence of social media use. 2390
teenagers participated in their survey, ages 11-28, 1128 males and 1262 females. The paper
took online social media use, self-identity and subjective well-being as latent variables,
selfesteem as observed variables, to construct a structural equation model and to discuss
their association relationship and mechanism. The results showed that the use of social
media online has direct and significant positive effects on self-identity and subjective well-
being; but negative relationship with self-esteem; at the same time, online social media
use, selfidentity, self-esteem and subjective well-being had interrelated associations with
each other, especially the mediating effect of self-esteem could positively predict subjective
well-being.
Samrina Jafrin and co. (2014) based their report on the University Of Dhaka,
Bangladesh. The researchers chose a sample of 30 students who were in the age range of
1825. 40% were male and 60% were female. The conventional model for studying the
participants is classroom instruction. While the institution facilitates education through
educational networks within the college, the students are exposed to SNSs. The students
gave a satisfactory response to using SNS to write their class assignments. The observations
drawn from empirical data showed that students have started using SNSs for academic
purposes. A high percentage of respondents found it an avenue to search for information,
join educational networks and look for career opportunities. The research concludes that a
large section of students capitalize on the importance of human classroom face-to-face
instruction, the SNSs used for educational/tutoring should be able to apply these principles
in a virtual classroom.
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Tugberk Kaya and Huseyin Bicen (2016) from Near East University, Cyprus conducted a
study regarding student behaviours on social media, mainly focused on Facebook. They
used a general scanning model to observe the attitudes of high school students. They found
that Facebook is a means of communication for students, whether for social or academic
purposes. They use Facebook to create group chats in order to update one another about
upcoming school activities and events. They have also found that students who frequently
use the application participate more on school activities compared to others. The students
are also aware of social media privacy and aim to protect their Facebook profile as the site
is mainly for public use.
With a new generation comes with a new way of growing up. Teens of the 21 st century are
raised in a drastically different environment compared to previous generations because of the
rapid development of technology. Based on the journal written by Rodrigo Martinez and co.,
there are four types of techniques. Authoritarian parenting refers to the complete obedience of
the child/ren and has the least amount of emotional and familial interaction. Authoritative
parenting is similar to Authoritarian, but the parents are understanding and forgiving of their
child/ren as long as their expectations are generally met. Permissive parenting refers to parents’
trust in their child/ren to be self-reliant and independent. The bond between parent and child is
more friendly, open and strong in this one. The last is Uninvolved parenting, wherein there is
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little interaction between parent and child, leading to emotional and psychological neglect. The
authoritative way of parenting is abundantly used in raising today’s generation, as the parents’
are more involved in every aspect of their children’s lives. Children who are raised this way are
shown to lack effective coping skills and are prone to high amount of SNS usage.
Ehmke (n.d.) states that a teen’s means of interaction with his/her peers determine the
social skills they possess. A higher usage of SNS indicates indirect communication. This is
deemed negative as it creates a barrier between the child and his/her peers. An example would
be sharing problems, secrets, feelings and ideas with one’s peers. Indirect communication
enables teen/s to prepare a response, resulting in a waiting period before correspondents are
able to message again. This is different to Face-to-Face interaction, as it takes more courage to
reveal emotions to one another. If the teen uses SNS too often, it may skew his/her view on how
to form a strong relationship with peers, love interest and family relatives.
It is said that SNS provide means of communication between students to inform one
another of school activities. They are used as an alternative way to gain information to broaden
their knowledge on the topics they seek. However, if SNS are used for leisurely entertainment
rather than utilizing their time on their studies. Hence, it would lead to poor academic
performance as unhealthy sleeping patterns.
Conceptual Framework Diagram on Social Media
Independent Variables
Dependent Variables
Parent Observance
Moderator
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IV. Theoretical Framework
This study, the relationship of Social Media with teenagers, and identify the effects of
student engagement on SNS conducted on Grade-11 students of AMA Computer College.
