The Impact Of Facebook Usage To The ICT Students Academic

Performance Of

Carlos F. Gonzales High School

AResearchpaperpresentedtotheFacultyofSeniorHighSchool

Carlos F. Gonzales

Maguinao, San Rafael, Bulacan

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Inquiries

By:

Zildjian C. Geronimo Mark Angelo Tumaliuan

Jovy Felonia Barot Xavier Dale Victoria

Ace Basila Kirby Ferrer

Ryan Andrei Perez Ferdie Lopez

JohnMarkMempin AldrineAngelesDeLeon

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 CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

Facebook are currently being used regularly by millions

of students. People discovered that the facebook could be used
toconnectwithotherpeople,whetherforbusinessorcommercial
purpose, make new friends, find old friends and long lost
relatives.Theuseoffacebook hasbeenwidespreadthattheyhave
notonlycaughttheattentionofacademicandindustryresearchers
worldwide but also us. Facebook have only one common goal. It
is to encourage new ways to communicate and share information.

Social networking sites, most notably Facebook have become

sopopulartodaythattheyareleadingwordsonthelipsofevery
student.YoulovetospendmostofyourtimecheckingyourFacebook
updates, but do you know that there are many negative effects
of using Facebook? 

Mostofthestudentsdon'trealizethenegativeeffectsimpacts
of Facebook on their life. And, the main reason is because they
arealreadyaddictedtoit.And,thisaddictioncanleadtoseveral
negative developments. 

The main purpose of this paper is to suggest some ways of

minimizing the bad impacts of Facebook to students and to show
you the negative effects of these social networking sites on
students'behaviorandperformance,especiallyintheacademics
of the ICT students in Carlos F. Gonzales High School.

Even though Facebook is now used by a much wider variety of

users, students are still its “biggest fans”. Results from a
recent paper Ellison et al. (2007) reported that 94% of College
studentsareactiveFacebookusers,spending60-90minutesonline
eachdaycommunicatingwiththeirFriendsListof150–200people.
Similarly,WileyandSisson(2006;ascitedinPempeketal,2009)
conducted a large survey on college students from universities
in the developing countries indicated that 91% of students use
the Facebook. Ethiopia is also as one of developing countries
hasintoxicatedwitharoundonemillionusersofFacebookinwhich
half of them are higher education students (Kassashow, 2012)

The target population for this research was defined as the

studentswhoformthemajorchunkofusersoffacebook.Thiswas
done to have a better insight into the research as the target
populationwasoneofthemostavidusersofthesesitesandcould
provide exceptional responses. Even the understanding of the
questionnaire was easy for them as they were familiar with
facebook and are quite clear about the reasons they use it for
andthevariousproblemsthattheynowfacebecauseoftheeffects
of using facebook.
  Many students always log in to their account on facebook as
a part of their everyday routine. Could you imagine the number
ofallthestudentsloggingintothesesocialnetworkingsites,
everyday?Thatwouldbemillionsofstudentslogging.That’swhy
manystudentshavebeenblamingvarioussocialnetworkingsites
for their steady decrease in grade point averages. That’s why
we look into facebook and why they affect fellow students’
academic performances.
  This research also focused on finding ways to enhance
students'motivationandimprovetheirachievements,yetwithout
lookingcloselyatthesourcesfortheirdismotivationoracademic
failures.
Background of study

FacebookisasocialnetworkingservicelaunchedinFebruary
2004,ownedandoperatedbyFacebook,Inc.AsofSeptember2012,
Facebook has over one billion active users, more than half of
themusingFacebookonamobiledevice.Usersmustregisterbefore
using the site, after which they may create a personal profile,
add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including
automatic notifications when they update their profile.
Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups,
organized by workplace, school or college, or other
characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists such
as "People From Work" or "Close Friends". 

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college

roommates' and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo
Saverin,AndrewMcCollum,DustinMoskovitzandChrisHughes.The
website's membership was initially limited by the founders to
Harvardstudents,butwasexpandedtoothercollegesintheBoston
area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. 

