Proposed research topic: THE USE OF FACEBOOK: HOW DOES IT SERVE ITS PURPOSE AMONG THE STUDENTS AND

LECTURERS IN ACCOUNTANCY DEPARTMENT OF C. POLY? Background to the Study Recently, there has been a growth of social networking sites right before the societys eyes. Sites like Friendster, Myspace, High5 and the latest, Facebook, have users glued to the computer screen typing away comments and messages to friends and relatives. The term connects anyone with the purpose to socialize. The users range from primary school children to even senior citizens of 50 years and above. Throughout the years, other than to even for educational purposes. There have been studies done to test and see whether the social networking site, Facebook correlates to students grades and performance in their academic achievement. Some of these studies are proven true, that there is a connection between students grades and their usage of Facebook but researchers are unsure whether it is a good correlation or not. And as of late, it is seen that nowadays, not only students use the social networking site, Facebook, but their lecturers as well. Some of them use for personal reasons; while others and most of them too, use Facebook as a way to connect to their students online. Lecturers world. This way is of course easier and faster and much more interesting, but that is not all and students meetings are now held in the virtual world, no longer practiced in the real Facebook has to offer. It provides users with games to play, and socializing purposes are believed to be the main reason why students have a Facebook account. Thus, having an account can be useful for education purposes but it can cause a big distraction. Students can get easily addicted to it, which leads to the act of procrastination and later, delay of submission of assignments. Moreover, this research not only focuses on the students point of view, but the lecturers as well. There are lecturers who are known to use Facebook regularly with their students and as educators; the researcher would like to find out their personal views on this issue, as they are the ones who are responsible in shaping their students to become better and responsible students. This research on such issue may seem unimportant, but addiction to Facebook may lead to unnecessary bad consequences, and students and educators need to see this and address this problem before it gets worse. socialize, it has been proven useful in so many ways, catering to health, social, and now

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The statement(s) of the Research Problem This study will mainly focus on investigating whether there are significant effects of the usage of Facebook on students and lecturers performance in the education environment. Research Objective The study will seek to pursue the under listed objectives: To know whether Facebook can assist students in improving their academic studies lecturers lecturers The Research Question(s) In order to fulfill the objectives of the research, there are questions that are important to find answers for, and they are a. Is there a significant improvement in students academic achievement when using Facebook regularly? b. What are the educational outcomes of the usage of Facebook? c. How important is this social networking site towards students and lecturers? The research hypotheses Based on the objectives and questions posed, the following hypotheses have been advised to guide the study and to prove the validity at the end of the research: a. The usage of Facebook does help improve students learning habits and thus, their b. There are educational outcomes from using Facebook. c. It is a must to sign up for the social networking site as it is very important for students and lecturers to use. Definition of terms There are two categories of definition regarding the research, which are constitutive and operational. Constitutive definitions: - Facebook: a social networking site created by Mark Zuckerberg, an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. academic achievement. To find out whether Facebook provide educational benefits to both students and To seek the rate of importance of the social networking site towards the students and

Social network: a social structure made of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes," which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige. Operational Definitions: - Social networking site: A website where everyone can create an account and get to know people from all over the world, and serves many purposes such as business conferences, socializing, and education. Scope of the study This study is limited to the students and lecturers of the Accountancy Department of C. Poly only. Thus, the result of the research cannot be generalized for other students of other departments or other universities. Significance of the study The research would be of great importance to lecturers, students and guardians with regards to the positives and negatives of using social networking sites for education. Literature Review Literature search to be conducted to explore key related theories and concepts on some behavioral trends linked with the use of using social networking sites, to provide the bases for the study. Relevant articles and other research studies that have direct bearing on the study would be reviewed. The Research Methodology This chapter will discuss on the research design, the method of data collection, sample and sampling, and the methods of data processing. Sampling method - Random sampling method would be selected by applying chit method Sample size - The sample size will be dependent on the sampling method. Research design - This study will use the research design of experimental and survey research. The reason for this is because this research would like to focus on the conditions of students and lecturers when using Facebook and the aftermath, thus making it experimental and the ways on finding out the results will be done through interviews and observation, thus classifying it under survey research.

Tools of data collection - A Questionnaire is to be used as a tool for data collection which consisted of both closed-ended Questionnaires. Interviews and observation would also be used for data collection. Organization of the Studies The study has been divided into five chapters Chapter one is the introduction to the research. It gives a gist background to the study, the purpose of the study, research questions, and significance of the study, delimitations, limitations and also organization of the study. Chapter two will focus on literature review Chapter three will contain details of the methodology Chapter four will deal with the presentation and analysis of data The last chapter gives a summary of salient points in the project report. It again gives conclusion to the report and makes recommendation for the study. References Appendices