SEMI-DETAILED RAD C

Statement of the Problem

This investigation aims to assess the frequency of social media usage of the respondents

and its relation to their reading comprehension.

Specifically, this study sought to answer the following research questions:

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

1.1 Gender; and

1.2 Age?

2. What are the respondent’s social media usage as reflected by the following factors:

2.1 What is the type and number of social networking account owned;

2.2 What is the number of hours the students spend in browsing social media

sites; and

2.3 What is the student’s purpose in using their social media accounts?

3. What are the respondent’s reading study habits as reflected by the following factors:

3.1 What is the number of hours the students spend in reading whether in print

books or e-books;

3.2 How frequent do the students find reading interesting; and

3.3 What is the level of reading comprehension skills of the students?

4. Is there a significant relationship between the frequency of social media usage and the

reading comprehension of the students?

5. What will be the reading enrichment to be done based on the result of the study?
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RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Summary

This research was conducted for the aim of determining the effects of social media in

reading comprehension of sophomore students in San Francisco High School. The descriptive-

survey method of research was used in the study with the total of 193 students as respondents. It

was utilized to gather information regarding the demographic profile of the students such as age

and gender. This instrument was significant as well in revealing their reading habits and their social

media usage. The data for the comprehension level of the respondents were based on the official

McCall-Crabbs Test results of school year 2015-2016.

Findings

The data were analyzed, and the following findings were formulated in accordance with

the specific given questions under the statement of the problem.

Sub Problem 1. 1 What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of Gender?

1. 34.2% of the respondents are male and majority of the students are female with the

total number of 127 or 65.8%.

Sub Problem 1. 2What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of Age?

1. 63.7% of the respondents were aged 14 years.

2. 26.9% were aged 13 years and below

3. There were only 18 or 9.3% students belonged to age 15 years and above.

4. Sophomore students are usually 13 - 14 years old, therefore majority of the students

are matched in the average age bracket for sophomore students.

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Sub Problem 2.1. What is the type and number of social networking account owned?

1. 95.90% of the respondents owned a Facebook account, 39.90% had a Twitter account,

34.2% kept an Instagram account, 9.30% of the students used Tumblr and 83.4% of

them has a YouTube account.

2. The results of the study also indicate that 1.6% of the total population owned MySpace

account, 5.2% had Pinterest account, 42% used Google plus and 80.3% still owned

other Social Media Networking Sites namely Chrome, Gmail, Messenger, Weibo,

Vine, Watt pad, Flickr, Quipper School, We Heart It, Tubidy, etc.

Sub Problem 2.2. What is the number of hours the students spend in browsing social media

sites?

1. The number of respondents that were browsing social media sites for less than an hour

was only 17.11%

2. 36.8% of them was spending 1 to 2 hours

3. And out of the 193 respondents, 20.7% of them answered that they were using their

social media accounts within 3-5 hours.

4. While the rest of the population which was 25.4% responded 5 hours and more.

Sub Problem 2.3. What is the student’s purpose in using their social media accounts?

1. 53.4% of the respondents use social media to find funny or entertaining content

2. 40.4% of them used social media to stay up-to-date with news and currents events

3. 37.3% answered that they used it to stay in touch with their friends

4. 35.2% used social media account to share information

5. 34.2% of them used it to read informational texts

6. 29% of them only wants to fill up their spare time

7. 25.9% of the respondents use social media to meet new people

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8. 23.8% of them used it to follow trends

9. 3.1% of the respondents answered that they use social media for business.

Sub Problem 3.1 What is the number of hours the students spend in reading whether in print

books or e-books?

1. 17.10% of the respondents always read

2. 23.32% of them answered that often read print books or e-books

3. Majority of the students answered sometimes with the percentage of 54.92.

4. On the other hand, 8 or 4.15 of the respondents said that they rarely read and only 1 or

0.52% responded never.

5. An AWM of 3.52 reveals that the respondents often spend time reading whether in

print books or e-books.

Sub Problem 3.2. How frequent do the students find reading interesting?

1. 34.20% of the respondents always find reading interesting.

2. 21.24% often find reading interesting.

3. 38.34% responded sometimes

4. 5.18% of the students rarely find reading interesting

5. 1.04% answered never

6. An AWM of 3.82 reveals that the respondents often find reading interesting.

Sub Problem 3.3. What is the level of comprehension skills of the students?

Table number 9 depicted that all the respondents score in material were:

1. 7.44 for Material # 70

2. 6.82 for Material #73.

3. 6.76 for Material #75

4. Therefore, the average score of 7.01 reveals that the respondents’ level of

comprehension was suited only for grade 7 students instead of grade 8.

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Sub Problem 4. Is there a significant relationship between the frequency of social media usage

and the reading comprehension of the students?

1. All t-values are greater than 0.05 level thus the null hypothesis there is no significant

relationship between frequency of social media usage on the frequency on reading

through formative reading materials.

2. There is significant relationship between the frequency of social media usage on the

item, “do you find reading interesting?” and the reading comprehension of the students

is rejected.

CONCLUSIONS

Based on the results and findings of this study, the researcher concluded the following:

1. Women now outnumbered men in school attendance that could be resulted from a lot of

factors such as there is higher incidence of behavioral and school disciplinary problems

among males than females.

2. Large number of the population in San Francisco High School is within the normal age

bracket appropriate for sophomore students.

3. Even though, there are lots of means to read in our present time such as reading newspapers,

magazines, novels, eBooks, etc., most of the students are still having difficulty using their

free time reading because of many distractions caused by technology advancement we have

in our society today.

4. Majority of the students nowadays are sometimes find reading interesting and they usually

read not for fun but because of educational assertion or because of school requirement.
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5. Based on the results of the research, accessing social media covers most of the time of the

students whenever they have leisure time. It is evident that social media is becoming a part

of the younger generation’s routine and gradually taking control of their individual lives.

6. Social media users tend to use their social networking sites primarily for entertainment and

non-academic purposes. It was viewed as a social platform because it enables them to stay

in touch with their friends and only few of them viewed it as a means of reading

informational texts.

7. According to the findings, the sophomore students in San Francisco High School have the

reading ability matched for freshmen students. Therefore, we can conclude that since

reading is like a muscle needed for a workout, students nowadays are not taking advantage

the information overflow that is being bombarded in our society today. Or we could say

that they are reading but their comprehension skills are declining because of interference

existing in our surroundings.