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Effects of Social Networking on Academic Performance of Grade 10

Students of Camba High School

A Research Paper
Presented to the Faculty of
Camba High School

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the
Research Subject in Grade 10

By:
Marwin D. Gamboa
Aeron Clark N. Luriz
John Michael R. Mamangun
Arlionel V. Mendoza
Jazel B. Flores
Shamel C. Icban
Marielle C. Lumbang
Marielle O. Nardo
Princess Julyza P. Ocampo
Nethaniah H. Palabasan

March 2020

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Acknowledgement
First of all, the researchers would like to express their gratitude to God for the

wisdom, strength, and peace of mind he bestowed upon them to turn this enterprise into

reality.

To Mr. Richard Mangune, their English teacher, for guiding and teaching the

researchers throughout the whole process. Your support, patience, and encouragement is

highly appreciated.

To the respondents, who played a major role in completing this research. Thank

you for participating and answering the questions honestly.

Lastly, to the researchers’ adviser Mr. Rogelio Paras who’s always there to

encourage them to be better. Your never ending guidance really helped a lot.

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Abstract
Technology is booming rapidly from year to year, and the younger generations

are the ones caught in this rapid change. The use of social networking by high school

students has become increasingly relevant to their academic lives. Smartphones have

added good potential by enabling an increase in the use of social networking and in the

number of hours spent on social sites. Electronic communication is emotionally

gratifying but how do such technological distraction impact on students' academic

performance. Because of social media platforms widespread adoption by the students,

their performance in school has been affected. Being online for a long time and being

able to access different information from different sources at the same time could cause

information overload. Students could face problems in filtering the information they

receive and they might found it difficult to decide which sources they can trust.

Therefore, this study was carried out with the aim of examining the impact of use of

social networking on students' academic performance. In other to measure social media

platforms, questionnaires were developed based on (past literatures or researchers'

observation) in order to explore the influence on students of social networking using their

smartphones. The purpose of this article is to assess the negative impact of the social

networking among Camba High School Grade 10 students on their school performance.

Keywords
Social media, social networking sites, internet, academic performance, students

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Table of Contents

Title Page…………………………………………………………………………….……1

Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………….…..2

Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………3

Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………….4

CHAPTER 1

The Problem and its Background………………………………………………………….6

Conceptual Framework……………………………………………………………………9

Setting of the Study…………………………………………………………………........10

Statement of the Problem………………………………………………………………...10

Significance of the Study……………………………………………………….………..11

Scope and Delimitation…………………………………………………………………..12

Definition of Terms………………………………………………………………………12

Acronyms………………………………………………………………………………...13

CHAPTER 2

Research Design………………………………………………………………………….14

Participants and Sampling Technique (Respondents)……………………………………14

Instrument and Data Collection……………………………………………………….....15

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Data Gathering Procedure………………………………………………………………..15

Ethical Consideration…………………………………………………………………….15

References………………………………………………………………………………..16

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CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

According to Daniel Nations, social networking refers to the use of social media.

If you're participating in social networking, it means you’re using social media or also

known as social networks. One of the most famous apps nowadays are instagram,

facebook, and twitter, to connect with family, friends, and other people who share your

interests.

According to the recent survey of Statista Research Department, it shows that the

biggest Facebook user group were people who are about 18-24 years old which makes up

the 18% of total Facebook users worldwide. Among these 18-24 year old people are

mostly students.

And the use of social media among students has reached high level and has

affected their study time, poor grammar, and wrong spellings. (Ndaku, 2013) They spend

much of their time on social networks than in their academic undertakings and it has

affected their Grade Point Average (GPA).

That's why the researchers came up with the idea of this research to help the

students, teachers or parents to give more knowledge about the effects of social media on

the academic performance of the students.

Today’s high school students (which consist of Generation Y or also named

Millennial) are exposed to all types of technologies in many aspects of their lives.

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According to Cassidy, Griffin, Manolovutz, Shen and Turney in 2011, students use

desktop computers, laptops, E-readers, tablets, and cell phones in their daily basis to

actively engage in social networking, text messaging, blogging, content sharing, online

learning, and much more.

