The Impact of Social Media on Students

A Qualitative Research Presented to

Administrators, Faculty and Staff of

Adventist Academy Of Negros Oriental – Siquijor, Inc.

Maayongtubig, Dauin, Negros Oriental

In Partial Fulfilment

Of The Requirement Of The Subject

Practical Research 1

Jehiel A. Solijon

August 2021
 Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education Region VI

Division of Dauin

ADVENTIST ACADEMY OF NEGROS-

ORIENTAL SIQUJOR, INCORPORATED

Mojon, Maayong Tubig, Dauin, Negros-Oriental

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

APPROVAL SHEET

The Qualitative Research entitled “THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS” Prepared and
submitted by

JEHIEL A. SOLIJON, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the

Applied subject Practical Research 1, is hereby endorsed.

BELCE GLICERE A. BAQUILABAT

Adviser, Research Advisory Committee

Date:

Approved in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the applied subject

Practical Research 1.

JEROME J. JAEL

School Principal

Date:

Date of Completion: ________________

CURRICULUM VITAE
 Jehiel A. Solijon is a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) student
of Adventist Academy of Negros-Oriental Siquijor, Incorporated. He was born on August 20,
2003 at Dumaguete Provincial Hospital. He is the middle child of Jeriel Solijon and Emily Solijon.
He graduated his primary education at Zamboanguita Central Elementary School, moved
graduated Junior High School at Zamboanguita Science High School. Where he is also currently
attending as a Grade 11 student. His father is self-employed and his mother is also self-
employed and his older sibling is Eunice Solijon and his younger sibling is Emriel Solijon.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 First and foremost, the researcher would like to thank the Almighty Father in heaven for
inspiring and helping the author throughout the research by giving ideas and blessings during
the study.

The researcher would like to extend a sincere gratitude to her research teacher for her
guidance during the study.

CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

As we all know technology has a very big use of our todays daily lives. We use
technology to accomplish various tasks and make use of it for entertainment purposes, we can
describe technology as products and processes used to simplify our daily lives. We use
technology to extend our abilities and widen our knowledge.

For a long period of time believed that the term social media does not have a clear
definition, however, when one platform emerged, that gave people an opportunity to be
content creators, controllers and transparent users, to a great extent. Once this content is
shared, it becomes a conversation, because all users who have accounts on social media
platforms can interact with all posts.

Social media is fundamentally changing the way people communicate, consume and
collaborate. It provides companies a new platform to interact with their customers. When used
properly, social media can be a valuable addition to a department's communications strategy.
Because many employees have expressed an interest in developing and maintaining a social
media presence in personal and professional capacities. And social media is the platform that
give individuals the opportunity to interact, using two way communication, that anyone who
has online accounts can share their opinions with other social media users.

Statement of the Problem

This study focuses of the impact of social media on students. Specifically, it seeks to answer the
following questions:

1. What are the good and bad impacts of social media on students?

2. Will this study help the students to identify the good and bad impacts of social media?

Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis

1. There are no good impacts of social media on students.

SOCIAL Hypothesis
Alternative INFLUENCE

2. There are good impacts of social media on students.

Theoretical Framework of the study

Numerous studies have analysed the use of social networks by governments, according to the
type most commonly used, the number of followers, the number of messages sent or their
content, among other parameters (Bortree and Seltzer 2009; Chi and Yang 2010; Rybalko and
Seltzer 2010; Linders 2011; Rodríguez et al. 2011; Bonsón et al. 2012; Purser 2012; Towner and
Dulio, 2012; Snead, 2013). However, few have examined the use of social networks by
stakeholders and the benefits that accrue to society and public organisations, although such
studies have been conducted with respect to the private sector (Hoffman and Fodor 2010;
Bonsón and Ratkai 2013; Moreno 2013; Peters et al. 2013). Nevertheless, both the public and
the private sectors suffer from a lack of standardised indicators to measure their use of social
networks.

The strategies and actions implemented by local governments through social networks, to
legitimise and increase democracy, are based on a framework constructed from various
theories, including dialogic communication, legitimacy and stakeholder theory.

Conceptual Framework of the study

 TIME SPENDING ON
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ACADEMIC
USING OF SOCIAL
PERFORMANCE
NETWORKING WEBSITES

SOCIAL LIFESTYLE

Figure 1.

This diagram shows the dependency and independency of factors gender, frequent use of
networkingMARKS
sites. Use of social networking websites depends upon the above four factors so
use of social networking is dependent and the above four are independent variables; Whereas,
the academic performance depends upon the use of social networking websites in this case,
academic performance is a dependent variable and the use of social networking sites is an
independent variable.

