The Impact of Mobile Phones in The Social Life of The People ICT11B

THE IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONES IN THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE PEOPLE:
VIEWPOINTS OF HUMSS 11 A
In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements
On Practical Research 1 Academic Year
2019-2020
Danielle Riana M. Javierto
Ron Jashtyn P. Garcia
Kyla Marie T. Allam
Acel M. Castrence
Elona S. Polintan
Jasper N. Plaza
IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONES IN SOCIAL LIFE OF THE PEOPLE
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ABSTRACT
The advancement of the technology helps the people on their daily lives. As the
technology advance the way of the people, communicate advances too with the usage of
mobile phones. This device allows the people to communicate faster and better. As per
Padilla-Walkler, Coyne, and Fraser (2012) by this new medium its aids in staying
connected to one another. Mobile phones are revolutionary in terms of communication.
This study the researchers ask some students of HUMMS 11 A to know their viewpoints
of how mobile phones play a role in their social lives.

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CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
The first chapter shows the problem and its background. It also includes the
introduction, background of the study, the statement of the problem, significance of the
study, scope and limitations, and lastly definition of terms.
Introduction
Mobile phones are used for many purposes, such as connecting with peers, for
conducting business and in order to access in an emergency. Other people owns more
than one mobile phone for different uses like the other one is for business and the second
one is for personal use or for video games and storing photos or files.
Furthermore, mobile phones are handy that people can use it wherever they go,
especially when someone have internet connection or enough battery to enjoy it, most
likely the teenagers or the youth. Nowadays mobile phones are very essential to them,
such as for educational purposes, for entertainment, to socialize each other and many
more.
In addition, mobile phones developed overtime with huge difference, by now
mobile phones turn into smartphones which is like a mini computer with a lot of
functionalities. Additionally, not only the mobile phones were developed significantly
also the way of communicating and socializing to one another, but people became
isolated into their own tiny world on their phones, separating themselves to the reality.
“An average person spends four years of his/her life looking down at a cellphone. . .
These touchscreens can make us lose touch” (Williams, 2014).

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It is true nowadays that people spend their precious time looking down to their
mobile phone, cellphone and/or smartphone for a particular reason. For example,
someone expected to have a warm and lovely conversation with their family in dinner.
He/she took his/her seat; the other family member is busy with in their own business on
their phones. Instead of communicating to one another the family is isolated on their
phones.
In this case, someone and their family are not building a good relationship and a
healthy lifestyle at the same time which can also imply in any kind of relationship, if
there will be no communication or interaction will happen. People tend to spend time on
their phone rather than having quality time within their family and peers.
Some toddlers who were introduced to mobile phone or related gadgets at very
young age might also affect their social skills, and rather than playing outside with other
kids. “Instead of learning the essential communication skill of talking to someone face-
to-face and looking them in the eye, kids are accustomed to just looking at a screen and
texting someone,” Sara Graham (2014). For some parents it is not kind of a big deal for
their child to access mobile phones at very young age. Over time these kids may have
difficulty talking or communicating to another person for the reason that they grew with
mobile phones.
Mobile phones can also maintain or strengthen relationship. For example, a close
member in someone’s family was working abroad and they can update on each other
through the use of mobile phone and maintain relationship. By this new medium it aids in
staying connected to one another (Padilla-Walkler, Coyne, and Fraser, 2012).

