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THE PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

ON THE STUDY HABITS OF THE STUDENTS

OF Emilio Aguinaldo College Cavite

An Undergraduate Thesis

Presented to

The Faculty of the of Education

Emilio Aguinaldo College Cavite Cavite

City of Dasmariñas, Cavite

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Degree

Bachelor of Science in Education

Chanelle Honey G. Cruz

Mary Ann H. Mirasol

October 2010

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First and foremost, we, the researchers would like to bring back all the glory to

the ever loving God Almighty for the provision, wisdom, strength and guidance we

needed to make this study successful. There’s nothing too difficult for Him to do as we

put our trust on Him.

We extend our sincerest gratitude to Mr. Dexter Sembrano of the of Education,

our thesis adviser, for his tireless commitment to us. He not only encouraged us with

words but his dedication and commitment in helping us completes this thesis in a timely

and efficient manner. The project provided us with an opportunity to understand the

fundamentals of research methods in a better manner and apply them in everyday life.

The insistence on taking up a socially relevant topic like the use of social networking

sites helped us to understand the psychology and education of the people using these

sites better and correlate the research to human behavioral and mental aspects.

We also would like to thank our respondents for giving us their valuable time and

providing us with the information needed to carry out the research successfully.

We also would like to thank our classmates and friends for being willing to serve

on our commission and extending their advice for improvement.

Finally, we would like to thank our families for their constant support, guidance

and motivation, who helped us immensely in completing this project and for instilling in

us a strong work ethic and belief that we can accomplish anything we put our minds to.

THE RESEARCHERS

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THE PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

ON THE STUDY HABITS OF THE STUDENTS

OF Emilio Aguinaldo College Cavite

Title Page

Acknowledgement

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I The Problem and Its Setting

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….1

Background of the Study……………………………………….………………………..4

Theoretical Framework…………………………………………………………………..5

Statement of the Problem……………………………………………………………….6

Hypothesis………………………………………………………………………………..6

Scope and Delimitation of the Study…………………..……………………………….7

Importance/Significance of the Study…………………..………………………...........8

Definition of Terms……………………………………………..…………………...........9

CHAPTER II Review of Related literature

Related readings………………………………………………...…………………….10

Related literatures…………………………………………………………………......12

Related studies………………………………………………………………………...14

Review of Foreign Studies……………………………………………………………15

Review of Local literature.................................................................................. ..17

Justification of the Study………………………………………………………………19

CHAPTER III Methodology

Research design……………………………………………………………………….20

Population and sampling……………………………………………………………...20

Research instrument…………………………………………………………………..21

Validity and Reliability of the instrument…………………………………………….21

Data Gathering Procedure……………………………………………………………22

Statistical Treatment of Data………………………………………………………….23

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CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS

Introduction

The rapid development of social networking that has been observed over the last

years is pinpointing of its entry into mainstream culture and its integration into the daily

lives of many people. Corresponding with this, there has also been substantial media

coverage of the growth of social networking, its potential positive outcomes and

concerns about the way that some people are engaging with it.

Social networking sites offer people new and varied ways to communicate via

internet, whether through their PC or their mobile phone. They allow people to easily

and simply create their own online page or profile and to construct and display an online

network of contacts, often called ‘friends’. Users of these sites can communicate via

their profile both with their ‘friends’ and with people outside their list of contacts. This

can be on a one-to one basis (much like an email), or in a more public way such as a

comment posted for all to see.

Due to the continuous change in cultural and social aspect and with the

accordance of technological revolution, the social networking’s essence in the face of

the Internet and Web is still in question.

For the purpose of this research paper we have purposely focused on the

perceived effects of social networking sites on the study habits of the students

of Dasmarinas National Hghschool Main.

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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Social Networking is one of the latest phenomenons that make the whole wide

world cling to it. It has brought about changes in terms of communication. It also

creates positive and negative impact in the lifestyle of billions of people most particularly

to the younger generation. Social networking site helps develop both intrapersonal and

interpersonal aspect of an individual. It unlocks the curiosity of an individual on what is

life and what is it all about.

It may aid people in their academic life just like how it supports a firm and a

country in its economical, political, societal and spiritual aspects. On the other hand, it

still inculcates negative effects that have been wide-spreading throughout the world.