It gradually added support for students at 5 various other

universities before opening to high school students, and
eventuallytoanyoneaged13andover.InMay2005,Accelpartners
invested $12.7 million in Facebook, and Jim Breyer added $1
million of his own money to the pot. According to a May 2011
Consumer Reports survey, there are 7.5 million children under
13 with accounts and 5 million under 10, violating the site's
terms of service. Facebook is beneficial to one's social life
becausetheycancontinuouslystayincontactwiththeirfriends
and relatives, while others say that it can cause increased
antisocial tendencies because people are not directly
communicatingwitheachother.ButsomearguethatFacebookhas
affectedthesociallifeandactivityofpeopleinvariousways.
With its availability on many mobile devices, Facebook allows
userstocontinuouslystayintouchwithfriends,relativesand
other acquaintances wherever they are in the world, as long as
there is access to the Internet. It can also unite people with
commoninterestsand/orbeliefsthroughgroupsandotherpages,
and has been known to reunite lost family members and friends
because of the widespread reach of its network. 

Facebook also continues to prompt debate about users'

behaviors. The effects of online activities on themselves and
theirinteractionswithothershavebeendiscussedextensively.
In particular, students are a main class of Facebook users who
spendlonghoursonthesocialnetwork,whichhasworriedparents
and educational authorities about their academic performance.
The students themselves argue that their presence on Facebook,
as a leisure activity, does not hinder their academic efforts,
though some evidence suggests that their grades decline after
they join Facebook. 

Significant of study
Thissurveyaimstoexplaintheimportanceoftheproperusage
offacebook.Itaimstopointoutparticularlyeffectsitposes
to student’s daily lives. These sites evidently have a lot of
positive effects, but they also have their share of negative
impact.
 Conducted to the ICT students of Carlos F. Gonzales and was
asked a few questions about their usage of Facebook and on how
it has affected their academic performances. To ensure honesty
of their answers, the survey questions asked to them were
anonymous and confidential and will not be used against than in
any way.

This study will be of benefit to the following:

1Students.Thestudentswillbeawareoftheadversesideeffects
oftheexcessiveuseofFacebookandothersocialmedianetworks
and be able to assess themselves as to how their academic
performances and behaviour will be affected and on how to deal
with them.
2 Teachers. will benefit from this study from the findings and
its recommendations thereof. They would be able to keep track
and assess the students' profile, behaviour and academic
performances especially those who have access to
technological/electronic devices that can link to social media
networks.
3 Parents. The parents will be able to know their children's
profile on their academic performances and will be able to
coordinatewiththeteacherstoimproveandmaximizethecapacity
their parental guidance's of their children.
4 Future researchers. This study will provide baseline data
neededforfutureresearcher’sandstudiesrelatedtothisone.
Review related literature

Transition in behavior has led the youth to explore new

patterns of information and perform multitasking. Though, this
multitaskinghastoaffectthetimeutilityanddistributionin
bothpositiveandnegativeways.Onesignificanteffectofthese
channels is on the student’s academic performance and several
empiricalstudieshavereportedthattheexcessiveunproductive
timespentonFacebookhaveaffectthestudents’grades.(Facebook
and Academic Performance)