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Thus in this research the researchers will learn the importance and/or role of
mobile phones in connecting and communicating with other people outside the screen.
The researchers pursued the given study to know the impact of mobile phones to
the social life of the people. The generation to today are technologically advance and
since the people are born while the technology is advancing this generation are mostly
focused on their phones causing them to isolate themselves within the screen of their
phones without interacting with other people on daily basis.
Background of the Study
Mobile phones, smartphones, or mobile phones are very useful for many people’s
busy lives, as people can simply send a text message to relay information or send an
email quickly to achieve the same goal as we would communicate in person (Gladden,
2018). These devices are popular with people because of the applications they deliver.
Smartphones make communications relatively easier with people. In different forms of
their daily work, people enjoy a lot of benefits. Some of the advantages smartphones
offer – better means of communication, learning opportunities for users, a great deal of
exposure to the latest developments, ways to develop personalities, simple ways to access
applications, business success ideas, platforms to expand their applications and more.
Smartphones provide a unique way of improving the quality of education. The use
of the Internet has become part of every student's life. The Internet and Smartphones –
provide an alternative channel for providing education and distance learning services.
With the advent of Mobile's, the social life has changed drastically and this area
has experienced most of the impacts of mobile use (Sarwar and Soomro, 2013).
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Social life would change significantly with the introduction of smartphones, and
this domain had had most of the impact of smartphone usage. Smartphones play an
important role in the integration process of people with special needs, elderly people and
certain types of disabilities.
Statement of the Problem
Mobile phones become part of the daily lives of the people, with its different
functionalities it helps most of the people with their daily techno-problems.
The researchers expect to fulfill the following given problems:
1. What is the impact of mobile phones on social life of the people?
Hypothesis
The researchers expect to fulfill the given main questions of the study.
Significant of the Study
This study will give necessary information and knowledge to the following
readers:
To the parents. In this given study, parents will know how to guide their
children in using mobile phones. build much better relationship with their children.
Parents will understand the importance of communication.
To the students. Through this information, students will be able to understand the
importance of building strong relationship thru communicating face-to-face
interaction.
To the future researchers. This research can help the future researchers by using
this study as a reference to their further study. The future researchers will have
knowledge about the use of mobiles phones on communication relationship.

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Scope and limitation
The researchers only acknowledge the valid information within the given range of
the study such as stated in the title. A different form of communication devices/tools such
as telegraph, telephone, letters, pack-set (walkie-talkie), will be denied by the researchers.
People who have great communication skills and can maintain relationships well. As well
as people who doesn’t have mobile phone, cellphone, and/or smartphone. The target
participants are five students of HUMSS 11 A of STI College San Fernando.
Review of Related Literature
In this section, the researchers gathered some relevant literatures to the study that
implies to the research.
It is likely said that in every communication on the phone have likely a pattern
that is constant and unlikely to change for long-distance communication. It may also
affect the way you communicate via phone and not face-to-face. As per Devitt and Roker
(2009):
“The interviews explored how mobile phones are used in family communication;
participants’ views about the benefits and disadvantages of mobile phone use; and
issues around safety, surveillance and privacy. The findings show that young
people and parents see mobiles as a key way for families to keep in touch, and to
monitor and ensure young people’s safety. However, some participants felt there
was a downside to this, in relation to some young people either withdrawing into
their own social worlds, or having a false feeling of security as a result of having
a mobile. Gender differences in views and usage were also found. The paper
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concludes with some general comments about the role of mobile phones in family
life.”
For some people having contact via mobile phone is very essential to keep in
touch, and to monitor each other’s safety. But it also comes with its downside which
some people thinks that having mobile phone will lessen their communicating off the
screen. As per Marilyn (2005):
“The mobile phone has led to changed dynamics in the family, with concerns of
protection and surveillance from a parental viewpoint contributing to agreed
changing freedoms for young people. Although functional interaction can be
helpful for the family, other problems can arise such as financial difficulties, non-
custodial parent access, as well as over reliance on the mobile phone for safety
issues and intrusion into young people’s lives.”
By the greatness of the mobile phones to our lives, it also has its own downsides
such as stated above. Communicating via mobile phones can be beneficial to a family,
but it could lead to miscommunication and having gap to one another if the usage of
mobile phones is not controlled. As per Marilyn (2005):
“Young people's use of the mobile phone has been a global phenomenon in the
last years. It is now an integral part of the daily life of teenagers, and is the most
common form of electronic communication for the majority. The mobile phone
has actually evolved from a technical device to a social tool.”
Most of the people have mobile phones, some it was used for gaming,
entertainment, and for communication. Communicating around the world is now easier
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with the help of mobile phones. Addition to that with the help of social application for
mobile phones such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Yahoo and a lot more
connecting with other people from the other side of the world comes with ease. As per
Marilyn (2005):
“Disruptions to classes, incidences of theft and bullying are some of the negative
effects, while texting parents of truants seem to be the only positive factor for the
school.”
In school mobile phones have a lot of negative effects. While communicating
with the parents by texting or calling them when their child had a certain concern in
school is seems the only purpose of a mobile phones for some.
Definition of terms
Advent- Used for the introduction of something important
Domain- Is your website name or the address where Internet users can access your
website
Face-to-face- A direct interaction with another person directly
Frenetic- Fast and energetic in rather wild and uncontrolled way
Integration- Occurs when separate people or things brought together
Interoperability- The ability of computer systems or software to exchange and make use
of information
Mobile phones- Phone with a cellular radio system that covers a wide area; phones that
can perform various tasks

