...THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE READING INTEREST OF FOURTH YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MABINI COLLEGES A Research Paper Presented to Jamila M. Macapundag Instructor, English 2 Mabini Collges Daet, Camarines Norte In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for English 2 Writing in Discipline By: Michelle O. Ojo Lizel I. Calderon James Paolo B. Belgica December 17, 2011 Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Social Networking Sites (SNS) are of the most popular topics being talked by all the people. Examples of Social Networking Sites are Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, Yahoo Messenger, Plurk, Tumblr. Social Networking Sites help us to communicate with our friends, classmates, and relatives but they also allow us to communicate with other people who share common interests with us. Through these SNS, how it will affect the reading interest of fourth year high school students in Mabini Colleges. Social network theory differs from traditional sociological studies. In traditional theories, attributes of individual actors are assumed to matter the most. Social network theory takes a different approach, where individual attributes are less important than their relationships and ties with others within the network1. As the world becomes more complex reading interest is in increasingly important to individuals today than ever. It is vital to be informed, to succeed and to be fulfilled personally. When a child has no interest...
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...How Facebook affects one’s academic performance I. INTRODUCTION Facebook are currently being used regularly by millions of people. The use of these networking sites has been widespread that they have not only caught the attention of academic researchers worldwide but also us, in particular. Social networking sites are now being investigated by numerous social science researchers and an increasing number of academic commentators are becoming more and more interested in studying Facebook and other social networking services, because of their probable impact in our society. Most sites help strangers connect with others based on personal interests, political and economic views or simply recreational activities. Some accept distinct viewers, while others attract people based on similarities such as common languages or shared racial, sexual, and religious or nationality based identities. In short, social networking like Facebook only have common goal. It is to encourage new ways to communicate and share information. Many students have been blaming various social networking sites for their failing grades in school. These problems awaken me to look into social networking sites and why they affect fellow student’s academic performances. A. OBJECTIVES The students intend to: • Discuss the nature of social networking sites and low academic performance •Provide data supporting the claim that social networking sites affect one’s academic Performance adversely • Assess the...
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...CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS Introduction Over the years, social networking among college students has become more and more popular. It is a way to make connections, not only on the campus, but with friends outside of the campus. Social networking is a way that helps many people feel as though they belong to a community. But as we enjoy to use it, and become a part of our daily life, we don’t notice that it affects us in such a way. Students tend to visit their accounts in those social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace etc. and enjoy browsing while they should’ve doing their homeworks and reviewing their lessons and there is a great possibility that their grades will start to drop down. Due to this inconvinience, a study is conducted to prove if social networking really affects the studies of students who are into it. The researchers desire to have a clearer understanding of the matter being discussed and to discover something that other past researchers of this same topic never ascertain. Statement of the problem This study is designed to determine the effects of social networking sites to the academic performance/s of first year Architecture students of TIP-QC School Year 2011-2012 2nd semester. Specially, it sought to answer the following questions: 1.What is the profile of the college freshman students in terms of: 1. name; 2. gender; ...
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... (Weiser, 1991). Social networking is a phenomenon which has existed since society began. Human beings have always sought to live in social environment. The social networks as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and others are all “virtual places” where people find themselves and share information. Nowadays, social networks are the best tools for communication, though in the first place they were used only for university purposes, where students and colleagues stayed in contact with each other after works or studies. What currently has become the subject of many debates are the various effects that these social networks have on human life, effects such as social impact, health issues and business affair. Some studies imply that social networks could have negative impact on people social health. These can cause people to stray from reality and immerse themselves in the virtual world of social community. “Instead of meeting people in person, they spend more time in front of the computer screens checking what the virtual friends are doing.” A social networking phenomenon has emerged over the past five years. In that time, social networking sites (SNS) have grown from a niche to a mass online activity, in which tens of millions of internet users are engaged, both in their leisure time, and at work. Social Networking Sites (SNS) are one of the most popular topics being talked about by the college students in New Era University. Examples of social networking sites are Friendster, Facebook...
