INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

The researchers conducted this study because we wanted to know the teachers‟

perspective towards the grade 11 Humanities and Social Sciences students‟ behavior in

class in connection to social media. The researchers are also curious and interested to

know if this study can help the students focus more on studies and less on social media.

Through social media, people can use networks of online friends and group memberships

to keep in touch with current friends, reconnect with old friends or create real life

friendships through similar interests or groups. Besides establishing important social

relationships, social media members can share their interests with other like-minded members

by joining groups and forums. Also the speed of Internet has changed the way people receive

the information. It combines the immediacy of broadcast with the in-depth coverage of

newspapers making it perfect sources for news and weather information. Social Media also

has been very influencing to the youth nowadays. It affects people with different race, age or

gender. Social media in wrong use can give a very big impact, it‟s either dangerous or

helpful. According to Livingstone (2008) opines that for teenagers, the online realm may

be adopted enthusiastically because it represents their„ space, visible to the peer group

more than to adult surveillance, an exciting yet relatively safe opportunity to conduct the

social psychological task of adolescence – to construct, experiment with and present a

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reflexive project of the self in a social context, as well as, for some, for flouting

communicative norms and other risk-taking behaviors.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to determine the teacher‟s perception towards students‟ behavior

because of social media. Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions:

1. What are the behavioral effects of social media towards the students as perceived by

their teachers‟?

Objectives of the Study

This study aims to determine the perceived effects of social media to the Senior

High students in Valencia National High School as perceived by their teachers.

Specifically, it intends to:

1. identify the profile of the respondents in terms of gender and subject taught

2. Determine the behavioral effects of social media towards students‟ behavior

inside the classroom as perceived by the teachers.

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 Significance of the Study

The study will provide insights on how social media changes behavior. This study

will also be beneficial to the students for them to understand the importance of education.

As for the parents they will be informed on how the students show perform or display

their attitude in school. The students also will informed on what common behavior are

reflected in class as observed by the teachers‟ which can be linked to their exposure to

social media. Once this behavior is carefully understood, teachers, parents, school

administrators as well as guidance counselors can create an intervention program to

lessen the negative effects of social media.

Scope and Delimitations

The respondents of the study are the eleven (11) selected Grade 11 Humanities

and Social Sciences Senior High teachers of Valencia National High School. The

researchers do not intend to include all kinds of effect that may be caused by students‟

social media use, but is only focused on the behavioral effects they have on the students.

Only Humanities and Social Sciences subject teachers‟ and advisers were asked to

participate in the study as they have personal interactions and observations of the students

who are the subjects of this study.

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 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

Review of Related Literature

Social networks are becoming major tools for education, and entertainment. The

human nature is keen on interacting with people and finding common areas and interests.

In education, two things are prevailing: the use of social networks as a tool supporting

activities for the purpose of educational institutions, instructors, and students. The second

stream is the bad influence social network inflicts on students‟ behaviors and time

management. Social network is a strong tool for social interaction and connection, where

it can improve family ties and friends in a rich social context aside from its use as a

medium of communication it also has a bad effect on the users primarily the most active

users, the teenagers or the students. A study was conducted on 161 Tunisian students it

concluded that performance was improved because of students‟ satisfaction with their

family and friends‟ relations (Rouis, 2012). According to Arjan & Zaphiris, 2009 that the

SNS is more likely to be used by the young users. They also use these sites more often

and their number of friends on the SNS is higher than that of the older users.

According to Madden & Zickuhr, 2011 & Moore & McElroy, 2012 that the use

of Social networking sites is more likely by women. They have more friends online as

compared to men and use it more often. Their surveys indicate that women use Twitter

and Instagram more than men. It was also found that men used media sharing sites like

You Tube, blogs, social Q&A sites, wiki sites as well as user review sites more

frequently than female students (Kim, et al., 2014),

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 A study conducted by Abu-Shanab and Al-Tarawneh (2013) they explored the

advantages and disadvantages of Facebook utilizing university students. They took a

sample of 206 students responded to a survey containing 10 advantages and 10

disadvantages of Facebook. Their study did not focus on students‟ academic

performance, but took the issue as a general view of social media influence. Their study

explored the relationship between performance and SN use.

In a survey conducted by Bagget and Williams (2012), students agree that social

media is a means to connect between individuals and is used as means to share common

interests. Social media represents useful tools for communication and education, and

provides an opportunity for networking in any profession. With time constraints and

demanding class schedules, social media helps students to multitask because they do not

want to spend time creating multiple individual messages. They commonly use

Facebook, watch television or a video, talk, email friends and family, and write papers or

conduct research all at the same time.