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Pack-set- A two-way radio devise; also known as walkie-talkie
Perceived- To become aware of, known, or identify by means of senses.
Truants- A student who stays away from school without leave or explanations
Adequate – satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
Breadth – the distance or measurement for side to side of something; width.
Iterative – relating to or involving iteration, especially of the mathematical or
computational process.
Thorough– Complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial.
Acronyms
HUMSS- Humanities and Social Sciences

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CHAPTER 2
METHODOLOGY
This chapter contains the research design, the participants, the instruments used in
data collecting, the procedure of data gathering and the ethical consideration that the
researchers must implement in conducting the study.
Research Design
The study allows the researchers to have a thorough analysis of the HUMSS 11 A
students’ views, so the researchers agree to use a qualitative approach to perform this
study in order to conduct the research correctly. According to Donald E. Polkinghome
(2005) qualitative research is inquiry aimed at describing and clarifying human
experience as it appears in people’s lives. Researchers using qualitative methods gather
data that serve as evidence for their distilled descriptions. Qualitative data are gathered
primarily in the form of spoken or written language rather than in the form of numbers.
Possible resources of data are interviews, finding, records and artifacts of participants.
For analytical usage, the data are typically translated into written text. Interviews design
involves purposive and iterative strategies. Interview data processing requires knowledge
of the essence of self-reports, and the relationship between experience and language
expression. It takes advanced skill and time to produce interview data of adequate breadth
and depth. This deals with the development of useful data from other sources. And as per
Patton (2005):
“Qualitative research analyzes data from direct fieldwork observations, in‐depth,
open‐ended interviews, and written documents. Qualitative researchers engage in

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naturalistic inquiry, studying real‐world settings inductively to generate rich
narrative descriptions and construct case studies. Inductive analysis across cases
yields patterns and themes, the fruit of qualitative research.”
For this reason, the researchers conclude that the use of qualitative research is
appropriate for this study.
In creating the report, the researcher will have a narrative concept. As it is stated
by Golsteijn and Wright (2013):
“Narrative research takes stories as a basis for data collection and analysis, while
portraiture can be used to create written narratives about interview participants”
This chapter concludes with a list of questions that can be used as a guide for
assessing the quality of a piece of qualitative research.
Sampling Method
The study focuses on the perspectives of students, in particular HUMSS 11 A.
And the researchers know that the participants rely on their knowledge and experience.
According to Etikan and Bala (2017) Output the sampling design is based on the
researcher's judgment as to who will provide the best information for the purpose study to
succeed. To have the required information and be willing to share it, the person
conducting the research needs to focus on those people who have the same opinion.
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Participants
The researchers choose the HUMSS 11 A students over other sections because the
students have an experience in social life and they are the one who excel in the categories
that the researchers needed and likely to know their social life when it comes to mobile
phones. The students’ experiences in social life are significant for the researchers’ study
especially their impact through mobile phones.
Instruments
Instruments help the researchers to provide sufficient information or data. The
instruments or tools are ways to gather data (Sobrepena, 2012).
The following objects may help the researchers to gather information:
questioners, and voice recorder. The questioners provide questions that help the
researchers to attain the answers that the participants will be provided, by this the
researchers see the perspective of HUMSS students. Voice recorder helps the researchers
to review the given answer of the participants if there was an error while conducting the
interview.
The researchers use questionnaires and interview the participants with these
following questions:
1. In your own opinion, how do mobile phones help you in terms communicating?
2. What do think is/are the benefit/s of using mobile phones in terms of communication?
3. What do you think is/are the effect/s of mobile phones on people’s social life?
4. Does your mobile phone ever become a distraction to you?
4.1. If your answer is ‘YES’, how?