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...A Study of Blocking Social Networking Sites in Visual Basic.Net at Gates Computer Laboratory of Informatics International College Diliman A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Informatics International College Diliman, Quezon City In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Course Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Marlon Brian F. Palmares, BSIT Kevin F. Zaldarriaga, BSIT June 20, 2012 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING A. INTRODUCTION With the rapid phase of the changing generation, the youth is now more demanding in acquiring technologies that will suit to their needs, especially when it is applied to their studies. However, many students are spending a lot of their time in social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and other social networking services while spending less time on their studies. This occurring incident aroused us to look into social networking sites and how they affect the student’s academic performance. In this study, the researchers will review how social networking sites might affect the productivity of students. Social Network is one of the reasons affecting the student’s productivity in school. Because of these, students are lacking concentration to the lectures on their subjects. Most students are not paying attention when the professor is trying to explain the lesson or giving the instruction of what to do, the students are busy browsing social networking sites, and that would end up that the...
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...MT. MORIAH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY The Effects of Social Networking to the study habit of the High School Students in MMCA school year 2011-2012 Aira Joy R. Jabay Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Internet is very influential to the students. The young generation as well as adult are becoming keen in internet. They use it everyday in communicating with their friends and relatives, researching for their assignments, projects, and report, playing games, and downloading music. It is a way to enjoy everyone who is looking for stress free recreational activities. Social networking sites is one the factors that influences the high school students academic performance. Website is a collection of related web page which contains images and videos. Like some Social Networking namely; facebook, twitter, tumblr, myspace, et.al. Facebook is the most popular Social networking sites which is active 24 hours. There are more than 800 million facebook active users. Philippines is in the 6th place in the usage of the site which is more than ½ of our population is active using facebook. Facebook is very entertaining social networking site because of games, chatbox (like yahoo messenger), and many more. Some students are addicted facebook users because it is influencial to the mind and user friendly. There are some advantage and disadvantages in using social networking sites. If you will sign up to log in a certain site they have a requirement that you be 18-above. Because...
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...Disadvantages of using social networks on the academic performance among grade IV to gradeVI students of Jenefa scholastica, San vicente, Ilocos sur. Introduction As technology evolves, education must evolves. Social networking provides an new outlet for advanced education system. It provide collaboration and communication skills and problem solving skills. According to the Dictionary.com, Social Networking is the use of social networking media throughout the use of online media that people may use to communicate and interact with each other (Dictionary.com,2012). Social networks are Face book, Twitter, Ning, Flickr, Instagram. Academic performance is the outcome of education- the extent to which the student achieved his goal in this grade. Students are supposed to use the social network for their reference for their projects and school activities however students misuse the purpose of using the social network so their academic performance is affected. They misuse in the ways of instead of using as an reference they just spend their time for chatting with their friends, group chats, posting selfies downloading and watching the songs and movies. Statement Social networking is the connection of friends together which allows you to communicate easily. With social networking sites you can have a long chain of friends you can chat or share information or ideal with. According to Boyd & Ellison (2008). “SNS be defined as web-based...
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...Social media and Self-esteem Anh Phung Abstract In this day and age, social media has become an integral part of our lives. It has created a platform for people to share information instantly and communicate with people all around the world. Facebook is the most outstanding example of successful social media network. According to the first quarter 2015 earnings announcement by Facebook, the site has achieved 1.44 billion active users per month, and 65% of which are daily active users. Other social networking sites such as Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn are also a powerful means of communication. With such a large audience, social networking sites provide ample opportunities to acquire information, network, and connect with friends. Besides from the obvious benefits that social media brings to our lives, there are some other effects that it has on its users’ wellbeing. This paper examines how people’s tendency when using social networking sites affects their level of self-esteem. Introduction The introduction of social media has revolutionized the way people interact, since social interactions can now take place anywhere that has Internet coverage. Thanks to social media, people no longer need to meet face-to-face in order to know how another person is doing. Social networking sites serve as a place for users to share information about themselves, from the simplest things like what they have for dinner and who they hang out with, to more personal things like their thoughts...