Foreign literature
According to Newman, (2014) they get distraction from their
studies,andaloadoftheirworkingmemorymakeithardforthem
tohaveafocusandmakeseffectivepreparationsoftheirhomework.
This will lead to results that are poor and decrease the
achievements. Some studies show the attitudes, interests of
students to the internet and their activities vary with their
sex, personality traits and age. Cultural backgrounds and
characteristics differences give the suggestion that there is
aneedtoaddresstheeffectsofstudentsusingFacebookinvarious
settings,whichpromptsqueriesabouttheimpactofFacebookon
studentswithdistinguishedcharacteristicsandindistinguished
cultural contexts which is not predictable. Researcher Newman
(2014) indicates that the study on whether Facebook use by
students affects their academic results, hence doing a
theoretical background review and depicted the research model
thatwasproposedbeforetheyrepresentedthemethodadoptedto
examine it .
 AccordingtoNegussie&Ketema(2014)impactofusingFacebook
while accessing through different devices. Among a variety of
devices,itwasfoundthatthecorrelationbetweenusingFacebook
on mobile devices and students’ grades is highly negative as
comparedtousingFacebookonotherdevices.Thisadverseeffect
is explained by the fact that using cellphones for social
networkingactivitiesmayinvolvemultitaskingandallstudents
are not equally efficient in multitasking skills. The study
suggests, that students must be encouraged to use social
networking sites for educational purposes instead of blocking
these platforms in the educational premises.
​ According to Ul Haq & Chand (2012) the usage and popularity
of famous social media network (Facebook) among university
students with special focus on the gender based comparison and
the impact of the selected social medium on their academic
performance. The two researchers evaluate the pattern and
frequency of Facebook use among university students while
focusinggenderthatmajorityoftheusers(61%)agreethatthis
socialmediumhasadverseeffectsontheiracademicperformance.
Further analysis reveals that among these 61%, majority of the
respondentsweremale.InadditiontoadverseeffectsofFacebook
on academic performance, there was also an opinion that use of
Facebookmakesithardforthemtoperformthebestontheircareer
performance.However,theresearcherfeelsthatthelateropinion
isnotveryclearandestablishedandneedsfurtherinvestigation.
​
Theseresearchanalysisishowthatusingsocialmediaespecially
intermsofusingFacebookisequallypopularamongmaleandfemale
studentoftheuniversityunderstudy.Theresearchersevaluate
that majority of the users agree that these social medium has
adverse effects on their academic performance. These study
relatedinourstudyinthewayofinvestigatingabouttheeffects
of social media on their academic achievements among students.

Foreign studies
Kirkpatrick,(2015)studiestheimpactsofFacebookasbeing
a social platform that has significant effects on students’
performanceinacademiccourses.Hisresearchexaminesdatafrom
1839 respondents studying degrees in residential institutes of
northeastern USA to find trends in the frequency of Facebook
visitsandactivities,timespentonFacebook,timespentonclass
preparationandacademicgradesofthestudentsunderresearch.
AnalysisofthecollecteddatarevealsthattimespentonFacebook
and frequency of visiting Facebook are negatively related to
students’ performance in terms of their GPA.
From their results analysis, they concluded and made
recommendationsforfurtherresearch.Becauseofcomputersbeing
popular among students in college many issues on academic
performance had to be addressed. There are suggestions that
students in college use Facebook in chatting with friends and
professorsasawayofgettingknowledge,beinformed,getsupport
andobtainsocialacceptancethatmaycausehigherlevelsoftheir
satisfaction with college life and proficiency in performance
consequently. However, there is a possibility that Facebook
quality is relevant to the effect of the Facebook use on
performanceinacademic.Ifitisintensivelyusedforthepurpose
of academic or on communication that is essential with others,
therewillbeapositiveimpactonacademicperformance.Elsewhere,
if it is used extensively in recreational purposely use for
example, playing games and watching video games, there will be
anegativeeffectonthestudents’academicperformances.However,
thereisslightlynegativecorrelationbetweentimespentonthis
widelyusedsocialmediumandthetimespendinstudyingforclass.
He further adds that although time spent on social media and
academicperformanceisnegativelycorrelated,thisrelationship
in real world scenarios does not seem to be a major hurdle in
academic success.

Hamat, Embi, & Hassan (2012) studied the use of social

networking platforms among undergraduate and postgraduate
students of Malaysian institutes of higher education. This
qualitativeresearchcollecteddataon6358studentrespondents
throughaself-administeredquestionnaireandanalyzedthisdata
tomakeobservationsontheuseofsocialnetworkingsitesamong
them. The study also collects opinion of students about the
impacts of social medium on their academic performance.

