I.

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION
Internet is a product of mans technological advancement that has propelled our
society into the age of instant knowledge. In our present time, almost any source in the
entire world is at hand. With just one mouse-click, we are diverted into the virtual world.
Most students consider Internet as a great new tool for gathering information.
However, it is both an advantage and disadvantage on their part depending on how they
use the Internet. This development, particularly the Social Networking Sites (SNS),
opened the gateway of communication, making our social circle bigger. It is a means of
reconnecting with people we know and making new connections to new people. Internet
is also one form of leisure. Most people are into online gaming for entertainment.
The Internet brought us into the new dimension of technology. Mans unlimited
search for satisfaction is the reason for the existence of the Internet. It proves that
humankind is open and could adapt to changes brought by human progress.

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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This research paper aims to find out the impact of technology of among the
students of BSMA 1A.
Moreover, it seeks to answer the following questions:
1. What is the effect of internet to their health?
2. What is the effect of internet to their social life?
3. What is the effect of internet to their studies?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This part provides the significance of the study.
To students. The proposed study will let the students know the effects of internet to their
lives.
To parents. This study will give them an ideas how internet affects their relationship with
their children.
To future researchers. The proposed study will serve as their guide. And the study is can
be consider as one of their related literature.

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DEFINITION OF TERMS
Cyberspace: This term coined by William Gibson, is used to refer to the computer
networks connected to each other and the content they host. It is often used to refer to the
Internet.
WWW: It is a collection of interlinked documents that are accessible over the Internet. It
consists of millions of web pages that contain text, images, voice and videos. Sir Tim
Berners-Lee, a British scientist working at CERN, created the World Wide Web.
Website: A website is a set of web pages consisting of text, audio and video. Web servers
host

websites.

Know

all

about website

designing.

Web Page: Web pages are resources of information. They are generally created in the
HTML format and provide the web users with navigational abilities through hyperlinks to
other web pages on the web.
Internet security: It is one of the major concerns today. As the Internet acts as a
communication platform that can be accessed by millions of users around the world, it
becomes necessary that proper measures be implemented. Issues like Internet safety that
deal with the content that is made accessible over the Internet are equally important.
Internet privacy relates to safeguarding the privacy of the web users and the sensitive
information on the web from hackers and stalkers.
Internet

communication

Platform

Internet serves as one of the most efficient means of communication. Computers from
different parts of the world can be connected to each other to exchange information,
thanks to the Internet. Emails and chats are excellent means of communication over the
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Internet. Blogs and online forums give the Internet users a platform to reach out to the
masses. Here is a list of the basic Internet terms associated with the Internet as a
communication platform. Also look at some Internet terms related to the security threats
to network communication.
Email: It is a store-and-forward method of writing, sending and receiving written
messages. Electronic mail is an Internet e-mail system that uses network-based protocols
to exchange messages between network subsystems.
Spamming: The act of sending unsolicited bulk messages over an email system is known
as spamming. It is an undesirable use of the electronic messaging systems.
Email Scams: With the increase in the use of email systems, its security needs also rose.
Fraudulent users started tampering with the email systems to breach security.
Social Networking: Social networking is about building online communities of likeminded people. Serving as an excellent platform for sharing of information, social
networking

is

rage

today.

Blogs: Blogs are the expressions of the common masses about social or political issues or
simply anything. Blogs can often be in the form of creative write-ups by writers in
different
Internet

parts
-

of
A

the
Search

world.
Platform

Internet that hosts an ocean of information has also become an excellent platform for
information retrieval. The Internet search engines, which crawl and index web pages,
organize the information on the Internet and the web directories link to information on
the network. Here is a list of the Internet terms that relate to Internet as a search platform.

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Plagiarism:
the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language andthoughts of another author and
the representation of themas one's own original work, as by not crediting the author.

