“DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND ITS EFFECT TO THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL”

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR

MINI RESEARCH IN EAPP: QUANTITATIVE

BY:

AMISOLA, NICOLE

BOLO, ALAIZA

BUENZALIDA, ARNILYN

MANANSALA, HANNAH MIKEE O.

PABIA, CYSHE

REBUYA, RYAN M.

ABM 11-C

(FEBRUARY 01, 2023)

 INTRODUCTION

Nowadays, technology has evolved to different types of it

that’s why various platforms online have made it. Social media

networking is the most widely used method of communication.

Individuals make use of it. belonging to every walk of life. The

general public has embraced social media. There are numerous

options available online. Platforms for networking that include,

but are not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest,

and YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+, Flickr, Snapchat, Vine, and Tumblr

are all options. The ability of social media networking to

disseminate valuable information Data rapidly has made it the

fastest growing method of association. Numerous things have

changed as a result of social media. However, it has the greatest

impact on classroom teaching and the overall education system. The

application. The use of digital technology in education has sparked

a lot of interest in recent years. It is a standard expectation to

investigate options for academic staff and administrators.

Social media allows students to share information, ideas,

Images and videos for virtual communities and learners. Problems

with using social media in the classroom A controversial topic for

several years. Many parents and educators fear the consequences.

Use social media in the classroom. Social media is growing rapidly

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all over the world. More mature Teenagers join sites like Facebook,

MySpace, Skype, WhatsApp, and Twitter to interact with them.

friends, family and strangers. Social networking sites also allow

you to join communities seeking expertise. Empower your knowledge

workers to extend their reach and reach by sharing and

collaboratively creating content in their professional

relationship. Social media networking allows researchers to derive

information from social networks. Information and people outside

the traditional circle of friends. ResearchGate is an example of

social. A network platform for researchers. Social networks help

teachers encourage reflective analysis. The emergence of learning

communities that transcend institutional barriers. teacher's

Facebook Publish large amounts of information and expect higher

motivation and emotional learning. A positive attitude towards the

course and teachers. Social networks also offer great

opportunities for educators. A platform for building a

professional identity by sharing and discussing ideas with other

colleagues They expand professional relationships. Social networks

can provide useful information Help educators successfully handle

specific situations. Students may also feel more comfortable

reaching out to teacher educators who are on-site and friendly or

interact casually on Facebook. WhatsApp and ResearchGate; give

students the encouragement they need.

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 Social media are computer-based tools that allow students to

create, share, and exchange information, ideas, images, and videos

for their virtual communities and learners. The use of social media

in the classroom has been a controversial topic for years. Many

parents and educators fear the impact of social media in the

classroom. Social media is growing rapidly all over the world.

More and more adults and their teens join sites like Facebook,

MySpace, Skype, WhatsApp and Twitter to interact with friends,

family and strangers. Social networking sites allow communities to

solicit expertise, share content, and collaborate on content

creation, allowing knowledge workers to extend the reach and scope

of their professional relationships. Social media networking

allows researchers to draw on information outside their

traditional circle of friends and from people's social networks.

ResearchGate is an example of a social networking platform for

researchers. Social media can help teachers encourage reflective

analysis and facilitate the emergence of cross-institutional

learning communities. The teacher's Facebook website reveals a ton

of information, anticipating higher levels of motivation and

emotional learning, showing a positive attitude towards the course

and teachers. Social media also provides an excellent platform for

educators to build their professional identity by connecting with

their peers and discussing ideas that can expand their professional

relationships. Social networks can provide useful information and

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help educators successfully handle specific situations. Students

may also feel more comfortable reaching out to teacher educators

who are on-site and friendly or feel free to interact on Facebook.

According to Kaplan and Haenlein (2010) defined social media

as user-generated content shared on web 2.0. They have also

classified social media into six categories:

1. Social Networking Sites: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and

Instagram are the social networking sites where a user may

create their profile and invite their friends to join. Users

may communicate with each other by sharing common content.

2. Blogging Sites: Blogging sites are individual web pages where

users may communicate and share their knowledge with the

audience.

