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FACEBOOK AS A SEARCH ENGINE IMPACT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES

AMONG SELECTED FRESHMEN IN THE COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AT

TUP MANILA

An Research Proposal

presented to the

Department of Languages

College of Liberal Arts

Technological University of the Philippines

In Partial Fulfilment

of the Requirements for

GEC – 5 Purposive Communication

Calipes, Mark Joseph M.

Evangelista, Reichelle S.

Bartolome, Janna H.

Legaspi, Shaina A.

BSIE-IA
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DECEMBER 2023

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

First of all, the researchers would like to thank the Almighty God for His enduring

grace, guidance, and protection that He has bestowed upon us during this research

proposal.

The researchers would also like to express their sincerest gratitude to their

adviser, Professor Mary Ann Misa for her continuous support in their research, for her

patience, motivation, and immense knowledge. Her guidance helped them throughout

their research and completion.

To their parents, who have continuously supported them financially to accomplish

this study, and for their guidance, encouragement, and inspiration throughout their lives,

a very special thank you for your parental presence and constant guidance to them.
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They would also like to thank their classmates and friends for the stimulating

discussions, for the sleepless nights they were working together for deadlines, and for

all the fun together to finish this research proposal.

Lastly, this research would not have been accomplished without the guidance

and help of several individuals who in one way or another contributed and extended

their valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of this study.

DEDICATION

This study is wholeheartedly dedicated to our beloved parents, who have been

our source of inspiration and gave us strength when we thought of giving up, who

continually provide their moral, spiritual, emotional, and financial support.

Moreover, dedicate this research to our subject teacher, Ms. Mary Ann Misa, who

constantly guiding and teaching us to make this study even better.

And lastly, We dedicate this research paper to the Almighty God who gives us

strength, wisdom, guidance, power of thinking, security, competence, and for giving us

good health while doing this. All of these, We offer to you.

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— Researchers —

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

ACKNOWLEDGMENT………………………………………………………………… i.

DEDICATION…………………………………………………………………………... ii.

TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………………… iii.

ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………..... iv.

CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND IT’S BACKGROUND

Introduction………………………………………………………

……. 1

Statement of the

Problem………………………………………….... 3
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Significance of the Study…………………………….

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CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Conceptual Framework……………………………………………… 5

Input-Process-Output………………………………………………… 6

CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Locale............................................................................................ 8

Instrumentation……………………………………………………….. 8

Data Gathering Procedure………………………………………….. 9

Statistical Instrumentation…………………………………………… 9

REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………. 10

ABSTRACT

With the increasing popularity of Facebook, students are joining and using it in

their social and academic lives. Huge popularity of Facebook among the freshmen

students has brought the researchers attention to investigate the phenomenon. Most

research regarding online social networks, particularly Facebook use has explored at

these networks in terms of profile management, identity creation and friending behavior.
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This study investigates the Impact of Facebook on students’ academic performance

through search engine concept.

The purpose of this study Is to shed light on the Impact of Facebook as a search

engine among freshmen in the College of Industrial Education at TUP Manila and

specifically on the academic performance of the freshmen students of TUP Manila. This

research will identify when freshmen are impacted by their academic performances on

the usage of Facebook as a search engine using quantitative methods techniques to be

applied in this research study. For the completion of this study, the researchers will

select a random sample of freshmen students from the TUP Manila specifically in the

College of Industrial Education, and give them a questionnaire on how Facebook

affected their academic performance.

CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM AND IT’S BACKGROUND

This chapter includes the introduction, which discusses the main and the

supporting ideas of the research work and why it should be conducted. This also

contains the Statement of the Problem that lists the question that should be answered
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by this work. Lastly, this contains the Significance of the Study, which enumerates the

specific groups that will benefit from this study.

