Procrastination: A PUPian Student Must Overcome By: Elloso, Princess L. Yan, Rochelle C. Chapter I : Problem and Background A. Background of the study When you look for the meaning of “procrastination” in the dictionary, it says that “it is an act of putting something off until later”. Obviously it is same for the Filipino term “Mañana Habit” means “mamaya na lang”. This habit is something we have learned from the Spaniards. And as we can see, most of the students do this habit
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Background: Whenever we log in to our Facebook accounts, we see their slogan on their homepage which is “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.” But nowadays, far from what Mark Zuckerberg’s aim is in creating Facebook, it has turned more into a source of entertainment rather than it means for communication. As this social networking site continues to add and upgrade its features, the means of sharing happenings in someone’s life to the public
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touch. You can also ease of setting up events such as creating a group of invites. It also gives us information and knowledge accordingly. With the latter-day technological wonders; are barrages of factors which can keep student attention from their studies? SNSs could also be a tool of invading ones privacy; likewise, SNSs are open to everyone. SNSs are also medium for people who are bully; cyber bullying is one most commonly problems in SNSs which a great factor of making one’s life miserable. Also
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provides a virtual social space for individuals. • Popular SNSs are Facebook,Google+,Twitter • 1.2 billion worldwide SNS users • SNS Usage in India: Age Group 13-17 is 20.6% • Tools of teenage communication -Wall posts, status updates, thumbs up etc… NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE • Internet – center of communication • SNS an unavoidable part of adolescent lifestyle • SNS affect internal and external growth of adolescents • This study will help: School administrators Parents
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In the article “Fragility of Healing,” authors Cheryl Mattingly and Mary Lawlor conduct a thorough ethnographic study of a Los Angeles-based pediatric rehabilitation center. In their findings, it is shown that physical impairments/injuries have a larger amount of symbolic value (i.e. “the immaterial value attributed to an object or an idea” [Ekström]) to the center’s clinicians than behavioral/emotional complications have. This prioritization of corporeal disabilities has treacherous consequences
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Preeti Manani2 Faculty of Education, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA. 2 preetimanani.1708@gmail.com ABSTRACT The present study investigated the effect of use of Social Networking sites on academic achievement among Introverts and Extroverts. The sample of the study was comprised of 150 students of class XI of C.B.S.E. English medium schools of Agra City. Selection of the sample was done by using ‘Simple Random Sampling Method’. The age range
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CHAPTER 1 Problem and its Background Introduction The internet is a global linking of computers that allows information transfer. The internet was established in the early 1960’s by the U.S Department of Defense primarily for military purposes. Since then the continual improvement of internet technology has provided an extraordinary level of public accessibility to a wide range forms of communication. Due to the development once spread of cheaper and more user-friendly computer and technology
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Lahore, Pakistan a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 16 March 2015 Received in revised form 14 October 2015 Accepted 14 December 2015 Available online 21 December 2015 The objectives of this confirmatory study were to investigate the association of socio-economic demographics (age, education of respondent, gender, monthly family income, parentage education), motives (communication and information, self-actualization and outward looking) of using Social
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Social networking has been growing since its creation. Nowadays, most people have their own social media account. Social networking has integrated the daily lives of many people. Due to its many uses, people have resorted using them than the old conventional ways. And with this trend, makes us wonder on how these people with social media accounts have used it in their own gain. Social networking offered us communication in a new and varied
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JOURNALISM ASSIGNMENT MICHAELA THOOLSI STUDENT NUMBER: 13020684 BAG 1 10 MARCH 2015 MYRON NAICKER CONTENTS: Essay Question Page 1 – 4 Reference List Page 5 QUESTION ONE: In today’s fast growing economy, technology has prominently advanced thereby compelling media to develop a sense of convergence when it comes to broadcasting news to the nation. In this essay I will firstly be discussing what is journalism, followed by the description of news is. Secondly I will show how news reporting has advanced
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