​
One of the very significant findings of the study is about the
use of social networking sites for the purpose of learning.
MajorityoftherespondentsagreethattheyuseSNSsasinformal
learning tool and that it helps them connect to their friends
and peers to get help regarding their studies. However, in case
ofinteractionwithteachers,anequalsplitofoppositeopinions
exists.
​
Thisstudyalsosupportsthemostcommonfindingofmajorityof
well-structuredstudiesthatuseofsocialnetworkingsiteshas
no significantly negative impact on the students’ academic
performance.Theyfurtherstatethatthepossibilityofsomeother
factors like social media addiction, more time on internet,
chatting, cognitive absorption etc. linked with the use of
internetorspecificallysocialnetworkingsitesmaycausepoor
academic performance.
​
Theaboveliteraturereviewshowsthatotherstudentsareusing
socialmediafortheirlearning,theyuseitasalearningtool.
Ithasasignificantonourstudybecausetheuseofsocialmedia
can affect the academic performance in a positive and negative
way. Social media addiction is the top negative effect that may
cause poor academic performance.

The research by Ellison (2016) analyzed a random sample

comprising of 384 respondents both male and female. Also, the
respondents belong to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate
programsallbearingameanageof21years.Theresearchanalysis
indicatesthatFacebookhasequalpopularityamongmaleandfemale
students of the university under study. From the research, the
majority of the users approximately 61% agree that this social
medium has adverse effects on their academic performance. Male
comprised a majority of the 61% of majority respondents.
Additionally, the adverse effects of Facebook on academic
performancecontributetotheopinionthatuseofFacebookmakes
ithardforthemtoperformthebestontheircareerperformance.
However,theresearcherisoptimisticthatthelateropinionis
ratherunclearandrecommendstheneedforfurtherinvestigation.

Also,Ellison(2016)emphasizesonfurtherinvestigationinto
theissuetofindsomemorevariableslikefocusandintervention
thatmaybestronglyrelatedtoacademicperformance.Thenegative
correlationbetweenFacebookusageandacademicoutcomesmaybe
justified by some negative academic impacts related to certain
ways students use this social medium. He observes that some
specific uses of this social media relate to improved academic
performance while others contribute to lower academic results.
Chand (2014) conducted an investigation on the popularity of
famoussocialmedianetwork(Facebook)amonguniversitystudents
with a special concern for the gender-based comparison and the
effectoftheselectedsocialmediumontheiracademicperformance.
The researcher analyzed the patterns as well as the frequency
of using Facebook among college students with a major focus on
genderdifferencesandstudentopinionregardingtheimpactsthat
this medium has on academic performance.

Local literature

PsychologyToday.corn (2011) defines addiction as a condition

thatresultswhenapersoningestsasubstance(alcohol,cocaine,
nicotine) or engages in an activity (gambling) that can be
pleasurable but the continued use of which becomes compulsive
andinterfereswithordinaryliferesponsibilities,suchaswork
or relationships, even health". However, shortly after the
introductionofinternet,thisdefinitionofaddictionhasbeen
widenedintoabroadersenseduetothebirthofinternetaddiction
disorders and the most common one is the Facebook Addiction
(Mootee, 2009).

Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD)is now being introduced by