In the Philippines, social media use has become a very common feature of most

Filipino’s daily lives. The data of the Social Media and Digital Stats in the Philippines

from Third Team Media in 2015 shows that the Philippines remains as the “Social Media

Capital of the World”. Out of more than 100 million population in the country, 44 million

are Internet users and 40 million of them are active social media users. Recently, the

2016 data on Social Media and Digital Stats in the Philippines, the percentage of social

media penetration has increased from 40% in 2015 to 47% in 2016. In the article by

Digital Marketing Philippines from the 40 million active social media users, 65% of them

are teenagers and young adults, and 81% of them access their accounts daily.

But according to the research of Centro Escolar University-Malolos Philippines in

2014, the increasing percentage of usage of social networking sites largely affect a

student's academic performance. Students with lower grades are frequent user of Social

Media while the Occasional User tends to concentrate on school works

and get satisfactory ratings.

In additon, Chen & Bryer, 2010 says that despite the popularity of social media

for personal use only a low percentage of students and faculty use them for academic

practice. Online social networking (OSN) sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace,

are used on a regular basis by many millions of people.

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Paul, Baker, Cochran, in 2012 wrote an article named effect of online social

networking on student academic performance. The researcher’s results revealed a

statistically significant negative relationship between time spent by students on OSN and

their academic performance. Time spent on OSN is shown to negatively

impact academic performance. As time spent on social networking sites increases, the

academic performance of the students is seen to deteriorate. This ties in well with the

findings presented in Kirschner and Karpinski (2010), which reveal that over-

involvement or obsession with social networking by students can have negative impacts

on academic performance.

Moreover, the study of Karpinski (2009) shows that users who spend more time

on SNSs like Facebook spend less time in studying. Hence, school authorities are one of

the primary people who oppose it’s use particularly in schools, which is the reason why

they usually ban it during class hours. The teachers and administrators are likewise

affected because of these negative implications. Many schools have opted for strict

restrictions on SNSs usage in campuses amid concerns about safety, privacy and

confidentiality, and lack of knowledge about how best to ensure its appropriate use.

Furthermore, a study conducted by Karpinski and Duberstein (2009), of Ohio

Dominican university stated that students who use social network have significantly

lower grade point averages (GPAs) than those who do not. They also mentioned that

among various unique distractions of every single generation, Social Networking Sites

remains a major distraction of current generation. According to Khan (2009), social

media users often time experience poor performance academically. Similarly, Englander

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et al., (2010), posit that social media is negatively associated with academic performance

of student and is a lot more momentous than its advantages.

The study of Lewis et al. (2008) found out that the influence of these SNSs

continues to get increasingly more pervasive, making actual and virtual realities almost

indistinguishable. Students are talking about the social networking related stuffs almost

every single day; thus it would be a surprise if any student never got involved with

Facebook, Twitter or any other SNSs nowadays. Moreover, students are paying more

attention towards these social networking activities rather than utilizing their

time to study which will surely affect their academic performance.

Jennifer Walsh, lead author of the new study released by researchers at The

Miriam Hospital’s Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine in 2013 said that,

students who spent the most time using social media had “fewer academic behaviors,

such as completing homework and attending class, lower academic confidence and more

problems affecting their school work, like lack of sleep and substance use.”

Conceptual Framework

Figure 1 shows the dependency and independency of factors. The variables of

social networking that may affect the students’ academic performance are: access to

internet; use of social networking sites; their perception on social networking; and their

frequency of using it. With these variables, the present study will identify the impact of

using social networking to the academic performance of the respondents and will be able

to draw recommendations that may improve the learning process.

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Access to internet

Use of social
networking sites Effect of Social Networking on
Students’ Academic
Performance
Perception

Frequency of using
social networking

Figure 1. Schematic Diagram of the Study

Setting of the Study

This study will be conducted in Camba High School, Camba, Arayat, Pampanga.

The interviews will be done in the respective rooms of the 15 Grade 10 students from

different sections who will be the subjects of the study.

Statement of the Problem

This research aims to find out the effects of using social networking in the

academic performance of students.

Specifically, it attempts to answer the following questions:

1. What is the relationship between the use of social networking and academic

performance?