Introduction

In the age of information and technology not only the technologies are influencing

our daily life but also they are becoming the part of our life. In other word, it has brought

the human being beyond the magic of ancient fairy tale stories and has entered into

new era of the online social network sites (OSNs) such as Facebook, MySpace,

LinkedIn, twitter and YouTube etc. This revolution has brought the new innovation in the

field of online social media which has change the traditional way of messaging into

modern way news posting or message posting. Recently it allow users to connect with

multiple communication channels, which facilitate private messages, public display

“walls”, updates status, instant messaging, groups and applications (Lampe et al. 2011).

Online social networks has now spread round the globe and Facebook is world’s largest

social network become so popular for young people that they hardly use email or other

way of communication (Kirkpatrick 2010, 85). People use Facebook to stay connected

with friends and family, to be informed and entertained within their social circle, and to

share and express what matters to them (Facebook facts, 2013).

Currently, social networks exist as a means to provide communication among

people regardless of location, enabling them to easily share information, have access to

files, pictures and videos, send messages, and conduct real-time conversations. Simply,

they allow easy and effective communication with colleagues and coworkers. Studies
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showed that social network tools support educational activities by facilitating interaction,

collaboration, active participation, resource sharing, and critical thinking (Ajjan &

Hartshorne, 2008; Selwyn, 2009). Using social networks in educational and instructional

contexts can be considered as a potentially powerful idea, simply because students

spend a lot of time on these online networking activities. Although university professors

have started to address this phenomenon, there have been only a limited number of

studies on social networks in education. As a new means of communication, Facebook

caters for a specific population whose members share a common interest in

communicating, exchanging ideas, and sharing information. This specific population can

be represented by any group of people in any society. Academic performance or

achievement is the outcome of education, the extent to which a student, teacher or

institution has achieved their educational goals. Academic performance is commonly

measured by examinations or continuous assessment but there is no general

agreement on how it is best tested or which aspects are most important, procedural

knowledge such as skills or declarative knowledge such as facts (Annie, Howard &

Mildred, 1996).

This study will explore the impact of Facebook on students’ academic

performance. What is the contribution of Facebook to generating or vanishing students’

social means during their academic and social lives? If you use internet you are

increasingly likely to use Facebook, it is the platform of the people to get more out of it

and new form of communication (Kirkpatrick 2010, 16).

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Statement of the Problem

This research proposal entitled “Facebook as a search engine and Impact on

Academic Performances among selected Freshmen in the College of Industrial

Education at TUP Manila” aims to know if the use Facebook is distracting their studies

or it does not have any impact on students’ academic performance.

Specifically, it will find answers to the following questions:

1. What are freshmen student’s perceptions about Facebook usage?

2. What are the positive and negative impacts of Facebook to the selected

Freshmen in the College of Industrial Education at TUP Manila?

3. How can Facebook help the selected freshmen to improve their academic

performance?

Significance of the Study

This study is significant to the following:

Professors - this study will benefit them from the findings and its

recommendations. They would be able to observe and assess the students’

profile, behavior and academic performances especially those who have access

to electronic devices which can link to social networking sites like Facebook.

Students - this study will help them to be aware of the impact of the use of

Facebook, and be able to assess themselves on how academic performances

and behavior will affect their studies and on how to deal with it.
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Parents - for them to know their children’s profile on their academic

performances and will be able to coordinate with the teachers to improve and

maximize the capacity of parental guidance of their children.

Future Researcher - this study would serve as their reference materials

particularly those who have the intentions to conduct further studies related to

this one.

CHAPTER II

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK/INPUT-PROCESS-OUTPUT

Conceptual Framework

Sociability
Positive

Facebook Freshmen Behavior

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Negative Academic

Performance
Figure 1. Conceptual Framework

Figure 1. suggests that Facebook will negatively and/or positively affect to

academic performance, behavior, and sociability of the freshmen students. With these

variables, the present study will identify the impact of using Facebook on the academic

performance of the respondents and will be able to draw recommendations that improve

the learning process and reduce the negative impact of social media.