Considering the awaiting destruction in the diverse facets of life of an individual, in his

community and even his country.

This study will be conducted in Dasmarinas National Highschool Main where we

selected students from different year level and sections to pre-determine the perceived

effects of social networking sites on the study habits of the students of Emilio Aguinaldo

College Cavite.

Theoretical Framework

This study further concerned on cognitive ability of the students and their

performance in the actual classroom interaction.

Social learning theory proposed by Albert Bandura has become perhaps the

most influential theory of learning and developmen t. In Albert Bandura’s Social

Learning Theory added an element arguing that people can learn new information and

behaviors by watching other people. Known as observational learning (or modeling),

this type of learning can be used to explain a wide variety of behaviors.

It is because people are very perceptual, we love doing the most popular thing or being

“in”. Through observation, we see and feel that having a social networking site account

could probably makes us feel fit in and those who do the same thing accept us. Let’s

say computers and social networking sites together fits the definition of a symbolic

model, which involves real or fictional characters displaying behaviors in books, films,

television programs, or online media. Most people's hobbies are intrinsically motivated.

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Notice the passion with which people collect books. Few people carry that amount of

passion into their workplace. Intrinsic motivation is when a person is motivated by

internal factors, as opposed to the external drivers of extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic

motivation drives a person to do things just for the fun of it, or because I believe it is a

good or right thing to do.

Social evaluation theory suggests that we form our own attitudes and behaviors

by comparing ourselves with other people and their opinions. Mostly we compare

ourselves against people whom we believe we're reasonably similar to.

For example, a popular social networking site nowadays- Facebook capitalizes on

people's drive for social comparison by offering an excess of applications like the visual

bookshelf that lets you see what books your peers are reading and the 'Compare me'

application that allows you to find out where you stand relative to your friends for

various categories like cutest, sexiest and smartest. This is very similar to the surveys

often found in women's magazines - 'How emotionally intelligent are you? Take our quiz

to find out!' It's compelling to benchmark ourselves against others to see where we fit in.

Social learning is the key to creating higher-order thinking and with continual

enhancement of technology learning is inevitable.

Figure 1 presents the paradigm of the study. Perception of Emilio Aguinaldo College

Cavite students on Their Study Habits In Relation To Social Networking Site

Variable while the Students Study habits is the Dependent Variable. Spending more

time using social networking site rather than studying.

Research Paradigm

Profile

Age

Gender

Course

Year Level

No. of Hours watching Korean

tele series

(Independent Variable)

Perception of Emilio Aguinaldo

Students on Their Study Habits

In Relation To Social

Networking Site

(Dependent Variable)

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Figure 1 Relationship to the Variables

Figure 1 presents the paradigm of the study. Social Networking Site is the

Independent Variable while the Students Study Habits is the Dependent Variable.

Spending more time using social networking site rather than studying.

Statement of the Problem

Generally, this research paper is giving information about the perception of Emilio

Aguinaldo College Cavite students on their study habits in relation to social networking

site to the freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior students of Emilio Aguinaldo College

Cavite.

Specifically, it seeks to answer the following:

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:

A.   Age

B.   Gender

C.   Year Level

D. Course

E. Time allotted for using social networking site

F. Time allotted for studying

2. What are the perceived effects of social networking sites in relation to the study

habits of Dasmariñas National High School – Main students ?

3. What is the significant relationship on the perceived effects of social networking site

to the profile of the students in terms of age, gender, year level, and course?

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Hypotheses of the Study

There is no significant difference between study habits in relation to social

networking site to the freshmen students of Emilio Aguinaldo College Cavite .

1. As perceived by the students to their profile according to:

A.   Age

B.   Gender

C.   Year Level

D. Course

E. Time allotted for using social networking site

F. Time allotted for studying

2. There is no significant difference between the perceptions of DASMARIÑAS

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL – MAIN students on their study habits in relation to

social networking sites.

Scope and Delimitation

The scope and delimitation of the study includes the setting, the time frame, and

the number of the respondents.

Emilio Aguinaldo College Cavite was the setting in which the study was

conducted. The time frame for the research was thirty to forty-five minutes (30-45 mins.)

for two days (2) in one month (1).