psychologistsasaformofaddiction(abscbnnews.com).According
toFenichel(2009),FADistheintegrationofFacebookasapart
ofaperson'sdailyactivitieslikewakingup,gettingdressed,
usingthetelephone,orcheckinge-mail.Insteadofaccomplishing
certain tasks, Facebook addicts use Facebook as an escape. He
alsoadded,"Oneoftheironiesisthattheverypeoplewhomight
otherwise be working with people professionally to treat
addictions,socialisolation,etc.,seemtobethemselvesamong
themostactiveFacebookers."Evidently,FADhasbecomeaserious
probleminthesociety,particularlyintheFilipinocommunity,
butFilipinosseemtoneglectitseffects.Althoughnoabsolute
empirical data can determine the new form of addiction, it is
apparent that it is worsening in terms of Facebook usage.
According to aInt Proc Econ Dev Res 66, 12-5, 2015 Facebook
users are increasing tremendously. Some users are passive and
some are active that leads to addiction. This paper measures
empirically the prevalence and degree of Facebook addiction in
the Philippine university. A total of 355 university students
wasevaluatedinthestudy.TheBergenFacebookAddictionScale
wasusedduringthesurvey.Thestudyrevealsthat15outof355
respondents are addicted to Facebook. The degree of addiction
among the Facebook-addict respondents is high. It is concluded
that Facebook addiction in the university exists but the ratio
is extremely unlikely.
The widespread Facebook addiction in the country can be
explained by various factors which constantly influence
Filipinos.Elvin(2010)andRadwan(2011)citedintheirinteract
articles that unfulfilled social needs and social approval are
some of the reasons of social networking addiction. In an
economically depressed country like the Philippines, there are
manysocialissuesthathavenotbeenresolvedthroughtheyears
andoneofwhichisprostitution.However,throughFacebookand
othersocialnetworkingsites,victimsofthesesocialoddswhich
aresometimesunacceptedintheircommunitycaneasilysocialize
andtheycontributetotheincreasingnumberofFacebookusers.
AsidefromthesmutproblemswhichcauseFacebookaddiction,Elvin
(2011)addedthattheavailabilityofFacebookonmobilephones
alsointensifiesthecasesofthistypeofaddiction.Thecountry
has been nicknamed as the Mixing capital of the world several
years ago and now surveys revealed that Philippines has the
highest percentage of Facebook users in relation to its total
numberofinternetusers(facebookphilippines.ph).Thesesurveys
onlyshowthatmobilephonehasitspartintheworseningFacebook
usage in the country.
Inaddition,Filipinoculturehasagreatimplicationonthe
statusofFBaddictioninthecountry.Thecountryhasobviously
ayoungpopulation,basedontheagedistributionofpopulation,
which is why the Filipino youth are fragile to these kinds of
phenomenon.Forexample,whensomestudentssignuponFacebook,
others are obliged to join as well because of strong ties with
peers and the concept of barkadas who greatly influence one’s
hobby.AnothersignificantfactorwhichworsensFBaddictionin
thecountryisourattractiontomodemtechnology.Asmentioned
earlier,thecountryhasbeenconsideredasthetextingcapital
oftheworldandthehighestnumberofFacebookusersinrelation
to its internet users.

Local studies
Isaac M Morallo
Graduate School Research Journal 7 (2), 16-28, 2014

In the advent of internet technology, social communication

using the internet became the frontier of daily communication,
collaborationandnetworking.Thisfrontierisdelineatedbymany
socialnetworkingwebsitesandportals.Thisstudywasconducted
to determine the effects of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) on
students’ academic performance in Lyceum of the
Philippines–Laguna.TodeterminetheeffectsofSNSsonacademic
performance, the researcher used the descriptive correlational
methodofresearch.Anonlinesurveyquestionnairedesignedusing
Google docs was distributed to 203 randomly-selected student
respondents from the six colleges in Lyceum of the
Philippines–Laguna. The study found out that all students in
LyceumofthePhilippines–LagunahaveFacebookaccountsandwere
significantly registered to more than one SNSs account. The
resultsofthestudyshowedastatisticallysignificantpositive
relationship between time spent by students on SNSs and their
academicperformance.Thestudent-respondentstendedtouseSNSs
tointeractwiththeirfriendsandnotuseforacademicreasons.
Specifically,thestudyfoundoutthatthehigherthetimespent
on SNSs showed the lower is the time spent on studying. Hence,
correlationanalysisshowedaninverserelationshipbetweenthe
GPA and the number of SNSs accounts being maintained by the
students, the frequency of SNSs use, since when they have SNSs,
length of SNSs use, and the number of study hours. The results
revealed that as these mentioned variables increases, the GPA
alsoincreases,showingthatSNSshadmadeacontributioninthe
attainmentofhighergrades.However,suchrelationshipsarenot
significant. Therefore, the study found that SNSs usage had no
significant relationship on student academic performance. The
improvement in the grade relies on other factors within the
teaching-learning process and thus could not be attributed to
the use of SNS alone.