1.1. Number of hours (social networking)

1.2. Number of hours (study)

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1.3. GPA

2. What are the effects of social networking in academic performance of students?

2.1. Can social networking affect their performance in terms of spelling?

2.2. How about the use of correct grammar?

3. What are the essence of social networking in the education?

Significance of the Study

Teachers. This study will help the teachers of the school to know the influence

that social networking has on their students, so as to assist them to enlighten and create

awareness to the students on the possible influence it has on them.

Parents. The study is of significant to parents in the sense that they will know the

possible effects these social networking usage has on their children, so as to serve as

watch-dog to their children on the usage of the social networking sites.

Students. The study will enable the students so that they will be aware that, apart

from the social benefits of this social networking site, using the sites more than necessary

will pose possible dangers to their health. It will be relevant in assisting students in

understanding the diversity of social media. It will provide relevance material for

students and other researchers undertaking similar research. The study will help

researchers with more information on the Influence of social media on student’s

academic performance.

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Scope and Delimitation

This research will be conducted to primarily study the influence of social media

on the academic performance of students of Camba High School, school year 2019-2020.

The respondents of the study will be the Grade Ten Junior High students of the said

school. The study is delimited to the group of students interviewed in Camba High

School. The respondents of the study will randomly select from the Grade ten students

during the school year 2019-2020.

Definition of terms

The following terms are defined operationally and conceptually for the purpose of

clarification and understading.

Social media – refers to websites and applications that are designed to allow

people to share content quickly, efficiently, and inreal-time.

Social networking – the use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other

users, or to find people with similar interests to oneself.

Internet – methods of commerce by allowing various computer network around the

world to interconnect.

Academic Performance- refers to how students deal with their studies and how

they cope with or accomplish different tasks given to them by their teachers. Academic

performance is the ability to study and remember facts and being able to communicate

your knowledge verbally or down on paper.

Interview – a formal consultation to evaluate qualifications.

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Acronyms

DepEd – Department of Education

GPA – Grade Point Average

OSN – Online Social Networking sites

SNS – Social Networking Sites

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CHAPTER 2

METHOD

This chapter discussed the components of the research namely: research design,

participants and sampling technique, instrument and data generation, data gathering

procedure and data analysis.

Research Design

The researchers utilize the descriptive methods using qualitative approaches in

gathering information about the effect of social media in academic performance.

According to Krathwohl, D.R., (2009), defined the descriptive research as a purposive

process of gathering, analyzing, classifying and tabulating data about prevailing

conditions, practices, beliefs, processes trends and cause-effect relationships. Qualitative

research designs tend to be more flexible, allowing you to adjust your approach based on

what you find throughout the research process. It involves measuring variables, finding

frequencies or correlations, and testing hypotheses. The researchers asked questions

about social media on the respondents through interview and survey in order to make this

study more reliable and valid. This type of qualitative research is called

phenomenological method of research wherein the researchers utilize interviews,

observation and surveys to gathered information from the subject.

Respondents

The respondents of this study will be the Grade Ten students of Camba High

School. There is a total of 15 random students who will participate in this study.

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Instrument of Data Collection

The instrument to be used will be in the form of interview. Each of the

respondents will be asked using an interview guide containing the questions constructed

by the researchers. The students should answer honestly according to what is being asked

one-by-one. Same questions will be asked for all the respondents.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researchers will collect the needed data through the use of in-depth interview

and its administration in the selected faculties. This study will be conducted during the

last quarter of the school year in Camba High School, Arayat, Pampanga, for two days.

The respondents will have a one-on-one interview with the researcher in-charge to gather

information and experiences.

Ethical Consideration

The research study will take every social and professional ethics into

consideration, the study will be conducted ensuring that the the privacy of the participants

will not be violated in any form. Thus the full consent of the participants will be obtained

prior to the study, the personal information and answers of the respondents shall be

confidential. The selection of students will be in random form which allows no

discrimination to take place during the research. Inappropriate language use is also

prohibited for the whole process. In the formulation of questionnaires, the researchers

took everything into consideration including the examining and filtering the inquiries to

avoid offending anyone who is participating in the study.

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The respondents are expected to answer the questions with the best of their

knowledge and with full honesty along with this is the commitment of the researchers to

the study only allowing truth and factual data anything beyond these should not be seen

on the papers. The researchers will only take primary or secondary sources of information

in the research to obtain the truthfulness and authenticity of the data. References should

be displayed in the later part of the papers to credit the information to its rightful owners.

References

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