THE EFFECTS OF FAKE NEWS TO GRADE-9 STUDENTS

IN TUGBONGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

A research report in completion of the requirements in English 10

Research Committee:
Mrs. Elvie C. Navarro

MEMBERS:
Roquessa Mirasol Mary Joy Tumongha
Ana Mae Cramales Klenn Mar Enad
Jenny Degorio Eirik Jamel Soon
Erra Novee Tango-an Justin Casenillo
Eva Mae Garin Sandro Laresma
Trinity Balaba

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The study would have been made possible with the assistance of the people to whom
the researcher attribute credit. Hence, we would like to extend our greatest gratitude to
everyone who supported us throughout this study .

To Mrs. Elvie C. Navarro our adviser in Research for his guidance, support, time
and words of encouragement for the researcher to keep going and make this research
study possible.

Equal thanks to Jemar Gucela for helping us making our research and also for her
inspirational words.

To Evangeline Patrocenio for motivating and encouraging us and also helping us

to make our theoretical setting.

To our parents for extending their unending moral and financial support
throughout the course of the study.

We also deeply thankful to our respondents. Their names will be disclosed, but
we want to acknowledge and appreciate their cooperation during data gathering their
information helped us complete this research.

Above all our Heavenly Father for giving us the wisdom which made this work
successful. To God be the Glory.

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 THE EFFECTS OF FAKE NEWS TO GRADE-9 STUDENTS

TUGBONGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CONSOLACION, CEBU

ABSTRACT

The Grade-9 Students face different kinds of Fake News and they easily
convinced and most of them relayed to social media without looking for the legitimate
sources and in that case, most of them had been scammed. On the other hand, the
students should be more wise and responsible enough in looking for licit and justified
sources. The study was a qualitative design. This study aimed to know the Effects of
Fake News to Grade-9 Students of Tugbongan National High School. The researchers
conducted the survey among the Grade-9 Students with total of 49 respondents who
are required to answer the questionnaire to complete the survey and to gather the data
needed. The result will show the percentage of how many students were affected of
Fake News.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TITLE PAGE i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii
ABSTRACT iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY
Rationale 1
Review of Related Readings 2
Statement of the problem 3
Significance of the study 4
Scope and Limitations 5
Definition of terms 6
Methodology 7
Sources of data 8

CHAPTER 2
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 9
CHAPTER 3
Summary of Findings 10
Conclusion 11
Recommendation 12
Work Cited 13

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 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY

Rationale

Fake News is not a new problem and its spread in social networks is well-studied.
Often an underlying assumption in Fake News discussion is that it is written to look like
real news. Fake News highlights the erosion of long-standing institutional bulwarks
against misinformation in the internet age. Concern over the problem is global.
However, much remains unknown regarding the vulnerabilities of individuals, institutions
and society to manipulations by malicious actors. Fake News is more similar to satire
than to real news, leading us to conclude that persuasion in Fake News is achieved.
Fake News can spread as fast as a wildfire carried on the winds of social media.

Students and all citizens need to be prepared and informed of ways to quickly
understand and distinguish real and Fake News. Fake News can be used as a weapon
with destructive effects as powerful as any military attack.

Eventually, this research focused on the effects of fake news to students. It

intends to access categories in which students shall be moved inclined into the kind of
Fake News.

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 Review of Related Readings

According to Chandra and Surjandy (2017), Fake News has currently acquired
an additional potentially destructive meaning and use. The term is now also applied as a
weapon to attack and reject any information that someone does not like—or that
expresses a contrary opinion. A deputy presidential assistant stated, I know what “fake
news” is (Massie, 2017, p, 2). Unfortunately, the term fake news was used to discredit
any news outlet that provides information that may be critical of the president. The
appropriate meaning of the term “fake news” is information that is meant to deceive.

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 Statement of the Problem

This study aims to determine the effects of Fake News towards students. This
further seeks to answer the following questions.

