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The effects of social networking in the attitudes towards self-esteem of the UE-CASstudents towards soAn action researchIn partial fulfillment of the requirementsFor EN 112 College Reading and WritingSubmitted byIzar, Nikko Norman C.Alfonso, MaryroseYgot, EllaineGalvez, CrisencioCrescini, Francesca DominiqueLagoras, ClarissaJi, HyoSeptember 4, 2009Prof. Alex BalcobaFirst Semester 2009-2009University of the East- Manila
 
IntroductionThe advent of technology in media has been changing dramatically. Its pervasiveness and ubiquity made certain effects that are conspicuous nowadays. In thisgeneration, the internet; one of the new forms of media offers services that cater not onlydissemination of information. Moreover, the conventional use of media was incorporatedwith more complex use. The transition of technology abducts the user to a “cyberspace”or a simulated world created by the advent of internet. The mass audience seems to havea separating meter on real from virtual world. It is not surprising that even socializationwas also an issue to the internet journey.Socialization as defined is a human activity accord to people’s freewill to managethem and to the other people without a need of control or governance. It is free, accord tohuman rationality; it is neither a right nor a privileges. This means that this activity isspontaneous and not insidious to a person. Youth’s, nowadays are enjoying the gift of sociological capability because they benefit from it. And it seems like media on itssymbiotic relationship to the users seem to delegate and offer the new service which isnow called “social networking”. A structure made by individuals or organizations toconnect easily with another person. It is a way wherein people can socially interactthrough the help of internet services. It provides an online community. Users of suchservices can do different things as part of their prostheses and accord top their demographics. Enjoy it without any hindrances and likewise in just a click, from analogto digital signals, you can make a lot of friends on the empirical 4 sided CRT monitor. Awide variety of individuals are connected by one or more specific types of interdependency such as friendship, kinship, sexual relationship, knowledge and prestige.Getting along with them will make a person learn cultures, social standing, moral values,educational attainment and lifestyles.Here in the University of the East, social networking is not a taboo. Studentsconspicuously use this technology. Students do log in and check their respective account
 
checking up their friendster, myspace, facebook, and other networking sites that seemlike serving them well. It serves as a bridge way for having friends, keeping in touch withthem, expressing themselves through blogs, reviews and also learning cultures, ideologiesfrom other people. Studies shown that the student’s frequent use of such service developsa phenomenon wherein users do create a social identity of themselves. They tend tomanipulate the configuration of their traits. Looking at in different way, there is anexisting relationship between social networking and the person who does it; internet andother interplaying factors were perplexing the idea of how media works and enshapes public opinion, interest and socio cultural aspects. It gives queries like how? Why?Students use this service and moreover engage themselves on it.It’s ambiguous since earlier, it has been stated that socialization is rationaleactivity and we could acquire the needs for belongingness even without the use of technology. Students might probably say that it gratifies them, and preserve them as a primary objective for the use of such technology. According to Marshall McLuhan,technology drives cultural change. It tends to create and cultivate new attitudes or triggers pre-existing attitudes that human’s had it. It is a socio-psychological phenomenon sincestudent has their reason on using it and as they use it there is a noticeable effect thatoccurs from them. Moreover, the social learning theory of Albert Bandura that peoplelearn through observing other’s behavior, attitudes, and outcomes of those behaviors.“Most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observingothers, one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasionsthis coded information serves as a guide for action.” (Bandura). Social learning theoryexplains human behavior in terms of continuous reciprocal interaction between cognitive, behavioral, and environmental influences. Here the usage of social networking seems to be a bridge way for this theory. Therefore, what are the underlying answers from thoseambiguities?In this research, it will carefully analyze the quantitative data to prevail thequeries that emerged from the usage of social networking of the students. What are theattitudes of the students towards the use of social networking? How it gratifies the needsof the students, specifically the sociological needs? Does the social networking have
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nikko norman izar

there is a typographical error on the title page. just omit the "towards so" hehe

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