As social media is about interaction, there is also knowledge management process

where social-learning concept analysed by Zhang et al. (2015). Learning via virtual world

also had been analysed by Zhang, Zhu, and de Pablos (2012). Krasnova, Hildebrand,

Guenther, Kovrigin, and Nowobilska (2008) stated that the use of social networks can

satisfy esteem as users can present themselves to friends who think similarly and have

common interests. Tobi, Ma‟on, and Ghazali (2013) mentioned the popularity of online

social networks and conducted a study assessing if their use had any impact on the social

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and psychological health of Malaysian students. The authors suggest that it has a positive

effect on the health of the students. Tobi et al. (2013) also further mentioned that this

has a positive impact of user confidence. In addition, Kimball and Rheingold (2003) and

Krasnova et al. (2008) argued that using social networking sites (e.g. Facebook and

MySpace) increases user happiness and can reduce depression if Facebook envy is

controlled (Tandoc, Ferrucci, & Duffy, 2015). However, it is also argued that social

network use can depress people (Błachnio, Przepiorka, & Pantic, 2015). Ortigosa, Carro,

et al. (2014) and Ortigosa, Martín, et al. (2014) indicated that users use social networks in

order to support existing real-world relationships rather than to look for new virtual social

relationships.

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 Conceptual Framework

Social media is the integration of digital media including combinations of

electronic texts, graphics, moving images and sound into a structured computerized

environment that allows people to interact with the data for appropriate purposes. The

digital environment can include the internet, telecoms and interactive digital television. It

is evident that there exists a relation between social media and their impact on the youth„s

change in behaviour. Consequently, messages can reach audiences and target groups in

real time and they can generate changes and tendencies. Today, young generations grow

up having great contact with different kinds of social media. According to Tapscott

(1998) talks of growing up in a digital environment referring to the youth as the ―Net

Generation. That children are socializing in a hybrid virtual space, learning in innovative

ways, creating a new language and practicing multicultural values (Tappscott, 1998). The

main characteristics of the ―N-Gen culture are: independence, emotional and intellectual

openness, inclusion, free expression and strong views, innovative, preoccupation with

maturity, pleasure by the investigation, immediacy, and sensitivity to corporate interest,

authentication, and trust. (Tapscott, 1998 pp. 62-69). Also some of the online behaviors

performance by children as well as adolescents classified as risky behaviors should be

better classified as online challenging behaviors„, since these online behaviors are

commonly practice by youth today and in the most cases these behaviors arenot

associated with negative consequences. Many of these behaviors are encouraged or

reinforced by the very structural characteristics of the virtual space, and sometimes the

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manifestation of certain behaviors is necessary in order to participate with others in

cyberspace and enjoy the full benefits of online applications (i.e., publish photos in social

networks, chat, interact or build associations or groups with strangers in video games).

Additionally, a survey of risk, impact and prevention found that using the internet

intensively, taking risk online, going to chat rooms, and using the computer in other

people„s homes are the most predictive behaviors associated with exposure to sexual

material on the internet.

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 RESEARCH PARADIGM

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPENDENT VARIABLE

Work and study habits

SOCIAL MEDIA
Attitude

Behavior in class

Figure 2. A schematic diagram showing effects of social media.

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 METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the research location, sampling procedure, statistical,

research instrument and statistical treatments of collected data.

Entry Protocol

A letter was sent to the secondary school principal to ask permission in

conducting the study entitled “Teachers‟ Perspective on the Behavioral effects of Social

Media towards Grade 11 Humanities and Social Sciences students‟ of Valencia National

High School”.

Research Design

Qualitative method was used in conducting the study to examine the perception

of teachers towards the behavioral effects that social media have on Grade 11 students.

Research Locale and Duration

The study was conducted within Valencia National High School, Senior High

School. The study started in the month of January to March 2018.

Respondents of the Study

The size of the sample was 11 teachers teaching Grade 11 Humanities and Social

Sciences students‟ of Valencia National High School. The purposive sampling method

was used.

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 Research Instrument

A questionnaire with three (3) open-ended questions was formulated by the

researchers to gather data on teachers‟ perspective on the behavioral effects of social

media towards the students.

Treatment and Data Gathering Procedure

A letter request was sent to the principal of Valencia National High School asking

permission to conduct the study. The selected teachers were approached directly to ask

some questions. The interview was done during every vacant hour of the researcher and

the respondents.

Statistical Technique

A qualitative research approach was used in the study. This study does not

require statistical technique; however, frequency counts were determined to help analyze

respondents‟ perspectives.

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 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter presents an analysis and interpretation of data obtained in the study.

The findings were based on the data gathered by the researchers through the

questionnaires retrieved from the respondents. The data were analyzed, discussed and

interpreted according to the locale of this research to answer the need of the study.