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...research paper submitted to MS. WIMALYN F. CAINAP as a partial fulfilment of the requirements for Research. March 2013 Dedication To our parents, teachers, friends and our inspirations. Acknowledgement The researchers would like to extend their sincerest gratitude to those people who helped in their paper. They are the following: Ms. Wimalyn Cainap, the researchers' adviser, for helping the researchers know what they must do in this study and for correcting grammatical error in this paper. Ms. Carla Fiel, who taught the researchers in statistical analysis Of course the panellists; Ms. Maurich May Cainap and Sir Russel Valdez who criticized this study. Aside from that, the researchers would like to give the sincerest gratitude to the respondents for answering the questionnaires; the researchers’ subjects for their voluntary participation in their experimental procedure and for their willingness to take challenges to them and consequences. The researchers would like also to thank their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cuisia and Mr. and Mrs. Yacap, for giving financial contribution to their study. Abstract This research paper is entitled, "The effects of social networking sites to the academic excellence of the students in SAGIS". The researchers had decided to study this because SNS is getting more popular among teenagers and students and curious of the effects of SNS to them. Since the students are still high school students, the researchers decided to conduct...
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...CHAPTER I RATIONALE OF THE STUDY Introduction Social Network is the most common network used by people having an internet connection. This is also the most widely used networking site in internet. This networking site is used for informing others and recreation. In this generation students can prove that social networking is the reason why high percentage rate of people can be identified. One of the social networking sites is Facebook. It has a lot of aspects and features that can help people to be entertained easily. The importance of Facebook is for us to have conversation like chat and video calls. One of the reasons why many students used Facebook is because they are easily influenced by other people who use Facebook too. The researchers want to determine why the students are said to be easily influenced by others, to know the effects of having facebook in minimizing their time in doing home works and a lot more. The purpose is for the researcher to determine if Facebook can positively or negatively affect the academic performance of the respondents. Statement of the Problem This study aims to know the effects of Facebook to the academic performance of the selected fourth year high school students of Amazing Grace School S.Y. 2013-2014 and the purpose is to know if the effects will positively or negatively affect the academic performance of the respondents 1. How often do the respondents use Facebook? 2. What are the effects...
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...Social Networking has been on a steady climb amongst millions of internet surfers. The dominance of landlines phones are a thing of the past. The new craze for communication is Social Networks. Facebook and Twitter are among some of the current poplar ones. Which literally hundreds of ways to access these websites, makes them almost a necessity to be a part of. How does this current trend affect the society of the world today? This trend extends worldwide with instant access to almost anyone anywhere. What are the consequences for this new technological trend? Certainly, any new technological addition to the current culture has to affect the psychological thought processes and actions with those who are involved in it. With a whole generation of children born in the middle of this “information age” are there psychological repercussions that are apparent? Social Networking has truly taken the world by storm. Online communities and interaction is prominent within our current culture and affects our everyday lives psychologically. Implications of how this form of communication has affected society are all around. Social Networking has been linked to causing adverse behavior amongst children and teens. “Facebook can be distracting and can negatively impact learning. Studies found that middle school, high school, and college students who checked Facebook at least once during a 15-minute study period achieved lower grades (Social Networking’s good and bad effects on kids. 2011).”...