1. What are the level of awareness of students to Fake News?

2. What are the impact of Fake News to grade-9 students?

3. How does fake news affects the students through time?

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 Significance of the Study

The finding of the study will be a great help to the following beneficiaries.

First, students can benefit because they encounter a lot of Fake News in social
media. They experienced Fake News because of some people spread Fake News in
this study can gather ways on how to avoid with the Fake News they have
encountered.

Second, teachers can benefit because of some of them are using social media
and they also need to know on how to avoid Fake News.

Lastly, the future researcher because they can gather more information from this
study on how to avoid Fake News that we deal everyday.
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Scope and Limitation

This study will be conducted at Tugbongan National High School. The highlights
of this study are about the experiences of students towards Fake News from random
students in Tugbongan National High School. The researcher will interview 49 random
students to know the experiences and gather ways on how to avoid with Fake News.
The scope of this study is limited up to the availability of information provided by the
interviewers through survey questions.
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Definition of Terms

Antecedents- preceding event, condition or cause.

Assess- to determine the rate or amount of something.
Assumption- the cut of laying claim to or taking possession of something.
Destructive- causing destruction.
Erosion- the action or process of eroding.
Impact- to press together.
Inclined- having a learning or slope.
Literacy- the quality or state of being literate.

Malicious- having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone

Prevailed- to be or become effective or effectual.

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 Methodology

The method of research used in this investigation is descriptive survey method in

which the data are analysed and interpreted.

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 Sources of Data

We the researchers, are focusing in “The Effects of Fake News to Grade-9

Students.” In order to gather the data that can help on the said study, respondents’
participation in a chosen environment is highly needed. Researchers are obliged to ask
the permission of the teachers with regards to the distribution of questionnaires to the
students who were told to be the respondents of the said study. To avoid confusion,
students themselves will be informed by the researchers to participate.

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 CHAPTER 2

Results and Discussion

According to our survey, in our generation today, we have observed that there’s
a lot of victims of Fake News. Many of our respondents answered yes and some of
them answered no or maybe. Half of our respondents have encountered Fake News.
The other half is not a victim of Fake News. So when they received and answered the
question most of them are answered disappointment while other answered sad and
angry.
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Summary of Findings

This study aims to determine and explore the effects of fake news to grade-9
students of the junior high school students of Tugbongan National High School, school
year 2019-2020.

The data portray the effects of fake news towards students and with regards to
the result we can say that the fake news can really give impact to the students.
Furthermore, most of the students thought that every news in social media came from a
trusted sources where in fact it is obviously false information. This indicates that if
people will keep spreading fake news it might be possibly ruin everyone’s life.
Moreover, the respondents indicates that being one of the victims would make them
disappointed. It implies that fake news should be banned for the sake of someone’s
lives. Overall, the data show that receiving false news would give effects on the
students and also can cause disappointments on them.

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 Conclusion

Based on the results, our conclusion is hereby generalized: those students who
are once a victim of false news felt disappointed because they had been scam. Thus,
false information has an effect on the students and it must need to be ban, and student
should also think twice if the sources is reliable or not. Yet, student should also stop
spreading false information when they just had saw on the social media.

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 Recommendation

Fake News can be a problem to our fellow students, families, and our society.
Students might also experience fear, shock and especially depression. Ask about
what’s the feeling of students. The student needs love, guidance and support.

Grade-9 student facing different kinds of fake news. In order them to avoid fake news,
they must find another reliable information comes from reliable sources. The creation
and spread of fake news is a problem that seems ingrained in human nature. The
students must not believe easily on what they saw and read especially when it is from
social media. Moreover, students must be more wise and careful enough in dealing with
the circumstances.

Some Tips on how to Prevent Fake News

1. Think first, before you click
2. Read and Analyse
3. Tell Fact from Opinion
4. Get News from News Sources in the first place
5. Search online for the information or claim

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 Work Cited

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%20of%20fake%20news%20on%20the%20students&f=false

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