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II.Review of Related Literature

According to Stembridge (2009), since the introduction of the Internet, education
has evolved from textbook flipping to enriching multimedia presentations. The process of
learning surpasses the traditional classroom environment. The interconnection of
networks provides easy access to information around the globe. However, Internet also
holds many distractions in contrast of education. Instead of learning, hours are spent
playing online games, gambling and browsing illicit sites.
The Internet offers an untapped sea of knowledge for people who thirst for it.
However it can also be used to delay or even obstruct the discovering progress. The true
learning potential that benefits from the Internet can surpass traditional classroom limits.
It all boils down to the intention of the user. With great bandwidth comes great
responsibility. The Internet can serve many purposes; its really up to us to draw the line
separating enlightenment.
According to Young (2007), the following are some arguments about the bad effects of
Internet on education:
1. Unless you can monitor it completely, students will have access to sites that are
inappropriate. And, if they can, they will, especially in older grades.
2. Students have become lazy. In the days of spending time at the library looking for
sources, writing info on card, you had to work to get information. It may have
been tedious, but it certainly caused information to sink in more deeply. The
process of finding sources was also valuable. Todays students spend very little
actual time finding sources, or checking to make sure the sources are good ones.

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3. A lot of information is available, but not all of it is quality information. Students

go with the first few they come to, and dont want to use any sources that dont
come off the web. Causing poorly researched papers with little work put into
them.
4. Plagiarism abounds. Students no longer know how to put an article together by
learning the information and putting it into their own words. They bluntly lift
information and portray it as their own.

The Internet is here to stay in the education world, but it needs monitoring, and
students should still be taught how to do research. The process is good for them even if
its not necessary any longer.
According to Tongerloo (2009), Internet is not only a source of information for
students. It is also used for communication with other students and even professors.
Facebook and other networking sites are popular between students to share knowledge.
They may also use some messaging services of the Internet, for example Yahoo
Messenger, Windows Live Mail Messenger, Gmail, etc. which allow chatting between
students. They can discuss their education stuff with other students and they save time
because they otherwise have to search a place where they can study together and discuss
items.
It is important to check different sites to know if they use information which will
be useful. Internet has certainly some disadvantages. It is always best every student
search the information they need but lazy students will ask links of these sites to their
friends and may not know their stuffs very well.
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An important issue is also Plagiarism. Students perform their daily tasks but it is
possible they use the same words as written is some Internet sites. Professors may notice
similar results of tasks and needs to check if they didnt plagiarize some Internet sites or
that they just copied their own work.
None the less, the Internet has launched the new educational revolution, distance
education. Now, millions of high school students that live considerable distance from
colleges and universities can now begin their college educations before they even
graduate. (Jones, 2007).
According to Hodge (2009), the Internet is great for when you are having a debate
with a classmate or a professor, and they are trying to hammer a point home that you
know is wrong. Well, ten years ago you would have to go to the library and then try to
find the relevant information. Today though, all you need is a laptop, or a PC handy, and
you can have an instant debate. For the first time in history, you can have almost any
source in the entire world.
You do have to be careful though when you go to the Internet for sources, as not
all sources are accurate, and you have to be careful as to what you read. Also, there is so
much opinion on the Internet that you need to be able to discern fact from opinion when
reading something. If you cant take back up your work with facts, or site a source that
cant back up its work with facts, dont use it.
According to Runghen (2009), the Internet is the best source of reference ever, a
pool of information accessible twenty four hours over twenty four hours anytime,
anywhere. Everybody uses the Internet. Compared to other media sources, like books,
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televisions, and newspapers which feed us with information but without any possibility to
respond back, internet on the contrary is interactive, it allows you to chat, participate into
forum, share your views and express thoughts.
The Internet is an alternative to universities if you cant afford to pay huge
amount of money to study. Degree courses on a variety of subjects are offered online at a
more affordable price. You are free to set up your own time and learn at your own
convenience.
One main point to remember though, even if we learn a lot from the internet, even
if it continues to be a useful tool in the field of education, we should be careful not to
make it the only source with regards to educating ourselves. The Internet should remain
a source of reference to help us reach the unreachable. You dont need to travel to Egypt
to obtain information on the pyramid or go to India to get a good Indian recipe. That
doesnt mean that we should stop travelling but when it comes to study, information is
available at home.
According to Scott (2007), the Internet has had many positive effects on
education. It is possible because of the internet for students to earn college degreed from
the privacy of their own home and still interact on-line with classmates and teachers.
There are many people who would not otherwise be able to attend college if it werent for
the Internet.
The educational opportunities made available by the Internet are vast to numerous
to name. Courses in guitar, languages, and website building just to name a few, can all be
learned on-line.
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Schools, libraries, and other institutions associated with education often provide
computers for students to access an infinite number of research sites. The positive
influence that the Internet has on education cannot be ignored or denied.
According to Windsor (2007), the concept of the Internet as an educational tool is
controversial. There are three main aspects to this: the major benefit of the Internet is that
it allows quick and easy access to access to an extraordinary amount of information.
The danger here is that students researching an area of learning can be influenced
by the biases of those providing the information, or, worse still become victims of
involuntary inaccuracy in the information they use for their research.
Another example of the negative effects of the internet to youth is that
most of them get addicted to it. Getting addicted to the internet gives a bad effect to their
health. As an example, here is a part of an article taken from the Philippine Daily
Inquirer:
Tough rehab for Chinas Internet addicts
Knees shaking, Chen Cheng explains why his parents have sent him to a clinic for
Internet addicts. The 17-year-old high school student was a superman in cyberspace- once
spending three days and nights playing online games, uninterrupted by meals or sleep.
But he paid the price offline.
I had no sense of achievement from anything I did in the physical world, Chen
Cheng said. Here at the Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijings SouthEastern
suburb of Daxing, Chen is put through a strict regimen that might as well be boot camp.