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4.2. If your answer is ‘NO’, what do you do to keep it from becoming a distraction?
5. What if mobile phones disappeared, how will it affect your social life?
Data Collection
Data collection is a method of gathering information from all available sources to
find answers to this research issue, testing hypothesis and evaluating outcomes
(Dudavskiy, 2019). The researchers use questioners to gather data, this data are from the
participants and this data fall on primary data. Primary data is new information which the
researchers collect directly from the respondents (Allen, 2017). The researchers use one-
on-one interview and questioners to gather the needed information, the researchers rely
on the primary data that they collect.
Step 1
The researchers are selecting students who are willing to participate.
Step 2
The researchers ask for the participants' consent to use a voice recorder during for interview
purposes.
Step 3
The interviewing starts and the questioner starts asking questions to the participants.
Step 4
After that, the researchers gather the data from the participants.
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Ethical Consideration
Ethical consideration helps and protects the rights of the researchers and the
respondents from any harm. According to Bryan and Bell (2007) there are important
principles related to ethical consideration are the following:
The participants should not be harm or whatsoever. In any circumstances, the
researchers should not harm the participants in any means of physical, mental, emotional
and social.
Respect the participants. Respect the dignity of the participants is a necessity to
the researchers, the researchers shall respect the participants at any means.
The participants should be voluntary. Forcing the participants to answer the given
questions in any way that violates the participants’ will. The participants also have the
right to withdraw or discontinue the interview.
The identity and the given answers of the participants shall remain confidential.
Exposing of identity of the participant is strictly prohibited by the researchers, any
leakage of information about the participants who partake within the study the
researchers have the full responsibilities among the information that was leaked, this is
also applies to the participants’ answers.
Exaggerating or deception must be avoided affliction in any forms. Manipulating
the answers of the participants in any way must be avoided.
These principles help the participants and the researchers to identify their rights
especially if any of these are been violated.

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CHAPTER 3
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE FINDINGS
This chapter describes the researchers ' collected and analyzed data. It also involves
the presentation of data and the interpretation of data which is important for
understanding data.
Data Presentation
The researchers conducted questionnaires on the basis of the problem statement. The
details are presented as follows.
Question #1: In your opinion, how do mobile phones help you in terms of
communicating?
Student 1:” Nakakatulong ito sa akin upang mapadali ang aking pakikipag usap sa
iba, at kung may nais ka man na makausap sa ibang lugar ay madali lang ito.”
Student 2:” Mobile phones helps me a lot in terms of communicating other people
because even though a person is far away from you, you can communicate to
him/her easily because of using mobile phones.”
Student 3:” First of all, mobile phones are hand and convenient. Instead of writing
a letter and waiting for weeks to reply, mobile phones can be used in
communicating in one click.”
Student 4:” Mobile phones have big impact to us as a students. It can help us to
get easily connected to others such as friends, family, classmates, etc.