Scope and Limitations

This study is centered the impact of social media on students. This includes the students of
Adventist Academy of Negros-Oriental Siquijor, Inc. (AANS) who are present during the
conduction of the study as the respondents of the research.In view of the financial and time of the
researcher, it will take about whole school year to finish the research.

Significance of the Study

Students. Results of this study would inform the following persons as regards to the impact of
social media on students. Furthermore, the results may enlighten the students to know the
good and bad side of social media.

Future Researchers. Findings in this study will definitely serve as an awareness of everyone
especially the students to know about what will social media affect to their academic
performances.

Definition of terms

Impact

- The impact that something has on a situation, process, or person is a sudden and powerful
effect that it has on them.

Social media

- Social media is a computer-based technology that facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts,
and information through the building of virtual networks and communities. By design, social
media is Internet-based and gives users quick electronic communication of content.

Students

- a person who is studying at a school or college.

CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Though social media can increase student learning through student interactions,
challenges arise when social media are incorporated into an academic course. The
assumption that students are familiar with and agreeable to using certain types of social media
can cause educators to inadvertently fail to provide the resources or encouragement necessary
to support student usage and learning (Cole, 2009; Väljataga & Fiedler, 2009). Arnold and
Paulus (2010) found that even when social media is used for an educational purpose, students
incorporate the technology into their lives in a way that may differ from the intentions of the
course instructor. For example, off-topic or non-academic discussions occur on social media
because of its primary design as a social networking tool (Lin et al., 2013). Further, as a
student’s age increases, the frequency of off-topic discussions also increases (Lin et al., 2013).
This indicates that while social media may encourage broader discussions of course content,
older students may spend more time than younger students engaging in unrelated discussions.
Social media can also negatively affect student GPA as well as the amount of time students
spend preparing for class (Annetta et al., 2009; Junco, 2012b). One explanation for this impact
is that social media provides too much stimulation and therefore can distract students from
completing their coursework (Hurt et al., 2012; Patera et al., 2008). Another reason for this
may be that students who spend more time on social media may have difficulty balancing
their online activities and their academic preparation.

Social media can also be a challenging instructional strategy to incorporate because it

attempts to balance the authority of the educator with the active participation of the
students. Collaboration through social media supports more of a constructivist approach to
learning, where students and educators can work together to co-create understanding of a
particular topic, rather than an approach that emphasizes individual contributions (Stevens,
2009). As a result, students and educators become equal participants in the knowledge
sharing process. Though this seems beneficial for creating and disseminating knowledge,
social media can also become a privacy concern (i.e. cyber-plagiarism) as well as an outlet for
abuse and cyber-bullying (Chen & Bryer, 2012; Frye et al., 2010; Jackson, 2011; Smailes &
Gannon-Leary, 2011). This suggests that establishing standards for social media use should
include behavior and attitude guidelines similar to those enforced in the classroom.

CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

Research Design

This research is using descriptive type of research design. The researcher used survey
questionnaires to gather data from the respondents to solicit their opinions on the impact of
social media on them.
Respondents of the Study

The respondents of this were selected students in our place, Poblacion Zamboanguita Negros
Oriental. There where 5 female respondents and 5 male respondents, a total of 10
respondents.

Research Instruments

The researcher used the survey and interview method in gathering data. There were 10
interview questions in total, revolving around the respondent’s answers that may lead in
answering the researcher’s statement of the problem.

Data Collection

The data collected by the researcher at Poblacion Zamboanguita Negros Oriental. There were
10 respondents involved in this study. The data collection involved three (3) phases. First,
distribution of the survey questionnaires to the respondents and covered the span of only a
day. Second, prior to answer the questions the respondents were given 10 minutes to answer
it. Third, the questions in the questionnaires were explained briefly so that the respondents
would understands well.

CHAPTER IV

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Summary of findings, Conclusions and Recommendations

So this study gathered all the data through surveying the respondents, the students in
Poblacion Zamboanguita and the study concluded that half of the respondents uses social
media for educational purposes and tge other half uses social media only for entertainment
purposes.

So I recommend this research for everyone to study and make use of social media responsibly.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Approval sheet

Curriculum vitae

Acknowledgement

CHAPTER I
 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 1

Statement of the Problem ………………………………………………………..1

Hypothesis…………………………………………………………………………...2

Theoretical framework……………………………………………………………...2

Conceptual framework……………………………………………………………3

Significance of the study…………………………………………………………4

Definition of Terms……………………………………………………………….....4

CHAPTER II

Review of Related Literature………………………………………………5

CHAPTER III

Research Design………………………………………………………………6

Research Instruments…………………………………………………………6

Data Collection…………………………………………………………………6

CHAPTER IV

References.........................................................................................................................7

Summary of findings, Conclusions and Recommendations..........................7