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The 20-odd teenagers at the center, all placed here involuntarily by their families,
get up at 6:30 a.m. for long days of physical training, mixed with quiet therapy sessions
with psychiatrists.
The primary purpose of it all: To isolate the patients from the Internet, which so
far has been an overwhelming influence on their lives? The secondary purpose: To teach
them there is a life beyond cyberspace.
Life in another world
Some of the kids here live in another world. They assume the role of kings or
wizards. To use a Western expression, their soul has left for the other side, said Tao Ran,
the centers founder and director.
The center seeks to remedy this through a direct encounter with the physical
world. The students do their own laundry. They play with toy guns, and paint with
brushes.
Internet Compulsion or Internet Addiction. In the ninth edition of the Synopsis of
Psychiatry by Kaplan and Saddock, Internet Addiction is defined as the condition when
persons spend almost all their waking hours at the computer terminal. The patterns of
their Internet use are repetitive and constant. A variant of this addiction is the video game
compulsive behavior.
There can be many reasons or underlying conflicts that can lead to this problem: a
fear of being alone, a need to gratify ones dependency needs, or perhaps even a need to
undo a hostile desire towards another person.

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There have been reports of successful behavioral treatments for such disorders of
impulsive control with the use of biofeedback, self-monitoring, covert desensitization and
habit reversal. Internet addicts exhibit euphoric responses. They also develop insomnia
and as a result of their increasing on-line time, eventually neglect other areas of their
lives.
Aside from some negative effects, It also has some positive effects in accordance
to education. Literacy is a basic tool of survival in the modern worlds information
highway. In 2002, the International Reading Association (IRA) stated that the advent of
the Internet and other forms of information and communication technology (ICT) has so
transformed and redefined literacy that to become fully literate in todays world, one has
to be skilled in the new literacies of ICT. These changes are so rapid that the meaning,
forms, and functions of literacy themselves have changed, depending on the time or space
in which these are articulated.
The traditional definitions of reading and writing, based on books and other print
media, no longer suffice. Thus, new literacies will increasingly be socially constructed.
Learning to learn is central to these new literacies. It is not enough to know how to read
and write; one should know how to continuously learn new skills and strategies required
by the new technologies of literacy that will emerge.
While internet has been used for so much public activities, the use of this
technology has been very limited to some regions of a very few number of countries,
especially those who has Islam as their major religion.