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Student 5:” Mobile phones help us a lot in communicating with other people,
because these make the communication faster and easier and they are easy to
access.”
Question #2: What do you think is/are the benefit/s of using mobile phones in terms of
communication?
Student 1: “Napapadali nito ung pakikipag mo sa iba, dahil may access ka
sakanila.”
Student 2:” In communication there is what we call encoder and decoder, encoder,
you are the one who create a message to someone and the decoder is the receiver
of your message, and with that, you can be an encoder or a decoder, and it is
where you can get the message easily.
Student 3:” It makes communicating easier. One of the benefits is that no matter
the distance, you can still communicate with other people from different parts of
the world.”
Student 4:” For me, the number one benefit that we can get in terms of
communication is that eventhough you and your family is far away to each other
there's a social media that can used to make interaction with them.”
Student 5:” Just like my answer on the first question. Through mobile phones, we
can easily and fastly communicate with our friends, families, or loveones if
they're not with us. And these can also be used in times of emergency.”
Question #3: What do you think is/are the effect/s of mobile phones to people’s social
life?
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Student 1:”minsan hindi alam ng tao ung mga limitasyon nila.”
Student 2:” I believe that mobile phone has a positive and negative effect in social
life, as we going to look at the positive side of it, mobile phone helps us to easily
communicate with other people and it helps us in terms of educational purposes
but let us look at the negative effect of it, as a millennial, we are only focusing on
our mobile phones, that is the main reason why we forgot our duties and
responsibilities as a son/daughter, student and as a citizen.”
Student 3:” The effect is that, there is "social life" in mobile phones but not in the
real world. Because mobile phones have everything we need, we would rather
stay at home and fiddle in it for a very long time than to go out and have fun with
friends.”
Student 4:” Somehow, there are good effects and bad effects of using mobile
phones. On the side of good, through mobile phones we can easily get pieces of
information. On the other hand, in terms of bad effects not all pieces of
information that we can get on social media is relavant.”
Student 5:” For me, mobile phones have both positive and negative effects to the
people's social life. Through mobile phones, we can gain a lot of friends but at the
same time we'll become less sociable. Because we only connect through network
and not personally. Others would become uncomfortable in talking with other
people personally, but can express themselves through phone. “
Question #4: Does your mobile phone ever become a distraction to you?
a. If yes, how?
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Student 1:”Yes, dahil minsan hindi ko alam na sumosobra na ako at may mga
kailangan pa pala akong gawin.”
Student 2:”Yes, because sometime when doing important things especially when
with my family and friends, I always use my phone and I lost the bonding with
them and that's why it is a destruction for me.”
Student 3:” Yes. I sometimes would rather watch random videos in Youtube and
communicating with my "online friends" than to pick up my assignments and do
it.”
Student 5:” Yes, I think, most of us are being distracted by our phones, especially
when we are reviewing for our exams. “
b. If no, what do you do to keep it from becoming a distraction?
Student 4:” No, Because I know my limits so that I can keep it from becoming a
distraction to me.”
Question #5: What if mobile phones disappeared? How will it affect your social life?
Student 1:” sa panahon natin ngayon malaking epekto ang walang mobile phone,
dahil isa ang mobile phone sa mga mabilis na pagkonekta sa ibang tao.”
Student 2:” I think if mobile phones disappeared, it will going to affect my entire
life because it is the only thing that helps me when I get emotional, especially
social media sites.”
Student 3:”It will affect my life drastically. Of course, there will be stages of
denial. But I think I will get over it and I might go out often and converse with
people than to bow my head and type.”

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Students 4:”I think there's no problem if someday mobile phones will disappeared
because if past time can survive without mobile phones, I think we can survive as
well.”
Students 5:” Of course, there will be a lot of adjustments. I won't be able to
communicate with my friends easily. I don't think it can totally destroy my social
life because there are still other things that I can do to socialize even without
mobile phones.”
Data Analysis
The researchers analyze all of the provided data in data analysis and
categorize them according to their relatability. The data reviews are as follows.
Question #1: In your opinion, how do mobile phones help you in terms of
communicating?
Student 1:” Nakakatulong ito sa akin upang mapadali ang aking pakikipag
usap sa iba, at kung may nais ka man na makausap sa ibang lugar ay
madali lang ito.”
Student 2:” Mobile phones helps me a lot in terms of communicating other
people because even though a person is far away from you, you can
communicate to him/her easily because of using mobile phones.”
Student 3:” First of all, mobile phones are hand and convenient. Instead of
writing a letter and waiting for weeks to reply, mobile phones can be used
in communicating in one click.”

