CHAPTER 1

PROBLEM TO BE INVESTIGATED

Purpose of the Study

Justification of the Study

Research Question and Hypothesis

The researchers would like to answer the central question: is The Bellows effective

as a student publication in delivering news to the secondary students of Aquinas School?

Moreover, the study would answer the following sub-questions:

1. Do the students find the topics discussed in The Bellows relevant?

2. Do the students find the language used in The Bellows comprehensible?

3. Do the students find the graphic design of The Bellows appealing?

4. Do the students find the works of The Bellows often accessible?

Definition of Terms

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Brief Overview of the Study

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 CHAPTER 2

BACKGROUND AND REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Theory

Information

Development Opinion

Entertainment
School Education
Newspaper

Documentation Watchdog

Laboratory

Fig. : Functions of School Newspapers

School newspapers are a product of students’ versatile technical skills. They have

been a staple of campus life for as long as the existence of the public education system.

They report events both within and beyond the institution (information), express its

opinion, discuss topics commonly aiding the curriculum (education), guard the rights of its

stakeholders (watchdog), train learners to become journalists (laboratory), document

achievements, entertain their readers, and develop their community (Fig. ) (Cruz, 1991).

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 Readership, however, is falling in the advent of the digital age. Recent changes

have forced them to publish less frequently and work with significantly shrunken staffs

(Hu, 2013). To adapt, publications cut costs by reducing the size of the paper or moving it

online altogether (Cruz & Delos Reyes, 2014). This urgently calls for an assessment of

print media to determine what steps to take next.

Topic
Relevance

Accessibility
Newspaper Language
Used
Readership

Graphic
Design

Fig. : Factors in Newspaper Readership

Various factors play in newspaper readership. This study focuses on four of them:

topic relevance, language used, graphic design, and accessibility (Fig. ).

News, according to Cruz (1991), must “be appealing to a particular reader”

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Studies Directly Related

Studies Tangentially Related

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 CHAPTER 3

PROCEDURES

Description of Research Design

Description of the Sample

Description of Instruments to be Used

Explanation of Procedures to Follow

Discussion of Internal Validity

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Discussion of External Validity

Description and Justification of the Statistical Techniques or Other Methods of Analysis to

be Used

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Local Sources

Cruz, C. (1991). Functions of the Campus Paper. Campus Journalism for Students,

Teachers, and Advisers. pp. 17 - 19

Cruz, R., & Delos Reyes, A. (2014). Is Print Media Dead?: A Case Study on the Effects of

Reduced Newspaper Readership on the Financial Status of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

and the Philippine Star. Retrieved from

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Hu, W. (2013). At School Papers, the Ink Is Drying Up. Retrieved from

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