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In the conservative Muslim Kingdom, local media is controlled by the state, who
censors confiscate any foreign publication that criticizes the ruling monarchy. Censors
also black out ads with markers in foreign magazines that show scantily dressed women.
Saudi Arabia has no political parties and dissent is not tolerated. As the Saudi rulers
slowly, somewhat reluctantly open up the Internet to their people, they have attempted to
filter out free-wheeling political discussion as well as pornography.
While there have been no reported cases of people being prosecuted for accessing
prohibited sites, Saudi authorities said they blocked access last month to parts of the USbased Yahoo! Web portal that contained pornographic and other material deemed
offensive.
In Saudi Arabia, authorities fear the Internet will mean drastic changes to a
society where women are not allowed to drive, need written permission from male
relatives to travel and must cover up in public from head to toe. It is a nation without
cinemas or theaters, where restaurants are segregated by gender.
The Saudi only began offering Internet service to the public last year. They spent
two years beforehand studying how to provide what authorities describe as useful
information while keeping out what has been taboo for decades- everything from
expletive-ridden rap songs to freewheeling discussion on opposition to the royal family.
In Saudi Arabia, where the Internet has opened up perspectives especially for
women businesspeople and the English-reading elite industry experts say attempts to
block access politically sensitive sites are not only futile technologically, they also
seriously degrade network performance.
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By filtering the Internet, authorities have created a bottleneck situation that is

choking access and causing great reductions in speed, said Saud Kateb, the US-educated
chief executive Ofoq Information Systems and Communication Co. Ketab thinks filtering
is best done locally not at government-owned servers.
Besides, no can prevent Saudis from making a long-distance- albeit expensivephone call to connect by modern to a censorship-from ISP abroad.
We have sited some positive and negative effects of the internet in our society. So
now, what makes the internet through all of these? Can we consider this technology as a
boon or a detriment in our lives?
Adults aren't safe from the attractive lure of what the internet can bring them.
IBM and Dennis Leary challenge web users to "work the web." The Internet can be used
to make money and it's not hard to do, depending on how advanced you want to get.
Advanced technology always has dramatic effects on society. With the ability to
work at home, a lot of people are leaving their offices for the greener grass that allows
them to set their own hours, spend quality time with family and not have to deal with the
often hassle some commute to and from work.
The Internet's number one feature is email. The number of users logging on
continues to skyrocket. Most do so for email capability. It allows one to stay in touch
inexpensively with family, friends and acquaintances next door, in the next town, in the
next state, in the next country and so on. Email is faster and cheaper than "snail mail"
(regular Post Office mail). A big problem with Email is junk mail or Spam that inundates
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internet users' mailboxes. These useless messages usually try to entice the unwary person
into investing in some form or fashion in a "get-rich-quick" scheme.
Internet, as most of us know, is a large network of networks, which communicate
with each other by means of data packets. Internet is regarded as the largest information
base. Today, Internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. We depend on the
Internet to update ourselves about current news and rely on the communication platform
it offers to get in touch with our near ones. The information from all around the world is
just a click away, thanks to the Internet. Internet has surely affected the society positively.
The Internet provides some of the most effective means of communication.
Emails and instant messages have made online communication possible. Social
networking and blogging websites and online discussion forums have proved being
popular platforms of expression. People in different parts of the world can collaborate
over the Internet. They can exchange views, share information and work together over the
Internet. It was the development of the Internet that made online education and distance
learning possible. Professionals working in physically distant locations can collaborate
their efforts, thanks to the Internet.
III.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

In this chapter, the researchers discuss how research design is used, its scope and

limitation, the research instrument used, and gathering and analyzing data that is used as
a guide to complete this study.
RESEARCH DESIGN

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Descriptive Analytic design was used by the researchers in conducting this study.
The researchers provided survey questionnaires that should be evaluated by the Bachelor
of Science in Management Accounting (BSMA) 1A students, the chosen respondents.
The purpose of the researchers is to show the impact of internet on the lives of BSMA 1A
students using the data gathered from the survey conducted. The researcher believes that
it is the appropriate to use for it is the fastest way in gathering data, however it is reliable
and accurate.
RESEARCH LOCALE
This study is focused on the impact of Internet to the lives of BSMA 1A students,
second semester, academic year 2011-2012. The table below shows the number of
respondents:
Gender
Male
Female
Total

Number of respondents
11
30
41

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
This study is conducted through a survey-questionnaire. The researchers provided
questionnaires that shall be used in gathering the data needed for this study. The data aim
to give concrete answers to the questions in this research paper. The survey-questionnaire
was distributed to BSMA 1A students, the chosen respondents.
TREATMENT OF DATA

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Since this term paper is just a study and not a requirement to achieve a thesis or
dissertation, the researchers did not use any complex statistics method. The researchers
just count the choices of the respondents in every item in the questionnaire. This means
that the researchers only used the tally system and get their corresponding percentage.