Evaluation Through
Survey and Questionnaire The social media site
regarding: used determined
Student’s Profile
Feedback
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Chapter III Methodology
This chapter includes the research methodology of the dissertation. Respondents of the
study, research locale, research instruments. Data collection and procedure, and the statistical
treatment used to evaluate the data are gathered from the questionnaires answered by the
respondents.
I. Research Design
The descriptive correlation method was used in gathering data on the effect of SNS usage
on Grade 11 students of AMA Computer College through the use of survey and questionnaire.
Through this method that data is more reliable and accurate to assess.
In this study, the accessible population comprised all the Grade 11 of AMA Computer
College at the Senior High School level of education
Table 2 and 3 contains the profile of the respondents in the terms of saying Boon or Bane
about social media
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Gender Frequency Percentage (%)
Female 18 58%
Male 12 42%
TOTAL 30 100%
It showed that there are 58% Female respondents and the males are about 42%. Therefore,
there are more female respondents than the male.
The table 3 reveals that there are 5% of the respondents who are aged from 18 yrs old and
above while 25% are 16 to 17 yrs old and 0% is from 15 yrs old and below. This means that most
of the respondents are teenagers who are age from 16 to 17 years old.
The researchers made use of self-made questionnaire to gather the necessary data. It is
divided into four sections:
• Section C: covered questions on the perceived problems of the factors of social media
platforms along: Communication, Sense of Belonging, Expression of Oneself, And Media
Entertainment.
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• Section D: have a questions by answering yes or no of the problems of the factors of
spending times on Social Network Site (SNS) along: Key Light hours (Works or School
hours), Free Time, And Sleep Hours.
Whereas, Section B C and D the respondents will respond on the statements provided by the
researches aligned to the main topic and problem of this study.
The survey questionnaire was made to be related to the main topic and problem. Gaining
the approval of the adviser, the researchers conducted the survey. They tallied, analyzed and
interpreted the data. Then it was organized and structured so the data is properly presented.
F= Frequency
N = total no. of respondents
Data collection is classified, tabulated and coded for analysis using sample descriptive
statistics such as frequency counts and percentage.
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3 0.52-0.92 Agree
2 0.9-0.51 Strongly Disagree
1 0-0 Disagree
In Table 4 show the highest weight we conducted is 0.93, while the lowest is 0. The
In Table 5 show the highest weight we conducted is 0.91, while the lowest is 0. The
Interpretation of 0.93 is ‘Always’ and 0 means ‘Never’.
In Table 6 show the highest weight we conducted is 0.90, while the lowest is 0.7. The
Interpretation of 0.90 is ‘Yes’ and 0.7 means ‘No’.
Chapter IV
As stated in the previous chapter, the researchers randomly selected 30 Grade 11 students
enrolled in AMA Computer College.
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Number of the Population No. of the Percentage (%)
Section Respondents
Grade 11 30 30 100%
Total 30 30 100%
Table 1 presents the total number of students in AMA Computer College. There are
blocks sections of the Grade 11 at the Campus. The researchers choose 30 students to serve
as their respondents. Therefore, there are total of 30 respondents in block sections. Overall,
there are 34.88% of the respondents.
It showed that there are 57.77% female respondents and the males are about 41.11%
Therefore, there are more female respondents than the male.
The table 3 reveals that 5% of the respondents are 18 yrs old and above, 25% are 16 to 17 yrs
old and 0% is from 15 yrs old and below. This means that most of the respondents are teenagers
who are age from 16 to 17 years old.
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Table 4. Four-Point Scale
In Table 4 show the highest weight we conducted is 0.93, while the lowest is 0. The
Interpretation of 0.93 is ‘Strongly Agree’ and 0 means ‘Disagree’
In Table 5 show the highest weight we conducted is 0.91, while the lowest is 0. The
Interpretation of 0.93 is ‘Always’ and 0 means ‘Never’
In Table 6 show the highest weight we conducted is 0.90, while the lowest is 0.7. The
Interpretation of 0.90 is ‘Yes’ and 0.7 means ‘No’.
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• Digital Interaction
• Face-to-Face Interaction
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• Communication
Weighted Mean Description
I use texting, instant 0.68 Sometimes
messaging, or both to
communicate with family,
friends, and colleagues.