3. Content Communities and Groups: YouTube and Slideshare are

examples of content communities where people may share media

files such as pictures, audio and video and PPT presentations.

4. Gaming Sites: Users may virtually participate and enjoy the

virtual games.

5. Virtual Worlds: During COVID-19, this type of social media

was used the most. In the virtual world, users meet with each

other at some decided virtual place and can do the pre-decided

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 things together. For example, the teacher may decide on a

virtual place of meeting, and students may connect there and

continue their learning.

6. Collaborative Content Sites: Wikipedia is an example of a

collaborative content site. It permits many users to work on

the same project. Users have all rights to edit and add the

new content to the published project.

According to Ahmad,A (2011), their study showed that social

networking sites have number of advantages for their users, it

enable the community to keep in touch with their peers and relink

with old ones and help to find new friends according to your

interest from all around the and a large number of persons are

linking with these networks. Hence the network of social media is

growing globally.

According to Junco et al (2011), it is found that when Facebook

Groups allow the students to do political or public engagement,

rather than using social networking websites for social

contribution, students are using these sites for public

involvement. This Perception is carried by Junco study, where it

originated that students use Facebook for causes other than to

socialize. Information collecting and Information sharing

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activities make up a time to spend on Facebook as a student.

Students which use Facebook more for data sharing and collecting

activities get high grades than those who used it for socializing.

This evidence suggests that students useFacebook for study

activities however it is positive or not.

According to J,S et al (2011), Examine by online mailing

questionnaires to respondents that the Person having smart phones

are the most frequent users of social networking sites and have

easy access to these sites, more over it showed that junior and

senior student are more interesting to use twitter, LinkedIn and

read blogs. Twitter and LinkedIn have more ratings by older

students to communicate and share information and material with

their friends and the younger are frequent users of Facebook for

their different activities while usage of such media have no

negative effect on students' grades.

According to Shambare, R et al. (2012), Conduct a study on

social networking habits among students their study indicates that

such Medias most commonly used by Younger’s and Facebook is most

widely used by a large number of communities and have multiple

effects on student's life. The high speed and quick approach to

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the internet and the development of smartphone technology are the

most important drivers behind the adoption and connectivity with

social networking websites and conclude that SNS enhance their

knowledge level.

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 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The primary focus of this study was on how these access to

social media platforms can affect Senior High School Students’

academic performance particularly in ACLC SHS. The study sought to

answer the following questions:

1. Does social media really affect the students’ academic

performance due to rapid use of it?

2. How may the use of social media platforms be described?

Negatively or positively?

3. What are the major effects of social media in students'

participation during class?

METHODOLOGY

Research Design

This study used the descriptive type of research. Descriptive

research, also known as statistical research, describes data and

characteristics about the population or phenomenon being studied.

Descriptive research answers the question who, what, when, where

and how (Shields et al., 2013).

The data description in this kind of research is factual,

accurate and systematic. The description will use frequent

averages and other statistical calculations.

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Survey Questionnaire

1. How often do you spend on social media in a day?

2. When do you use social media?

3. Which Social Media platforms are you most active on using?

4. What is your purpose in using social media?

5. How does social media affect your academic performance in

school?

6. Do you find group chats made studying easier because the pool

of information is light mode?

7. The time for studying my lesson is lessened due to the

excessive usage of social media.

8. Does social media minimize your participation in spiritual

and moral activities in school?

9. It reduces my concentration span during classroom discussion

due to lack of sleep.

10. During class recitation, do you suffer from loss of

memory oftentimes?

Respondents

The participants of the study were the Senior High School

students of ACLC Naga who are currently enrolled for the school

year 2022-2023. With a total population of 10. The participants

were selected at random using stratified proportional allocation.

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 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

LESS THAN 1 HOUR 0 0%

1 - 2 HOURS 2 10%

3 - 3 HOURS 4 20%

4 - 5 HOURS 5 25%

6 HOURS AND MORE 9 45%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 1. The table shows the result on how frequent do students

spend on social media in a day.

CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

DURING FREE TIME 17 85%

WHILST AT SCHOOL 0 0%

SPARE MOMENT 3 15%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 2. The table shows the results on when do students use

social media.

CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

FACEBOOK 13 65%

MESSENGER 2 10%

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 TIKTOK 3 15%

INSTAGRAM 1 5%

TWITTER 0 0%

OTHERS 1 5%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 3. The table shows the results on what social media

platforms do students are most active on.

CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

ACADEMIC 13 65%

NON-ACADEMIC 7 35%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 4. The table shows the results on what is the purpose on

using social media.

CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

POSITIVELY 14 70%

NEGATIVELY 6 30%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 5. The table shows the results on how social media affect

the students’ academic performance in school.

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 CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

STRONGLY AGREE 0 0%

AGREE 9 45%

NEUTRAL 9 45%

DISAGREE 2 10%

STRONGLY DISAGREE 0 0%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 6. The table shows the result group chats made studying

easier because the pool of information is light mode

CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

STRONGLY AGREE 1 5%

AGREE 8 40%

NEUTRAL 7 35%

DISAGREE 3 15%

STRONGLY DISAGREE 1 5%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 7. The table shows the result for the time for studying my

lesson is lessened due to the excessive usage of social media.

CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

YES 2 10%

SOMETIMES 9 45%

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 NO 9 45%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 8. The table shows the result on does social media

minimize the participation of students in spiritual and moral

activities in school.

CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

YES 1 5%

SOMETIMES 10 50%

NO 9 45%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 9. The table shows the result on how social media reduces

students’ concentration span during classroom discussion due to

lack of sleep.

CLASS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

YES 7 35%

SOMETIMES 11 55%

NO 2 10%

TOTAL 20 100%

Table 10. The table shows the result of students suffering a

loss of memory oftentimes during class recitation.

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 DISCUSSION

This chapter presents the analyses and interpretations of the

results with aid of the related literature. The main purpose of

this study is to present the different social media platforms and

its effect on the academic performance of senior high school

students in ACLC. This chapter will discuss the effect of social

media platforms in the performance of the student in ACLC, and the

use if it is positive or negative.

Based on the results gathered after conducting a survey from

the students of ACLC Senior High, the respondents respond on how

often students in ACLC spend on social media.45% of the total

surveyed students said that 6 hours and more was the time they can

consume using social media. However, there are 10% students just

spending 3 to 4 hours on using social media platforms. That’s why

the researcher assumes that the respondents are spending too much

on social media.

Furthermore, in terms of using social media by the students

who responded to the survey, the result is 85% using social media

during their free time and there are no students using social media

whilst at school. Students in ACLC can manage and control when

using social media platforms based on the gathered data survey.

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The researcher assumes that these students are being responsible

when using social media.

Similarly, 70% percent of the students in ACLC said that

social media have positive effects on their academic performance

while 30% said that social media have a negative effect on their

academic performance.

Moreover, social media can cause some memory loss in the

students in ACLC because 55% agree that sometimes they are

suffering some memory loss and 10% of the students answered that

they are not suffering some memory loss. Because using social apps

to document an experience may actually diminish your memory of the

moments you sought to preserve, that's why social media has a

negative effect on the students.

In terms of the purpose of social media, researchers floated

a question and the respondents revealed that 65% of the students

use it for academic purposes and 45% of the respondents say that

they use it for non- academic purposes like scrolling on Facebook

and TikTok.

For the time respondents studying for lesson, 40% of the

students majority said that due to the excessive usage of social

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media they lessened studying for their lesson because of too much

focus on use of social media, and 5% of the students said that

they strongly disagree that social media lessened their focus on

studying lesson.

When it comes to students making studying easier, 45% of

respondents said that group chats made it easier because of the

pool of information while 10% said that the majority disagree that

group chats made it easier for them.

Undoubtedly, in social networks, there are also things useful

for the development of the student - a lot of educational groups

on Facebook and educational videos from YouTube. In addition,

communication with peers through social networks can help a student

socialize, find new friends, discuss with them issues related to

studies. In addition, in social networks, a child can relax for a

while and get distracted from the everyday college routine.

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