PAPER No.

05

Group 3 (12-2 STEM)

Research Group Lead Researcher Cruz, Mhico Ezekiel G.

Assistant Researchers Abano, Mikaela B.
Adriano, Christian T.
Manansala, Jayson R.

Survey

SOCIAL MEDIA AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS

QUESTIONNAIRE (SMAAPOS)

SECTION A (DEMOGRAPHIC DATA)

Faculty: ___________________________________________________

Sex: Male [ ] Female [ ]

Age: 16 – 20 ( ) 21 – 25 ( ) 26 and above ( )

Level: 100 [ ] 200 [ ] 300 [ ]

400 [ ] 500 [ ]

SECTION B

SA – Strongly Agree, A – Agree, D – Disagree, SD – Strongly Disagree

S/N ITEMS SA A D SD

STUDENTS ADDICTIVENESS TO SOCIAL NETWORK AND ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE

Addiction to online social networks is a problematic issue that

1
affects my academic life.

2 Online social networks distract me from my studies.

 Hours spent online can never be compared to the number of hours
3
I spend reading.

There is no improvement in my grades since I became engaged

4
into these social networking sites.

EXPOSURE OF STUDENTS TO SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK AND THEIR

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

I usually have unlimited access to Facebook and this has affected

5
my academic performance negatively.

I engage in academic discussions on Twitter and this has

6
improved my academic performance.

I make use of Whatsapp to disseminate knowledge to my

7
classmate.

I solely rely on information gotten from Wikipedia to do

8
assignments without consulting other sources.

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

The usage of Wikipedia for research has helped improve my

9
grades.

Engaging in academic forums on Yahoo reduces my rate of

10
understanding.

I use materials gotten from blogging sites to complement what I

11
have been taught in class.

I will not perform well in my academics even if I stop using social

12
media.

GENDER USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Male and female students use social media networks differently in

13
different frequencies.

Female students use social networking sites more to explicitly

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foster social connections.

15 Gender determines the level of social media network usage.

Males are more effective at using social networking sites for non-
16
academic purposes.

AGE USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

17 Age has impact on the use of social media.

18 Social media become boring as I grow older.

19 Social media is not relevant to people of older generation.

20 The younger generations are the most active users of social media.