The data below are the results based on the respondents‟ responses.

Table 1.1 What can you observe with the students‟ behavior in class?

Choices Frequency Percentage

Facing the cellphone while the teacher is in front 10 90%
More active in class 4 36%
Sleeps in class 5 45%
Not participative In class 6 54%
Talking with other while the teacher is in
front. 2 18%
Doing other requirements, lack of dedication to learn,
not very attentive, not critical thinkers,
Instructions have to be repeated many times 1 9%

Table 1.1 shows that 10 or 90% of the teachers agreed that one of the most

observable behavior of the students is facing the cellphone while the teacher is in front.

This showed that students sometimes could be very vulgar in their attitude with the

influence of social media. The second choice is students being more active in class, in

which 4 or 36% of the teachers agreed to it, which shows that teachers also see good

things towards their students, aside from that social media can also be a very good tool

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for students to be active in class. The third choice is students are sleeping in class in

which 5 or 45% of the teachers agreed towards it. The way students act, it shows that

they are not interested in learning also it reflects the attitude of the students on how

disrespectful they are. Choice number four is students are not being participative in class,

which has 6 or 54%. This shows that teachers also observe that students sometimes lose

interest in class activities because they find it boring, instead switch their attention to

their phones, and open their social media accounts. The four choices stated above are the

main choices while the others are the respondents‟ opinion towards the students‟ behavior

based on their observation, which implies that from the choices we gave there, are still

lots of things or behavior that students consciously or unconsciously show to their

teachers.

Table 1.2 In what way can you say that the behavior of the students changed because of

social media?

Choices Frequency Percentage

The way they approach teachers/
classmates 8 72%
The way they talk to people 10 90%
They prefer to use gadgets rather than
writing in their notebooks, the way they
behave were influenced by what they
saw or observe from the social media,
the way they present themselves in
terms of clothing, hairstyle etc., how 1 9%
they accomplish their projects and
assignments (they like to copy and
paste online data), poor work and study
habits; short attention span, attitude and
character really changed

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 The data above shows that 8 or 72% of teacher-respondents agreed that one of the

observable behavioral effects is the way students approach their teachers or classmates.

Teachers have observed that they are not treated with the same courtesy and respect that

people in their generation used to practice. Choice number two is the way they talk to

people got the frequency of 10 or 90 %. Teachers have observe that students become

more interactive with the influence of social media, also it shows how people especially

students depend on social media and how it greatly affects them in terms of behavioral

aspects.

Table 1.3.Based on your perception which of the following can you observe in the

students behavior which may relate to their use of social media?

Choices Frequency Percentage

They talk back to teachers 7 63%

They bully classmates 4 36%
They don‟t talk to their classmates 1 9%
They rudely answer teachers 3 27%
They gain more friends 5 45%
They can easily interact with others - -
Increases self-esteem 3 27%
Increases their motivation in learning 1 9%
Students gossip about their teachers 6 54%
Students become lazy 9 81%
Increase their knowledge 7 63%
Students physically anti-social due to
social media 3 27%
Neglect studying 9 81%
Low self-esteem 3 27%
Mostly they don‟t know the proper
handling of information, they got from
social media, they misuse the value of
the nonsense information than the 1 9%

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significant one, mismanage their time;
have the “bahala na” attitude, happy and
contented with “passing grades”, output 1 9%
is mostly dependent on what can be
copied from the internet, release their
emotion through media; forget the value
of face-to-face communication

The table above shows teachers‟ observation on students‟ behavior which may be

caused by their use of social media. The item they talk back to teachers’, got 7 or 63%.

Teachers may have observed that students talk back to them that it gives off an

impression of dissing the teacher. Choice number two is they bully classmates where got

4 or 36% of the teacher-respondents identified. Teachers have observed that students

become bolder towards their feelings or the students become self-centered that they do

not care about their classmate‟s feelings that sometimes lead to bullying. Choice number

three is they do not talk to classmates, which was identified by one respondent. The

fourth choice they rudely answer teachers, which has the frequency of 3 and a percentage

of 27%. The result shows that teachers observe students that same are quite disrespectful

as they answer sarcastically and students become too confident on themselves that they

forgot the value of respect. The fifth choice is they gain more friends, will 5 or 45% of

the respondents agreed to. It shows that teachers observe the students have become

friendly with the influence of social media. This shows that teachers may not observe the

students that interact with others fully, they only interact to those whom they know and

not those they meet newly. Three or 27% of the respondents claimed that social media

also increases self-esteem. Teachers may have observed that social media does not really

affect the students‟ self-esteem; self-esteem mainly depends on the students point of

