Data Gathering Procedure

The following steps were undertaken by the researchers to gather pertinent data from the

chosen random students of Mapua University. It will be gathered at 1st week of October 2019.

1. Pre-development Process

a. Request letter were drafted and handed in and to be passed to Dr. Gil Astropel

Orcena research adviser of the course GED 105.

b. Questionnaires to be utilized to gather information were made by the

researchers at exactly 4th week of September 2019 and were validated by the experts in

the field of the study at 1st week of October.

2. Data Collection

a.The materials used and processes conducted were analyzed using the checklists

and the opinion answers was observed.

3. Data Collection Instruments

a. The tool that was used to collect information was questionnaire method. It has

only one part where the respondents were asked to which social media platforms mostly

used by Mapuans’ to gain information, what motives in verifying the information, the

words/phrases that led to question the credibility of the article and other supplementary

question to justify their answers.