ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS AMONG STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ON JAGOBIAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
A Thesis Proposal
Presented to the Faculty of the Senior High School of
Jagobiao National High School
Mandaue City Division
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Practical Research I
By
WILCHESTER M. MORTA
TVL 11
FEBRUARY 2023
CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
In recent years, social networks have had a significant impact on students' academic
achievement. For students in a variety of areas, these networks present both opportunities and
risks in plenty. The researcher created and carried out this study due to social networking
addiction and its effects on students' academic performance, the study aims to determined
the impact of social networks in academic performance of senior high school students. Bhanot,
R. (2016).
Moreover, Triangulation Mixed Method Design was used to creatively integrate qualitative
approaches obtained from sampling and in-depth interviews of respondents. In this study,
students will aware about the proper using of social networks and the effect of social networks
through their academic performance. In addition, according to other researchers aims the study to
investigate the validity of text in social media posts as an alternative to the manual data gathering
technique of collecting from the source to reduce overhead costs. To determine the impact of
social networks in students, child safety awareness about proper using on social networks
including the privacy concern of social networks services, cyberbullying, misinformation facts,
and social anxiety.
The problem of the study is the social networks will affect to the students’ academic
performance, social networks is One of the most significant effects of excessive student who use
of social networking sites is decreased academic performance. According to the findings of a
study conducted on medical students, those who used social media and the internet more
frequently than the norm performed poorly academically and had trouble focusing in class
(Alezera, 2019).
Most students use social networks to find the answers to their questions; these networks
provide resources but using them will have an impact on students’ academic achievement,
because they anticipating the information on the internet, it will affect their knowledge and
confidence.
Moreover, the Social networks are an essential part of learning environments because they
provide as a major conduit for communication and a source of social support, but regarding to
the problem a lot of students was lack of awareness in proper using of social networks, many
students get addicted to social networks especially on online games, it has a lot of impact to their
focus on their studies.
However, in many years since the social networks exist our regarding the quantitative and
qualitative growth of the internet, social networks, and the number of users, substantial changes
have occurred globally. Websites and mobile applications that enable social networking include
those that let users share information, thoughts, feelings, opinions, and personal, social,
and educational experiences, but not all in social networks information are true mostly in social
media.
The study is design by qualitative research, that determine the experience of the students
through the impact of social networks on their academic performance, this research compose
research instrument by using observations and interviewing the respondents through face to face
interview to gather in-depth insights into a problem or generate new ideas for research. Students
academic performance.
However, the social networks is aims to connect with friends and family through using
internet usage. Social networking websites are not necessarily about meeting new people online,
although this does happen. Instead, they are primarily about connecting with friends, family
and acquaintances you already have in real life. The most well-known social networking sites are
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Bebo. These sites allow you to share photos, videos and
information, organise events, chat, download music and even play games like Scrabble and
Chess online (Velasco, 2017).
Moreover, this study included objective, the goal of this research is to investigate the
impact of social networks in students academic performance and grant some awareness in proper
using of social networks to make students be more efficient on their academic performance.
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