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Student 4:” Mobile phones have big impact to us as a students. It can help
us to get easily connected to others such as friends, family, classmates,
etc.”
Student 5:” Mobile phones help us a lot in communicating with other
people, because these make the communication faster and easier and they
are easy to access.”
According to all the participants, they use mobile phone to help them
communicate well to a person in or out of the country, they also stated that mobile
phone is the portable use.
“It would be easy to believe that communication technology has always allowed
people to overcome barriers of time and space. People can use the internet and
mobile technology to connect with friends and family from all over the world.
While telecommunications allow people to connect with those far away, it would
be an oversimplification to suggest that these technologies make local connections
and relations unimportant.”: Lee Humphreys Cornell University, USA (2010)
Question #2: What do you think is/are the benefit/s of using mobile phones in terms of
communication?
Student 1:”Napapadali nito ung pakikipag mo sa iba, dahil may access ka
sakanila.”
Student 2:” In communication there is what we call encoder and decoder, encoder,
you are the one who create a message to someone and the decoder is the receiver
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of your message, and with that, you can be an encoder or a decoder, and it is
where you can get the message easily.
Student 3:” It makes communicating easier. One of the benefits is that no matter
the distance, you can still communicate with other people from different parts of
the world.”
Student 4:” For me, the number one benefit that we can get in terms of
communication is that even though you and your family is far away to each other
there's a social media that can used to make interaction with them.”
Student 5:” Just like my answer on the first question. Through mobile phones, we
can easily and fastly communicate with our friends, families, or love ones if
they're not with us. And these can also be used in times of emergency.”
Similar to the first statement of all the participants, they use mobile phone to help them
communicate well to a person in or out of the country, they also stated that mobile
phones are portable to use.
Question #3: What do you think is/are the effect/s of mobile phones to people’s social
life?
Student 1:” minsan hindi alam ng tao ung mga limitasyon nila.”
Participant 1 stated that people don’t know their limitations when it comes to mobile
phones.
Student 2:” I believe that mobile phone has a positive and negative effect in
social, as we going to look at the positive side of it, mobile phone helps us to
easily communicate with other people and it helps us in terms of educational

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purposes but let us look at the negative effect of it, as a millennial, we are only
focusing on our mobile phones, that is the main reason why we forgot our duties
and responsibilities as a son/daughter, student and as a citizen.”
As Participant 2 and 4 said that there are positive and negative effects of using a mobile
phone for example; mobile phones are helpful and easy to use for communication but on
the other side mobile phones are distractions and not all information that you can get are
relevant.
Student 5:” For me, mobile phones have both positive and negative effects to the
people's social life. Through mobile phones, we can gain a lot of friends but at the
same time we'll become less sociable. Because we only connect through network
and not personally. Others would become uncomfortable in talking with other
people personally, but can express themselves through phone.”

