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CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
Rationale
Social Media addiction is a big problem in our society it affects many
people that includes students in BIT International College. Social Media itself is
not a problem if used wisely it can help a person for the better but in the hand of
children it's a whole different story, children are curious, they try to find activities
for them to have fun which is good cause it makes them active and learn new
things, but when spending too much time on social media students become
easily distracted from their studies. Also, using social media too often can mess
up their sleep schedule, they stay up late scrolling which makes them tired and
less focused during class, until they becoming addicted which affect their present
Excessive social media use has been tied to depression and anxiety. Teens are
particularly at risk, as one study showed that teens who spend five hours a day
on their phones are almost 50% more likely to experience depression. Spending
many hours a day on social media compulsively checking their phone feeling
anxiety when they don’t have their phone only expressing interest in social media
letting grades, relationships, and hobbies suffer. Social media addiction involves
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the need to spend excessive amounts of time on social media, usually to the
developing social media addiction because the brain is still developing during the
teenage years. This means that when social media addiction develops, it can lead
International College. The researchers decided to conduct this study for the
respondents and soon to be searchers so that this study can be used in the
future and learn about the impacts of social media addiction on Junior High
School Students. This would help to bring awareness to the detrimental effect
that social media could give to the academic performance of junior high school
students, helping students with their problem with social media addiction.
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Theoretical Background
Stanton entitled, “Uses and Gratification Theory”. This theory stated that
Uses and gratifications theory asserts that people use media to gratify specific
wants and needs. Unlike many media theories that view media users as passive,
uses and gratifications sees users as active agents who have control over their
media consumption. Audiences choose and use a media for the following: 4
Personal Identity: Association with characters in texts and TV programs and they
also learn behaviors and values from media, and Surveillance: To satisfy their
Legal Basis
Risa Hontiveros. The first mental health legislation in the history of the
Philippines.
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Under its provisions, the Philippine Mental Health Act protects the rights of
from torture, cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment; right to aftercare and
counsel, among others’. The Act also incorporates rights for ‘concerned
qualified person with specific skills relevant to the provision of mental health
services (section 4 of the Act). The Act highlights the need to provide
informed patient consent, to include them in the planning of treatment for the
and ensuring that they have a safe working environment, access to continuing
education and autonomy in their own practice. Additionally, and with some
foresight, the Act seeks to integrate mental health into the educational system
(3:2018)
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Theory is incorporated with Legal basis to add information which is essential for this study
to know the impacts of social media addiction on the academic performance of junior high
school students in bit international college, Tagbilaran.
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Figure 1
Theoretical Framework
Related literature
This part of the study discussed the related literature that had been
Media Addiction”, it states that social media has brought a huge change in the
communication system and has made easier to connect with anyone in the
world. Addiction to social media has been more since last decade. Though
majority of the people’s use of social media is not problematic but some users
get addicted to the social networking sites. According to recent studies 5-10%
meets the criteria of social media addiction. Addiction of social media has
significant effects on the brain. Social media affects both physically and
and ignoring the other major responsibilities in the day-to-day life. The term
social media addiction is to describe that people spending a lot of time on social
networking sites. Social media addiction causes stress, anxiety and other health
people who often gets addicted to social networking sites when compared to the
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people who don’t. Social media addiction main affect was being able to
words social media addiction involves both tolerance and withdrawal. The main
outcome for social media addiction is the controlled use of internet and setting
up limits. Researches have shown that people who are addicted to social media
believe other users are more successful and happier. Social media creates an
environment where people compare themselves with each other, which can be
Bilgin, Okan, state that this study examined the relationship between social
of this study is 762 students studying at four different high schools of the
game addiction and family functions in adolescents. The effects of social media
with regression analysis technique. When the relationships between social media
positive relationship was found between social media and game addiction, while