Int Proc Econ Dev Res 66, 12-5, 2015

Facebook users are increasing tremendously. Some users are

passive and some are active that leads to addiction. This paper
measures empirically the prevalence and degree of Facebook
addictioninthePhilippineuniversity.Atotalof355university
studentswasevaluatedinthestudy.TheBergenFacebookAddiction
Scale was used during the survey. The study reveals that 15 out
of 355 respondents are addicted to Facebook. The degree of
addiction among the Facebook-addict respondents is high. It is
concluded that Facebook addiction in the university exists but
the ratio is extremely unlikely.
Leodoro Jabien Labrague(2014)
Background:Facebook(FB)isbecominganincreasinglysalient
feature in peoples’ lives and has grown into a bastion in our
currentsocietywithover1billionusersworldwide–themajority
ofwhicharecollegestudents.However,recentstudiesconducted
suggest that the use of Facebook may impacts individuals’
well-being. Thus, this paper aimed to explore the effects of
Facebook usage on adolescents’ emotional states of depression,
anxiety, and stress.

MethodandMaterial:Across-sectionaldesignwasutilizedin
this investigation. The study population included 76 students
enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program from a
governmentuniversityinSamar,Philippines.FacebookIntensity
Scale (FIS) and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS)
were the primary instruments used in this study.

Results:Findings indicated correlation coefficients of 0.11

(p=0.336),0.07(p=0.536),and0.10(p=0.377)betweenFacebook
IntensityScale(FIS)andDepression,Anxiety,andStressscales
in the DASS. Time spent on FB correlated significantly with
depression(r=0.233,p=0.041)andanxiety(r=0.259,p=0.023).
Similarly,thethreeemotionalstates(depression,anxiety,and
stress) correlated significantly.

Conclusions:IntensityofFacebookuseisnotdirectlyrelated
tonegativeemotionalstates.However,timespentonFacebooking
increases depression and anxiety scores. Implications of the
findingstothefieldsofcounselingandpsychologyarediscussed.

Theoretical Framework
This Research will be based with the different theories or
otherresearchesdonebyseveraltheoristsabouttheeffectsof
Facebook usage this research will also stress an impacts done
by Facebooks in the academic performance of the ICT students of
Carlos F Gonzales High School.
Social Capital is related to improved Self-esteem fewer
Psychological and behavioral problems and improved quality of
life (McPherson et at 2014)
Furthermore, increased social capital can help student feel
more of connection to their institution, which is related to
morepositiveeducationoutcomes(cascarillasTerenzini,2015.
StudentsuseFacebooktomaintaintheirformernetworkofhigh
school friend on their campuses (Ellison et al,2016 2017 June
Mastradicasa, 2016).
They use Facebook to initiate and maintain friendships and
to seek out new information about those on their social circle
(Ellison et al, 2016)
The practice of social information seeking is related to
studentperceivedlevelofsocialcapitaltheresourcesobtained
fromtheirrelationshipandinteractionsuchasemotionalsupport
(Ellison et al, 2017.)
This research considered that there can also be an equal
importance of path parties in the academic field and also the
social field of the students. The student would still have to
maintenanceofconnectionswiththeiroldaswellasthenewset
of friendships. They want to stay connected and get updates of
their friend. They want could engage in and prolonging the use
of Facebook.
This social networking has a good effect on students in the
field of academics because it can be sometimes academically
engaging and has positive effect to student esteem and society
capital.
This research is considered in the impact of Facebook usage
to the students’ academic performance of the ICT students of
Carlos F. Gonzales High School in the school year 2019-2020.
Theprofileoftherespondentsincludedageandgenderofthe
students being surveyed. The research determined the academic
performance of the students in relation to the effect in using
Facebook.
The outcome of the research proposed is through the survey
questioner being handed out to the respondents to gather the
information needed for the research. This observation of the
studentduringclasshourscanalsoanoutcometoseethebalance
oftheacademicperformanceandFacebookusageofthestudents.
Conceptual Framework
Figure I input in the focus of the research. The respondents
were classified according to Gender, Age and Strand in process
to gather the data and information that will be used for our
research their response were gathered through the survey
questionerthatwereanonymouslygiventorespondentanthatis
includestheframeworkquestionsthatwillbeusefulforresearch.
lastlytheoutputofthestudywillprovidetruecomputerpartial
to determine the impact of facebook usage to the academic
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Statement of the problem
This paper aims to find out the positive and negative impact
of using Facebook on students’ academic performance.
Specifically, it sought to answer the following:

1. Demographic Profile
1.1 Name
1.2 Age
1.3 Gender

2.What are the students feedback about using Facebook ?