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As stated by the participants 3 and 5 mobile phones is like a hindrance to communicate in
people personally. They also said that it's easy to get social friends. Participant 5 also
stated both negative and positive effects of mobile phone in people’s social life.
“Young people often show an interest in the virtual world's phantasmic interactions, with
mobile interaction as an important social adhesive. With the assistance of our data
analysis we can conclude that the use of chat and IRC are linked to the socialization
process and become autonomous. A key element in young people's mobile
communication is the incorporation of contact into one's own life environment and the
creation of a social identity: it is used to establish who belongs to important social
identities, and how self-presentation is built in relation to others on a social level. Mobile
networking has become an important mean to define the personal space for the young.”
Oksman & Turtiaine (2004).
Question #4: Does your mobile phone ever become a distraction to you?
a. If yes, how?
Student 1:”Yes, dahil minsan hindi ko alam na sumosobra na ako at may mga
kailangan pa pala akong gawin.”
Student 2:”Yes, because sometime when doing important things especially when
with my family and friends, I always use my phone and I lost the bonding with
them and that's why it is a destruction for me.”
Student 3:” Yes. I sometimes would rather watch random videos in Youtube and
communicating with my "online friends" than to pick up my assignments and do
it.”
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Student 5:” Yes, I think, most of us are being distracted by our phones, especially
when we are reviewing for our exams. “
b. If no, what do you do to keep it from becoming a distraction?
Student 4:” No, Because I know my limits so that I can keep it from becoming a
distraction to me.”
In accordance with student 1,2,3 and 4, they said that using a mobile phone is a
distraction to them, but their reason' s is different from one another. As the participant 1
said that he/she sometimes don’t know him/her limit. While participant 2 said that he/she
lost the bond with him/her family. As for participant 3 said that he/she rather watch some
random videos and just use mobile communication to his/her friends than to do his/her
assignments and last for participant 5 said that mobile phone is a distraction when he/she
was reviewing. “The mobile phone is a breakthrough advance for human communication.
Individuals who are deficient in self-regulation or with a propensity for addiction may
face challenges in managing these choices strategically.” Prabu David, Jung-Hyun Kim,
Jared S Brickman, Weina Ran, Christine M Curtis (2015).
Question #5: What if mobile phones disappeared, how will it affect your social life?
Student 1:” sa panahon natin ngayon malaking epekto ang walang mobile phone,
dahil isa ang mobile phone sa mga mabilis na pagkonekta sa ibang tao.”
Student 2:” I think if mobile phones disappeared, it will going to affect my entire
life because it is the only thing that helps me when I get emotional, especially
social media sites.”

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Student 3:”It will affect my life drastically. Of course, there will be stages of
denial. But I think I will get over it and I might go out often and converse with
people than to bow my head and type.”
Students 4:”I think there's no problem if someday mobile phones will disappeared
because if past time can survive without mobile phones, I think we can survive as
well.”
Students 5:” Of course, there will be a lot of adjustments. I won't be able to
communicate with my friends easily. I don't think it can totally destroy my social
life because there are still other things that I can do to socialize even without
mobile phones.”
As student 1 said that it'll be harder to communicate with other people, same as student 5
said. For students 3 and 4 if mobile phones disappeared they can still communicate with
other people outside the screen. For student 2 if mobile phones disappeared it will affect
people’s social life drastically, for her/him the mobile phones are tools to communicate
better when they are feeling blue.

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CHAPTER 4
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter includes the findings of the study and the recommendations.
Summary
The following are the summery of study drawn from the gathered data:
1. In your opinion, how do mobile phones help you in terms of communicating?
1.1. All of five participants/students said that mobile phone is helping them in terms
of communicating.
2. What do you think is/are the benefit/s of using mobile phones in terms of
communication?
2.1. All of five participants/students told that mobile phones could help to
communicate faster to the other people/person.
3. What do you think is/are the effect/s of mobile phones to people’s social life?
3.1. One student/participant told that due to the lack of time management on their
phones, people does not know their limitations.
3.2. Two students/participants said in terms of their social lives, mobile phones
had positive and negative consequences.
3.3. As two students / participants have said, cell phones are like a hindrance to
personally communicate in people. They said making social friends is simple too.
4. Does your mobile phone ever become a distraction to you?
4.1. Four students/participants have said they were distracted by mobile phones.
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4.2. One student/participant answered no, she/he can manage the time of using
mobile phone.
5. What if mobile phones disappeared, how will it affect your social life?
5.1. Two students/participants told that it is harder to communicate with others if
mobile phones disappeared.
5.2. As stated by the two students/participants they can still communicate with
others off the screen.
5.3. For one student/participant it will affect his/her social life drastically.
Conclusion
The following conclusions are drawn based on the results of the study:
According to the researchers’ gathered data about the impact of mobile phones in the
social life of the students, mobile phones are fast, essential and useful in their lives
especially when it comes to communicating with other people. It’s helpful for them to
communicate with other cause of fast access of connection with other people, their only
benefit in mobile phones is no matter how far the person was, unless there were mobile
phones to use for communication. On the other hand, life would be a little bit hard for
them without a mobile phone cause of no contact with far away people, but as the other
student said that people can communicate and survive without a mobile phone. Moreover,
as the students said there are good and bad effects of mobile phones which can show their
awareness and concern of the mobile phone users especially false information and also
cause a distraction to them as students but on the bright side, some people can limit and
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manage their selves to avoid distraction and people have social media to spend time with
it when they have free time. According to the results, mobile phone has a great influence
or impact to the social life of the people.
Recommendations
The following recommendations are based on the results of the study:
1. The school administrators should guide the students in terms of how important
communication is.
2. The parent should direct their children in using mobile phones. Make their
relationships even stronger with their kids.
3. Students should manage their time in and out of the screen to manage their social life.