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with friends and family on
Facebook.
• Sense of Belonging
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• Expression of Oneself
• Media Entertainment
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3. What time do teens spend on Social Network Site (SNS) usage?
• Free Time
C. Sleep Hours
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Chapter V
This chapter presents the result of data obtained through data analysis and provides
conclusion and recommendations made as an outgrowth of this study. This study was to
determine the effects of SNS on students and determine whether it has a positive or negative
impact on them.
I. Conclusion
• As for Digital Devices interaction, the highest weighted mean is 0.84 which showed that
teenagers spend more than 5 hours in using social media.Therefore, teenagers now a
days use social media as a means to communicate with other peers.
• As for Face-to-Face Interaction, the highest weighted mean is 0.93 which showed that
even though teenagers spend their time more in using social media they still value the
benefits of face-to-face interaction with their family and peers.
• As for communication, statement no 2 got the highest weighted mean which is 0.75
which showed that teenager communicate with his/her friend and family through social
network site like Facebook.Therefore a lot of students now spend their hours to
communicate to others using social media.
• In Sense of Belonging, it is revealed that students show signs of stress and anxiety if they
do not access SNS for a prolonged period of time.
• As for Expression of Oneself, Statement no 2 got the highest weighted mean which is
0.78 which showed that teenagers are using social media to expressing themselves.
Therefore they are likely to post media content that reveals their current activities in
social media.
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• As for Media Entertainment, Statement no 3 got the highest weighted mean which is
0.87 which showed that students are interested in trending topics.Therefore students
are likely to follow future trending topics.
• As for Key Daylight Hours (Work or School hours), Statement no 2 got the highest
weighted mean which is 0.90 which showed that students are always forgot to do their
school work because of using technological devices.Therefore students lack time
management skills in order to attain a stable academic performance.
• As for Free Time, the weighted mean is 0.73 which showed that teens spend their free
time hanging out or bonding with their family and friends.It shows students prefer to
bond with friends and family through face-to-face interaction and that SNS usage is low
in these times.
• As for Sleep Hours, Statement no 2 got the highest weighted mean which is 0.82 which
showed that students didn't check their social media account before going to bed.
Therefore checking social media is not the last thing they do before going to bed.
II. Summary
• This study examines the usage and implications of social networking sites among Grade
11 Senior High School students at AMA Computer college .In order to gather the needed
data and information.
• Section A details the participants’ basic profile information while Section B details
questions to perform the questionnaire. What type of interaction do teens value more:
a) Digital Interaction; b) Face-to Face Interaction, Section C What do students mostly use
these social media platforms for?: a) Communication; b) Sense of belonging; c)
Expression of oneself; d) Media entertainment, Section D What time do teens spend on
social network sites (SNS) USAGE?: a) Key daylight hours; b) Free time; c) Sleep hours.
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Lastly the answers and responses gathered from the respondents were tallied and
analyzed by the researchers. The formula we used to compute and tally the data is
frequency percentage and average weighted mean for the checklist.
III. Recommendations
Based on the findings and conclusions, the following are being recommended.
1. Students need to lessen your time in using gadgets for you to have a quality time with
your family.
2. The social media can be beneficial but also remember that it has also negative effects if
usage is improper. Moderation is key.
3. Don’t always just use social media to communicate to others it is good to have a
personalinteraction to build your good relationship to them.
1. If devices are allowed in class, strict surveillance is necessary. Leniency will cause students
to take the teachers’ tolerance for granted.
2. If student is caught, proper punishment should be done. But make sure the student/s
understand their actions and why they are wrong in order to properly nurture them.
2. Check if he/she spends time with his/her friends face to face rather than on social media.
3. Don’t let him/her access social media websites on key hours (such as school hours and
sleephours).
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4. Make sure he/she participates in extracurricular activities so that he/she takes his/her mind
offof social media.
1.This would be available to those who wish to know regarding social media.
1. This would be available to those who seek to expand upon the research regarding this topic.
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