Input-Process-Output

Input Process Output

 Selected  Data gathering  Data collection

freshmen  Answer  Conclusion

 Facebook questioners  Recommendation

 Respondents  Data analysis

profile

 Questioners
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Figure 2. Input-Process-Output

Figure 2. shows three boxes which is the input-process-output model. The input

frame includes the profile of the respondents such as age, gender, and section. The

process frame refers to the steps of the researchers that are used to obtain information

by using survey questionnaires. While the output frame covers the obtained information

to the impact of Facebook to the academic performance of selected freshmen in the

College of Industrial Education at TUP Manila.

CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

In this chapter, a detailed information on research methodology will be discussed.

To start with, the setting of the study were introduced, followed by a presentation of

research methods instrument, and data gathering procedure.

Locale

The research will be conducted at the Technological University of the Philippines

where the selected freshmen are the participants in this study. This research study may

be done face-to-face or though online.

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Instrumentation

Researcher-made questionnaires were used in conducting this study. The said

questionnaire was made of a checklist and divided into categories which would help in

gathering data. These questionnaires will be designed in a way that it shall meet the

main objective of the study which is to determine the impact of using Facebook to the

academic performances of the selected freshmen students. Scales were used to rate

the variables, being 4 as the highest scale which corresponds to Strongly Agree, and 1

as the lowest scale which corresponds to Strongly Disagree. The results will be tallied

and assessed accordingly.

Data Gathering Procedure

First, for the validation of the questionnaires, the researchers consulted their

instructor, and then they asked permission to grant the request, afterwards, the

researcher’s job was to ask permission from the selected freshmen students to allow

them to administer the distribution and retrieval of the questionnaire from the

respondents.

Next, upon distributing the questionnaires to the respondents. To gather

information, the researchers created an online questionnaire using Google Forms.

Then, these online questionnaires were distributed by the researchers to the selected

respondents through personal messaging. The researchers assure them of

confidentiality to be able to gain honesty in their responses.

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Lastly, the information obtained from the responses of the freshmen students was

gathered and tabulated. With that, the data required were analyzed and interpreted.

Conclusions and recommendations were made afterward.

Statistical Instrumentation

To interpret the gathered data, the researchers will use the following:

Mean, which is the result of the majority decision of answers based from the

survey or questionnaire. Simply, this describes the profile of the respondents.

Sample Size, which is the total number of respondents of the study. This part of

the formula to be used will always stay constant as 100, as this is the chosen

respondent population which cannot be altered in order to prevent falsifying data.

The following formula in order to achieve the percentage or statistical

presentation of the results:

%= X/N ×100

Wherein “x” is the mean or summed up total of answers from a certain question,

“n” is the fixed number of chosen respondents or sample size in the study and 100 is

the constant used to attain the percentage or generalized statistical presentation of

results.
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References

Ajjan, H. & Hartshorne, R. (2008). Investigating faculty decisions to adopt Web 2.0

technologies: Theory and empirical tests. Internet and Higher Education 11, 71-80.

Annie Ward, Howard W. Stoker, Mildred Murray-Ward (1996), Achievement and Ability

Tests – Definition of the Domain. Educational Measurement, 2, University Press of

America, pp. 2–5, ISBN 978-0-7618-0385-

Facebook facts (2013). News room Facebook key facts. Retrieved Feb 20, 2013.

Kirkpatrick, David. 2010. The Facebook effect: The inside story of the company that

isconnecting the world. Publishers: Simon & Schuster, New York.

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Lampe, C., Ellison, N., & Steinfield, C. (2008). Changes in use and perception of

Facebook. In Proceedings of the ACM 2008 Conference on Computer Supported

Cooperative Work (pp. 721-730). ACM: New York

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STUDENTS WHO WORKED:

LEGASPI, SHAINA A.

 TITLE PAGE

 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 DEDICATION

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

 ABSTRACT

BASRTOLOME, JANNA H.

 CHAPTER I

EVANGELISTA, REICHELLE S.

 CHAPTER II

CALIPES, MARK JOSEPH M.

 CHAPTER III
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