4.WhatcanFacebookbringinthestudents’academicperformance?

Theircooperationwillhelptheresearchertoknowthefurther
impactofFacebookusagetothestudents’academicperformance.
Their answer will be collected and analyzed.

Definition of Terms 
Facebook.Thetermusedinthisstudyreferstoapopularfree
socialnetworkingwebsitethatallowsregistereduserstocreate
profiles,uploadphotosandvideo,sendmessagesandkeepintouch
withfriends,familyandcolleagues.Thesite,whichisavailable
in 37 different languages, includes public features. 
Desktop. The term used in this study refers to a personal
computerthatisdesignedtofitconvenientlyontopofatypical
office desk.
Laptop. Thetermusedinthisstudyrefersaportablecomputer,
usuallybattery-powered,smallenoughtorestontheuser'slap
and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid. 
 Login/Logout.Signinginandgainingaccesstoanetworkserver,
Web server or a computer and disconnecting to it. 
Smartphone. Thetermusedinthisstudyreferstoacellular
phonethatperformsmanyofthefunctionsofa computer,typically
havingatouchscreeninterface,Internetaccess,andanoperating
system capable of running downloaded applications. 

Scope and delimitation

The scope area of the study covers the place of Carlos F.
Gonzales High School Maguinao, San Rafael, Bulacan. This study
willbeconductedonthefirstsemesterofschoolyear2019-2020.
On the other hand, this study is limited on the ICT students.
The researchers will use the quantitative method as their
instrument in gathering data among the respondents.
 CHAPTER II
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

In this chapter, the research design, data gathering

technique,theresearchprocedureemployed,theresearchlocale
andparticipantswereexplainedthoroughlytomakesurethatthe
resultofthisresearchwerecamefromsecureandlegalprocedure
to avoid misconception and unreliable conclusions.

Method of research
The impact of Facebook to the academic performance of ICT
students of Carlos F Gonzales high school is quantitative type
of research or an objective systematic empirical investigation
of observation of observable phenomenon through the use of
computational techniques. It highlights numerical analysis of
data hoping to provide unbiased results.

Research Design
It uses the most applicable quantitative type of research
design the non-Experimental and this design may also called as
descriptive research design. It’s main purpose is to observe
describe, and document aspects of a situation as it naturally
occursandsometimestoserveasastartingpointforhypothesis
generation or theory development.

Description of Respondents
Theresearcherhadchosenthese40participantsbasedonthe
resultsoftheslovinsformulathatcamefromICTstudentofCarlos
F Gonzales high school who ages
 from 15-24 years old that is responding or relatively
connected to study.

Research locale
ThestudywasconductedonCarlosF.Gonzaleshighschoollocated
on Maguinao, San Rafael, Bulacan. It focuses only on the ICT
students.ThetotalpopulationofICTstudentsis(170)butsince
theresearcheronlyneedthesamplesizeofthepopulation,they
selected 40 respondents.

Instruments of study
Theinstrumentusedinthisresearchissurveyquestionnaire.
Survey is used to gather information from groups of people by
selecting and studying sample choose from a population. The
questionnaire was prepared by the researchers and developed
through reading related references with the proper supervision
oftheirrespectedadviserinpracticalresearchIIanddesigned
to obtain information in identifying the certain impact of
FacebookusagetotheacademicperformanceoftheICTstudents.
The researchers first information the principal of the school
regardingthesurveythatwasconductedtosupportformalityand
toprovethelegalityofthesurveyquestionnaire.Theresearchers
gave the respondents enough time to answer all the question
honestly and willingly.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researchers will do a consolidation to the class adviser
oftherespondentsthatwillserveasthepermissionofconducting
a survey to the corresponding subjects in order to fulfill the
information needed for the study.
 Asthestudyprogresses,theresearcherswillbeemployingthe
use of survey by distributing the questionnaire forms to the
selected respondents in order to accumulate the data that is
essential for the interpretation.