The Respondents or Subjects for the study were selected from EMILIO

AGUINALDO COLLEGE CAVITE. In total, 100 students were surveyed, 25

questionnaires were distributed and collected from the first year to fourth year level. .

The main focus of the study is to know the effects of social networking sites

specifically of Facebook in the study habits of the students.

In assessing the students, the data were obtained through a questionnaire and

survey.

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Significance of the Study

The result of this study is beneficial to the following:

To the Students of EAC-Cavite

This study gives information to the students on how they can able to use social

networking site in proper manner and to be aware on the how social networking site

could affect their study.

To the Faculty of the Teachers.

This study gives information to the teachers on the advantages and

disadvantages of networking sites. How this new technology affects our youth

nowadays.

To the Community.

This study makes the community be aware on the effects of social networking

sites to its constituents. To give information how a community could limit the use of

networking sites and create ways to make it useful to the whole community.

To the Future Researchers.

The researchers can have a comparative analysis and basis for future study

regarding the effects of social networking sites to the study habits of the students.

To the Parents.

Parents must know about social networking site and how this new technology

can affect their children. And for them to be able to guide and mentor their children in

the academic and social facets.

To the User.

This study would help the user of social networking site to limit their time in

social networking and to improve their study habits.

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Definition of Terms

The following terms were used and define operation within the context of this study:

Koreanobela are social network services that focus on building online communities of

people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the

interests and activities of others.

(SNS) Social Networking Sites are web-based services that allow individuals to

construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, articulate a list of

other users with whom they share a connection, and view and traverse their list of

connections and those made by others within the system.

Facebook is a SNS that was originally designed for the use of age students, and

operated under restriction to keep it so. Rosen (2007) explains that the name originates

from “the small photo albums that s once gave to incoming freshmen and faculty to help

them cope with meeting so many new people”.

Study Habits is the practice or regular tendency in devotion of time and attention to

acquiring on an academic subject especially by means of books.

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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter presents different studies made by the other researchers including

articles and other reading materials. These may be similar or closely related with this

study. Furthermore the literature contributed additional information, ideas and data.

Related Readings

(Manila Bulletin.)The Department of Education (DepEd) is now prohibiting all

students of public and private elementary and secondary schools from going to

computer shops, malls, theaters, and other similar establishments during class hours.

Going to these establishments has adverse effects on students. “We are aware

of the prevailing situation that there are students in the elementary and secondary levels

from public and private schools who go to computer shops, malls, theaters, and the

likes during their class hours while in their school uniforms,” she said. Thus, the

Department issued DepEd Order No. 86, s. 2010 on June 18 which directed all school

officials and employees concerned to institute and implement the necessary mechanism

on the school discipline applicable under the situation. “They should monitor closely

those students who are absent or cut class often,” said Valisno.

(Philippine Daily Inquirer.) It has been reported that Filipinos rank 8th overall in

the world when it comes to Facebook subscribers at over 16 million.Job de Leon is a

20-year-old junior at the Ateneo de Manila University and is a familiar face as he was

the courtside reporter for Adamson University during previous UAAP seasons. He

estimates that he spends about four hours daily on Facebook, a conservative number

considering how many others his age seem to be on Facebook 24/7, thanks to the latest

phone models that make computer connectivity possible.De Leon says. “Because

everyone is concentrated in one corner of the Internet, Facebook is where you go if you

want something heard, or conversely, if you hear about something.”

Beyond that, Facebook can also help give structure to a person’s life, something

that can be helpful to a young person. “In a way, it ‘organizes’ your life,” De Leon

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explains. “It tells you which issues you should be paying attention to and what events

you might want to attend.”

(Readers Digest Asia.) If it does seem that standards of grammar and spelling

are slipping, it’s probably because there are vast numbers of people writing now, who, in

a pre-internet age, probably wouldn’t have bothered to write at all. Surely, it’s better that

people are writing and communicating their viewpoint, than not? Think back to the days

when we left home to go to university or work overseas. The most cost-effective means

to communicate was through letters. When we did get round to writing them, these often

arrived weeks after they were written, resulting in long stretches of silence. The issue

then becomes how we manage all this information and not get overburdened. You

guessed it – there are services out there that even help with that. We’ve all been there.