a positive significant relationship was found between both social media and
game addiction and unhealthy family functions. In addition, it was also concluded
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that social media addiction and game addiction in adolescents were significant
Media Addiction” states that the aim of this study is to determine the social
media addiction levels of university students and examine whether their social
media addiction. The study group consists of 261 university students. “Social
Measure” and “Ruminative Response Scale, Short Form” were applied to the
to analyse the obtained data. As a result of the study, it was found out that
regression analysis, it was determined that obsessive thinking, deep thinking and
was concluded that obsessive thinking and social comparison predicted positively,
whereas deep thinking alone was not a significant predictor. The obtained
findings were discussed in the context of the relevant literature and suggestions
Related Studies
The researchers found several reliable studies that were analyzed and
and depression among university students”, stated this study is about the
Students. The aim of the study is to analysis the level of usage of social media
among the university students as well as to explore the factors that make the
university students social media addictive, and to measure the depression among
method has been used. Quantitative Likert scale based close ended
respectively. The results of the study indicate that there is equal level of social
media addiction among university students. The results of the study have proved
that there is a direct relationship between the social media addiction and
depression. As the level of social media usage increases, the social media
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students. (7:2022)
mediation, and intervention” by Yubo Hou et al., states that this research
mediator for the relations, and further tested the effectiveness of an intervention
in reducing social media addiction and its potential adverse outcomes. In Study
found that social media addiction was negatively associated with the students'
mental health and academic performance and that the relation between social
sample of college students (N = 38) who met criteria for social media addiction
to receive the intervention. Results showed that the intervention was effective in
reducing the students’ social media addiction and improving their mental health
and academic efficiency. The current studies yielded original findings that
contribute to the empirical database on social media addiction and that have
during the COVID-19 pandemic”, states that this study used empirical
the problematic use of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results
connect to family and friends in a time where physical and social interactions are
significantly reduced. On the contrary, the Filipinos’ happy and resilient nature
reflects how loneliness did not influence the problematic use of social media
platforms during a worldwide health crisis. This finding may be limited to this
specific culture and future studies may investigate whether this is true in other
self-regulation strategies that would reduce the problematic use of social media
larger sample size to increase its generalizability. Lastly, future research may
Conceptual Framework
As part of the study, the theories and legal basis are presented to justify
the study and play as the basic structure that supports the study.
The input of the study was gathered from the responses of the
The output will be the basis for awareness in connection to the impacts
Input
Data on:
1. Profile of the respondents
2. Background of the respondents
3. Perception on the impacts of social media addiction on
the academic performance of junior high school students
in Bit International College.
Process
• Distribution/Collection of Data
• Tabulation
• Statistical Treatment
• Analysis and Interpretation of Data
• Findings
• Conclusions
• Recommendations
Output
Figure 2
Conceptual Framework
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THE PROBLEM
the impacts of social media addiction on the academic performance among junior
high school students in BIT International College Main Campus for the school
a. Sex;
b. Age; and
c. Grade Level?
B. Teachers
a. Sex;
b. Age; and
2.What are the perceptions of the respondents regarding the topic impacts of
social media addiction on the academic performance among junior high school
students?
3.What are the responses of each respondents on the impacts of social media
4. What program would be proposed base from the findings as basis for
improvement?
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Null Hypothesis
There is no significant degree of difference on the respondents’ responses
The researchers who are Senior High Students in Humanities and Social
Sciences in BIT International College- Tagbilaran, believed that this study would
To the Students. This study will provide awareness through ways and
strategies on how to deal with this problem. Also, help students see the negative
effects of spending too much time on social media. Explain how excessive social
media use can lead to decreased productivity, poor time management, and
aware and understand social media addiction and its effect on junior high school
To the Parents This study can help parents understand how and why
their child should be supervised to prevent and to reduce the effects of social
for the researchers to apply their research and investigatory skills. This will also
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serve as basis or reference for future researchers who may pursue parallel
studies.