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THE IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONES IN THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE PEOPLE:

In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements

On Practical Research 1 Academic Year

Danielle Riana M. Javierto

Ron Jashtyn P. Garcia

Kyla Marie T. Allam

connected to one another. Mobile phones are revolutionary in terms of communication.

of how mobile phones play a role in their social lives.

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

study, scope and limitations, and lastly definition of terms.

In addition, mobile phones developed overtime with huge difference, by now

These touchscreens can make us lose touch” (Williams, 2014).

staying connected to one another (Padilla-Walkler, Coyne, and Fraser, 2012).

phones without interacting with other people on daily basis.

Background of the Study

Smartphones make communications relatively easier with people. In different forms of

certain types of disabilities.

Statement of the Problem

functionalities it helps most of the people with their daily techno-problems.

The researchers expect to fulfill the following given problems:

1. What is the impact of mobile phones on social life of the people?

Significant of the Study

Parents will understand the importance of communication.

importance of building strong relationship thru communicating face-to-face

knowledge about the use of mobiles phones on communication relationship.

Scope and limitation

as telegraph, telephone, letters, pack-set (walkie-talkie), will be denied by the researchers.

participants are five students of HUMSS 11 A of STI College San Fernando.

Review of Related Literature

implies to the research.

screen. As per Marilyn (2005):

protection and surveillance from a parental viewpoint contributing to agreed

changing freedoms for young people. Although functional interaction can be

issues and intrusion into young people’s lives.”

mobile phones is not controlled. As per Marilyn (2005):

has actually evolved from a technical device to a social tool.”

In school mobile phones have a lot of negative effects. While communicating

school is seems the only purpose of a mobile phones for some.

Advent- Used for the introduction of something important

Face-to-face- A direct interaction with another person directly

Frenetic- Fast and energetic in rather wild and uncontrolled way

Integration- Occurs when separate people or things brought together

can perform various tasks

Pack-set- A two-way radio devise; also known as walkie-talkie

Perceived- To become aware of, known, or identify by means of senses.

Adequate – satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.

Breadth – the distance or measurement for side to side of something; width.

Iterative – relating to or involving iteration, especially of the mathematical or

Thorough– Complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial.

HUMSS- Humanities and Social Sciences

researchers must implement in conducting the study.

study in order to conduct the research correctly. According to Donald E. Polkinghome

(2005) qualitative research is inquiry aimed at describing and clarifying human

experience as it appears in people’s lives. Researchers using qualitative methods gather

“Qualitative research analyzes data from direct fieldwork observations, in‐depth,

open‐ended interviews, and written documents. Qualitative researchers engage in

naturalistic inquiry, studying real‐world settings inductively to generate rich

yields patterns and themes, the fruit of qualitative research.”

appropriate for this study.

by Golsteijn and Wright (2013):

portraiture can be used to create written narratives about interview participants”

assessing the quality of a piece of qualitative research.

The study focuses on the perspectives of students, in particular HUMSS 11 A.