You’re pouring your heart out to someone when they get distracted by their beeping

phone.

Related Literatures

(Awake ,2011.)Social networking site can be addictive “ After just few days of

having an account , I couldn’t stop looking .Students can just spent their hours through

pictures and post instead of studying .It consume your time, privacy , reputation,

friendship and time.

(Boyd, 2006.)In educational institutions, success is measured by study habits, or

how well a student meets standards set out by local government and the institution

itself. As career competition grows ever fiercer in the working world, the importance of

students doing well in school has caught the attention of parents, legislators and

government education departments alike. Therefore, when the term “low” is integrated

with the term “study habits”, it is the inability to acquire particular grades on

examinations that indicates the individuals mastery of the content, and skills in applying

learned knowledge to specific circumstances.

(Wiseman, 1961.)On the point of study habits or excellence, Tuckman (1975)

posited that, performance is used to label the observable manifestation of knowledge,

skills, concepts, and understanding and ideas. Thereby, performance is the application

of a learning product that at the end of the process provides mastery. It is the acquisition

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of particular grades on examinations indicates candidates’ ability, mastery of the

content, skills in applying learned knowledge to particular situations. A student’s

success is generally judged on examination performance. Success on examinations is a

crucial indicator that a student has benefited from a course of study.

Related Studies

Review of Foreign Studies

(Kirschnera and Karpinskib , 2004) A new study says that students who are on

Facebook while studying or doing homework wind up getting 20 percent lower grades

than students who don't have the social networking site in visual range, or even running

in the background on their computers or mobile phones.

Kirschnera told the Daily Mail that his team studied 219 U.S. university students

between ages 19 and 54, and found that Facebook users had a typical grade point

average of 3.06, while "non-users" had an average GPA of 3.82.

When I was doing A levels, I would get information from a book rather than

Wikipedia. This instant-satisfaction-minimum-effort society has a lot to answer for." The

youth use social networking sites as a means of interaction, socializing, and for purely

entertainment purposes. Although many people don’t think of it, social networking sites

harbor many unsafe elements and many people are concerned about some major

problems that they contain, which includes education and poor study habits.

Here the researchers present facts that social networking sites do gravely affect

the study habits of users. According to Aryn Karpinski’s study of about 219 students,

148 Facebook users had a full grade point lower than those who don’t have Facebook.

People that didn’t use Facebook reported that they study about 11-15 hours and those

who had a Facebook account only studied 1-5 hours per week. “Our study shows

people who spend more time on Facebook spend less time on their academic aspect

and relationships. Many students have been blaming various social networking sites for

their steady decrease in grade point averages. This emergent phenomenon aroused us

to look into social networking sites and why they affect fellow students’ study habits.

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(Fowler and Christakis, 2009) “Our brains haven’t changed, our real world social

networks haven’t changed for the most part,”

Why, just this week we learned that Facebook use can lower grades by 20

percent. That's the latest on a list of studies that includes how Facebook can cause

health problems, destroy future job opportunities, and whip up jealousy and blah blah

blah. And now, here's another one that tells us Facebook users are either totally

conceited or serious self-haters.

(Monin, Dweck ,Gross and Jordan 2008) Facebook has a notorious reputation for

helping students procrastinate. But recent Stanford research suggests that social

networking sites are toxic to more than just the academic wellbeing of students.

Stanford professors Benoit Monin, Carol Dweck and James Gross and doctoral student

Alex Jordan found in their December paper that underestimating the unhappiness of

others correlates with loneliness.

Review of Local Literate

(Angat) according to her study it is natural for young Filipinos to fall in love with

Facebook. “They also need to develop good study habits first.” There is also the

possibility of children being exposed to dangerous individuals online. “Children can be

very trusting and vulnerable.”

It can distract students from their studies. There is also no censorship or filtering

on Facebook; it can easily become a venue for gossip, backbiting and cyber-bullying.

(Cruz)More and more Filipinos are going online and forming their social networks

and here are the numbers that show this reality. Filipinos are seventh among all Asians

in terms of internet usage. Internet World Stats says the Philippines has 24 million

internet users, as of June 2009. There are now 12,528,400 Filipinos using Facebook, or

nearly 14 percent of the country’s population. The numbers continue to go up. No

wonder, Facebook is the country’s most popular website, according to Alexa. comScore

reports the Philippines is the most engaged in social networking. Especially, the

students who much engage in internet rather than studying.