Sampling Technique
Theresearcherusedstratifiedrandomsamplingprocedurefor
selectingtheparticipants.Thistechniquewasemployedtoensure
a fairly equal representation of the variables for the study.
The stratification was based on Carlos F Gonzales high school
among ICT students. The proportionate stratification random
sampling technique was employed to select 40 students in ICT
strand. The proportionate stratification was based on the fact
that facebook has impact to ICT students’ academic performance
that the researchers aimed to distinguish.

Statistical treatment of the study

Toanalyzeandinterpretthedataeffectively,theresearchers
used the following statistical treatment, the percentage and
standard deviation.

1. Percentage

Thiswillemploytodeterminethefrequencycountsandpercentage
distributionofpersonalrelatedvariablesoftherespondents.

Formula:

x100

% Is the percentage
F Stand for frequency

N Stand for the total number of respondents

100 a constant value

For example: 25 out of 50 students deeply agree that Facebook

usage has an impact on their academic performance.

25 is the Frequency

50 is the total number of respondents

100 is constant value

Solution:

%= x 100= 20

50
 CHAPTER III 
 PRESENTATIO,ANALYSIS,AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter contains the systemized presentation of data

gatheredthroughthesurvey.Theanalysisandinterpretationof
data are presented according to the sequence of the problem in
chapter 1.

1. What are the students feedback about using Facebook in

education.

1.1 students Facebook usage

STATEMENT WM Interpretation

Gives motivation to the students 3.325 Neutral

Reliable for the information needed in learning 3.55 Agree

Helps students to explore 3.25 Neutral

Promote use of Facebook 3.225 Neutral

Helps in communication 3.025 Neutral

Enhance the learning 3.275 Neutral

New way of communicating 2.95 Neutral

Easier and faster 3.25 Neutral

Advance way of reading news 2.925 Neutral

Overall weighted mean 3.198 Neutral

Table 1 present the what are students feedback about using

Facebook?ConfirmedthatFacebookusageishelpfultostudents.
A factor given is it reliable for the information needed in
learning with resulted 3.55 of students responds
  AccordingtoNegussie&Ketema(2014)impactofusingFacebook
while accessing through different devices. Among a variety of
devices,itwasfoundthatthecorrelationbetweenusingFacebook
on mobile devices and students’ grades is highly negative as
comparedtousingFacebookonotherdevices.Thisadverseeffect
is explained by the fact that using cellphones for social
networkingactivitiesmayinvolvemultitaskingandallstudents
are not equally efficient in multitasking skills. The study
suggests, that students must be encouraged to use social
networking sites for educational purposes instead of blocking
these platforms in the educational premises.

2. What can Facebook bring in the students academic

performance.
2.1 Effects

STATEMENT WM Interpretation

Af
fect
stheper
for
mancenegat
ivel
y 3.2 Neutral

Affects the performance positively 3.275 Neutral

Goes beyond the limited use of Facebook 3.175 Neutral

Become addicted in using Facebook 3.375 Neutral

Overall weighted mean 3.256 Neutral

Kirkpatrick, (2015) studies the impacts of Facebook as being a

social platform that has significant effects on students’
performanceinacademiccourses.Hisresearchexaminesdatafrom
1839 respondents studying degrees in residential institutes of
northeastern USA to find trends in the frequency of Facebook
visitsandactivities,timespentonFacebook,timespentonclass
preparationandacademicgradesofthestudentsunderresearch.
AnalysisofthecollecteddatarevealsthattimespentonFacebook
and frequency of visiting Facebook are negatively related to
students’ performance in terms of their GPA.