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...The Effect of Social Networking Sites on Students' Academic Performance in Girne American University, North Cyprus By NAPOLEON, EGEDEGBE Abstract: Social network is a platform for people share their ideals, to meet new friends and to reconnect with old friends. Social networking sites offer people new and varied ways to communicate via the internet, whether through their PC or their mobile phone. Examples include MySpace, Facebook, Skype etec. They allow people to easily and simply create their own online page or profile and to construct and display an online network of contacts, often called ‘friends’. Users of these sites can communicate via their profile both with their ‘friends’ and with people outside their list of contacts. With SNS it is easy to communicate with your classmate, discuss class assignment and even submit project to your lecturer, watch videos, make comment on your friend page etc. This study will focus on the effect of SNS on student academic performance, using GAU as a case study. What are student using SNS for, does it affect their studies, or help them to learn easily. This project will talk about the history of SNS, development and the users of SNS especially by student and lecturers in communicating with colleague and student as well. A 15 question personally administered questionnaire was designed and sent to about 50 students from different country and department in GAU. Keywords: Social Networking, E-learning, Communication, Academic Performance...
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...Social networks and effect on society People don’t realize how social networks are negatively affecting our professional life and social life. Now days everybody is on some kind social networking, whether its FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, or Instagram, etc. Have any one realize that the negative effects of social networking is extending to people private, professional, and social lives. Social networking is affecting areas of life such as social activity, low productivity, and the loss of privacy. Some people don’t realize that there isn’t any privacy on social networking sites. A lot of people may not beware that the information they post is public, along with photos and texts that can be retrieved after its been deleted. Consequences such as being vulnerable to sexual or financial predators and it can cost you your job or potential employment opportunites, because now days most jobs check to see if you’re on a social network site, embarrassing photos or comments can really hurt your self image. On most social networking site, they don’t have a way to verify who people say they are. This leaves people more vulnerable to solicitations from sexual predators who covering their true identity. In February 2009, MySpace identified over 90,000 accounts on their site that were sex offenders. Facebook didn’t reveal how many they found on their site. The sites can remove sex offenders, but they cant identify all of them or stop them from creating new accounts. The public nature...
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...challenging avenue for people to adapt a community of change and development. One of the widely introduced changes in the society is the existence of online social networking worldwide. According to Ron Jones’ definition of social networking as stated by Siapera (2012, it is essentially a category of online socializing where people are talking, participating, sharing, networking, and bookmarking online. Everything now looks great when one creates a profile within a particular site and starts to get involved in this type of virtual communication. Needless to say, social networking sites have drastically altered people’s means of communication especially among youth. Socializing becomes colossal because of the tools that help people to mingle and communicate with others such as instant messaging, e-mail and comment posting in particular to online social networking. This trend is growing. Nowadays, people, especially teenagers are highly interested in this kind of communication either as a form of socialization or as a means of self-expression. With just a click away, one can have the opportunity to connect with millions of users across the world. These only show that online users are really into a society of popular social networking and spending too much time for this does not also exempt the possibilities of acquiring the effects of it to the communication skills of youth particularly the students. Online services that are based around the building and reflecting of social relations among...
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...Is Social Networking Taking Over? Mandy Barnard INF103: Computer Literacy David Pittman March 15, 2015 Is Social Networking Taking Over? Social networking sites have been around since the mid-nineties and have continued to gain popularity through the years. New sites are constantly launching. Computers, smart phones and TVs, and tablets have become household fixtures for the majority of the population. We have incorporated them into our daily lives and routines and because of this we have access to social networking sites 24/7. Spending too much time on these sites creates the potential of a more sedentary lifestyle, becoming more egocentric, and withdrawing from activities and relationships. Social networking sites help connect us with the world, but with all that convenience and information comes a new set of social issues. In Introduction to Digital Literacy, Bowles (2013) gives in depths look at Web 2.0, its tools, and its significance. Web 2.0 gives us the ability to blog, tweet, email, and generally interact with others by using our computers or mobile devices. Bowles goes into some great detail about how to use social networking sites properly, protect one’s privacy, and the computer slang that has now become a part of the English language. While the exciting and wonderful world of social networking is celebrated, it is also mentioned that there is a dark side. One must be discrete and private about information they choose to share on social networking...
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