(Dr. Garcia)Filipino students in now days tend to be more reliant on gadgets and

search engines even when doing home works. On my research 48% loss of bonding

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time on real face to face interaction with family and friends, while 27% loss of privacy

and security, 20% suffered from emotional disturbance are 5 %. Impact of the internet

on education caught both educators and practitioner’s attention. The fusion of study and

internet sites opened the doors for positive and negative results. The effect of social

networking on the students study habits results in different ranges. Many studies show

different findings about the students who use social networking sites.

Justification of the Study

The research of Garcia “Social Networking and Its Impact on Filipino Youth”,

stressed that the students in now a days tend to be more reliant on gadgets and search

engine even when doing home works. According to his findings social networking site

has a big impact on our education

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CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter deals on the research method and procedure use in this study. It

includes the research design, population and sampling, research instrument validity and

reliability of the instrument, data gathering procedure and statistical treatment.

Research design

The researchers used the survey technique which is under descriptive research

design. Survey technique, requires gathering of facts that requires sufficient and

accurate interpretation. This technique is used to collect demographic data about

respondent’s behavior, beliefs, opinions, interests and the like and then the gathered

data are analyzed, organized, and interpreted.

Population and Sampling

Subjects for the study were selected from different courses at Emilio Aguinaldo

College Cavite . In total, 100 students were surveyed. Participation from each student

was voluntary, without extra credit incentive or other rewards.

Research Instrument

The research instrument of the study is a self-made questionnaire. The

questionnaire was made subjectively to determine the effects of Social Networking Sites

specifically of Facebook to the study habits of the students, as well as with their emotion

decoding and identity protection. The first part of the questionnaire contains primary

data about the current status of the respondents such as their name, age, status,

gender, year and course.

Validity and reliability of the Instrument

Valid instrument is that it measure what is supposed to measure. The extent to

which the results from it permit the researchers to draw warranted conclusions about

the characteristics of the individuals studied.

Reliable instrument is one that gives consistent result.

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The self-made questionnaire used in the study was validated by the professors

from Emilio Aguinaldo College Cavite, of Education who utilized to enhance the

contents of the study.

Data Gathering Procedure

For testing the validity of the instrument, members of the faculty from the School

of Arts and Sciences were selected to validate the first draft of the questionnaire. Their

comments and suggestions were utilized to enhance the contents of the study. The next

step was testing for reliability. There were at least 10 respondents from the intended

population of the study and with similar characteristics that was tested to validate the

instrument. The next and final step was testing for the consistency.

Phase 1: Social Preparation – The researchers will provide a letter approved by the

thesis adviser and the Dean of the of Education in order to get the permission to

conduct study.

Phase 2: Actual Data Gathering – The researcher will allot a time of data gathering

conduction starting from September to October to complete a 100 students as

respondents. The researchers started the data gathering necessary for the study.

STATISTICAL TREATMENT

The following statistical treatment will be used by the researcher to answer the

specific problems and in testing the hypothesis of the study.

Frequency Percentage Distribution

Percentage distribution – describes the relationship of a part to its whole. The

information gathered from computation can be summarized in percentage distribution

(Adanza and Martinez 2002).

Important characteristics of a large mass of data can be readily assessed by

grouping the data into different classes then determining, the number of observations

that fall in each of the classes such as arrangement, in tabular form is called a

frequency distribution.

The formula for the computation of percentage distribution is

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Weighted Mean - Averaging the quantities by attracting more significance to some of

the numbers than the others. We accomplish this by assigning weighs to the quantities,

where the weight represents measure their relative importance.

One-way Analysis of Variance- is a method for dividing the variation observed in

experimental data into different parts; each part assignable to a known source, cause or

factor (Ferguson, 1976).

A t-test is any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic follows a Student's t

distribution, if the null hypothesis is supported. It is most commonly applied when the

test statistic would follow a normal distribution if the value of a scaling term in the test

statistic were known. When the scaling term is unknown and is replaced by an estimate

based on the data, the test statistic (under certain conditions) follows a Student's t

distribution.

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