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view. Only 1 which represents 9% of the total respondents agreed that the social media

increases motivation in learning. This means that most teachers do not find any influence

difference between the students learning and their behavior in school. The ninth choice is

about students gossiping about their teachers, which got 6 or 54% of the teachers-

respondents. Teachers have observed students in the past without the influence of social

media and the students in the current generation, which is highly influence of social

media, has a big gap. The students before they treat their teacher as an second mother you

would see on how they value their teachers, as of now the students is greatly influence by

social media, that‟s why their behavior would be affected on what they saw and read on

social media. 9 or 81% of teacher-respondents agreed that one of the observable

behavioral effects is students become lazy. Teachers have observe that students become

lazy and instead of creating there projects they just face their phones and open their social

media accounts. Choice number eleventh is increases their knowledge, which got seven

votes out of 11 and a percentage of 63%. Teachers may have observed that social media

also has a big help to the students especially their assignments and their projects. The

twelfth choice is students become physically antisocial due to social media, which has the

frequency of 3 and a percentage of 27%. Teachers may have observe that students only

face there cell phone instead of communicating with others. The thirteenth choice is

students neglect studying which got nine votes out of 11 or 81%. This result show that

teachers observed that instead of studying the students face their phones and log in

facebook or any social media account. The last choice is low self-esteem, which got three

or 27% of the teacher‟s response. This result show that teachers have observe some

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students having low-esteem, the reason that there are some students who are so sensitive

that their social media accounts affects his or her life that if they have small followers on

Twitter or Facebook it affects their socialization skills. The remaining choices are the

different perception or opinions of the respondents in the questionnaire. This means that

there are many behavioral effects of social media gives to the students.

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 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Summary of Findings

The result of this study discovered the different behavioral effects of Social Media

towards the students of Grade 11 Humanities and Social Sciences in Valencia National

High School as perceived by their teachers. The teachers observe plenty of things in the

students such as facing the cell phone in class, which indicates the attitude on how

disrespectful they are towards their teachers. Teachers also observe that the way the

students talk to people change, it was influence on what they read and saw in social

media and affect their perspectives. Students also become lazy with the influence of

social media, which the teachers highly observed in them. It also reflects that social

media can be very influential to the millennial. Students also neglect studying and use

facebook, instead and update about their status.

Conclusion

Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were drawn:

Therefore, the researchers concluded that mostly of the effects of Social Media towards

the students as perceived by their teachers are inimical, though the teachers also observe

that social media can also be helpful to the students. Students also gain knowledge and

students become more interactive or friendly. Since there are only 11 respondents to this

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study, it is not enough to generalize the teacher‟s point of view towards the students‟

behavior while they are into Social Media.

Recommendation

Based on the results on the study, the researchers made the following recommendation:

1. The Researchers should give more options or choices to the respondents in the

questionnaire so that the respondents would be able to express themselves more.

2. The researchers should also consider their respondents number so that the results or the

study would be reliable enough.

3. The researcher would recommend to the teachers to be strict to classroom policies. The

teachers would implement classroom rules that prohibits students to use gadgets

specifically their mobile phones during class hours.

4. The researchers would recommend to the school administrators and staff to order the

teacher to confiscate the mobile of the students when the class starts and return it after the

class.

5. The researchers also recommend to the students that tey should control their usage of

social media and use it for educational purpose only when in school.

6. As for the parents the researchers would recommend to be strict to their children. They

should give them schedules on when to use their phone and instead study on their lessons.

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 APPENDICES

Appendice A.

Questionnaire

BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOWARDS GRADE 11 HUMSS STUDENTS

OF VALENCIA NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL: TEACHERS PERSPECTIVE

Name (Optional):
Age:
Gender:
Subject teaching:

Directions: Please tick the box in favor of your choice.

Questions:

1.) What can you observe with the students’ behavior in class? (You may tick more than
one observation)

□ facing the cellphone while the teacher is in front

□ more active in class
□ sleeps in class
□ not participative in class activities
If others please specify _________________________________

2.) In what way can you say that the behavior of the students changed because of social
media?

□ the way they approach teachers/classmates

□ the way they talk to people

If others please specify _________________________________

3.) Based on your perception which of the following can you observe in the students
behavior which may relate to their use of social media:

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 □ they talk back to teachers
□ they bully classmates
□ they don’t talk to they’re classmates
□ they rudely answer teachers
□ they gain more friends
□ they can easily interact with others
□ increases self-esteem
□ increases their motivation in learning
□ students gossip about their teachers
□ students become lazy
□ increase their knowledge
□ students physically antisocial due to social media.
□ neglect studying
□ low self-esteem
If others please specify ______________________________

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Appendice B. Documentation

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