International College that will be perceived by the teachers and learners in the
school year 2023-2024.The aspects looked into were the qualifications of the
The following limitations were also considered in the conduct of the study,
the sincerity of the respondents in accomplishing the questionnaire and the time
schedule. Moreover, the researchers also explained to the respondents the value
and importance of the output of the study and asked them to the questions
were unreachable with probably with their own problem and excuses, but we
gave them one last chance, since their potential would be a waste, leaving only 2
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design
The purpose of the study was achieved through the aid of the descriptive
data through the distribution of the questionnaires that depicts the present
situation for the needed information in order to know the feasibility of this study.
aimed on the purpose and possible benefit as well as the awareness of dealing
In order to get the necessary data on the topic effect of social media addiction
we are going to need the student to read and understand the question presented
in front, the participants qualified for sample selection must be part of BIT
Research Instruments
information for the success of this work. Part of the questionnaire is the
were considered. There was part of the questionnaire that subjects to the impact
of social media addiction to the student’s academic performances. All the items
were constructed to give total picture of the perception of the principal, teachers,
The process of conducting the research started with asking consent from
the Basic Education Department Principal, Mr. Jessie G. Alde regarding the
research through a formal letter. With the permission from the school principal,
the researcher will cooperate and answer the questionnaire we prepared for
them. The data and information obtained will be computed, analysis and
study.
Data Analysis
The data gathered where analyze and interpreted through projection and
responses of each item was divided by the total number of cases and then
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Statistical Treatment
This study will use the following statistical treatment of data in discovering
the importance of financial literacy and its impact to budgeting of senior high
students:
N
n= 2
1+ N e
Where:
F
P= × 100
N
Where:
P= Percentage
F= Frequency
N= Number of Respondents
x̄ 1− x̄ 2
Where:
2
S =n¿ ¿
Where:
∞ = variance
Definition of Terms
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To avoid conflict of the concepts of the whole study, the following terms
Academic Performance
Addiction
Awareness
condition.
Basis
or process.
Impact
something.
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Social Media
Websites and uses that allow individuals to create and share content or to
study, the scope and limitation of the study, the research design which includes
the research methodology, the research environment and subjects, the research
instrument, the data gathering procedure, the statistical treatment and definition
of terms.
analysis, and clarification of the data of the problem to comprehend the problem
of the study.
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APPENDIX C
BIT International College Tagbilaran City BASIC EDUCATION
SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
“IMPACTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION ON THE ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE AMONG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN
BIT IC INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE ON THE ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCES: BASIS
FOR AWARENESS’’
a. Sex:
[ ] Male [ ] Female
b. Age:
[ ] 12 years old [ ] 14 years old
[ ] 13 years old [ ] 15 years old
[ ] 16 years old and above
c. Grade Level:
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[ ] Grade 7 [ ] Grade 8
[ ] Grade 9 [ ] Grade 10
b. Age:
[ ] 20-30 years old [ ] 41 years old and above
[ ] 30-40years old
PART II
Instructions: Please rate how you agree in the given statements by checking
the appropriate boxes found after each statement. Be guided by the description
above each column. Remember, there is no right or wrong answer.
(4) Strongly Agree (2) Disagree (3) Agree (1) Strongly Disagree
Items 4 3 2 1
1. Social media addiction negatively affects the time
management of junior high school students.
2. Social media addiction affects the mental health of junior
high school students
3. Junior high school students who are addicted to social
media are more likely to experience low self-esteem.
4. Social media addiction has a negative impact on the sleep
patterns of junior high school students.
5. Junior high school students who are addicted to social
media have difficulty focusing on tasks and assignments.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Data
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Nickname : Noel
Sex : Male
Educational Background
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Personal Data
Nickname : Rjlou
Sex : Male
Educational Background
Personal Data
Nickname : Kang
Sex : Female
Educational Background
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Data
Nickname : John
Sex : Male
Educational Background
Buenavista, Bohol
Buenavista, Bohol
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Data
Nickname : Shalou
Sex : Female