IV.

PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

Tally Table

Does Internet help you in your Yes

studies?
No
What help can Internet provide a. research works
b. communication tool

I = 41
0
I = 16
I = 16
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you?
c. entertainment and leisure
Does Internet encourage you Yes
No
to do your school works?
Does Internet help you expand Yes
No
your social circle?

IIII = 9
=5
I = 36
I=1
= 40

During free time, what would a. hang out with friends

you prefer to do?
I = 31
b. surf the Internet
How does Internet affect your a. helps draw closer with
family relationship?
family
26
b. takes away time for family
Do you skip a meal just to surf Yes
No
the Internet?
Are you aware that using a. aware but just ignore it
computer just to surf the b. aware and limits the time in
internet can cause different surfing the net
diseases?
c. not aware
II = 2
Do you lack sleep because you Yes
spend more time surfing the
29
No
Internet?

= 10
I

= 15
= 25
I = 16
I = 16
III = 23

IIII =
II = 12

Problem 1

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Figure 1 : Does Internet help you in your studies?

Yes

No

100%

Figure 1 represents the percentage distribution of students in Bsma-1a that use

Internet for their studies. It shows that out of 41 respondents, 100 % or all of them
consider Internet as a tool that helps them in their studies. This indicates that it serves as
a source for students to gather information. Lots of information can be found to help the student
in studying or do their homework.
Nowadays, Internet helps students to explore more about their subjects. The internet also let the
students to be creative in studies. Many students depend on Internet to complete their school project and
assignment works. Many websites serve as good sources like Wikipedia, which is an online
encyclopedia. Its capability will let the students to enhance their studies, to be more creative, and expand
their knowledge. If they dont have any idea about what to do for a school project a quick search in the
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internet will help to get many topics. This also enables students to submit their school works to their
professors through online mails. Internet also let the students to interact with each other. Using this
technology, the students can exchange their idea and knowledge from a different location in the same
time.

Figure 2 : What help can Internet provide you?

22%
research works

communication tool

39%
entertainment and leisure

39%

Figure 2 illustrates the percentage distribution of what help the Internet provide the students.. As
shown in the graph that out of 41 respondents , 16 of them or 39 % consider Internet to be most helpful
in their research works, while the other 39% consider Internet as a communication tool, and the
remaining 9 or 22% prefer this as a source of entertainment and leisure. This shows that students who

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consider Internet useful in their research works and students who consider it as a communication tool
tied up in numbers.
As stated in figure 1, Internet is useful in school works especially in research. Internet is a rich
source of bundled information for students. Students can research information and ideas to complete their
research works through the use of Internet. Likewise, the Internet can be used as a tool for communicating
outside of the classroom. Social networking sites offer people new and varied ways to
communicate via the Internet whether through the PC or through their mobile phones.
Others also consider Internet as a form of entertainment and leisure. It provides a wide range of games.
Its also a portal to watch movies and play music, to look for artworks, etc.

Figure 3 : Does Internet encourage you to do your school works?

12%
88%

Yes
No

Figure 3 presents the percentage distribution of students that consider or not- the
Internet as a tool that encourages them to do school works. 88 % or 36 students think that
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Internet does not encourage them to do school works. While the remaining 12% or 5
students think that it encourages them.
It is stated in figure 1 that 41 out of 41 agree that Internet is helpful in their
studies. But in figure 2, majority of students think that Internet is not helpful in
encouraging them to do their school works. Thus, this shows that Internet is useful in the
studies of students but it does not encourage them to do their school works. Its maybe
because of the fact that they spend more time surfing with Social networking sites like
Facebook rather than doing their assignments. They are fond of surfing other things in net
thats why they are able to set aside their school works.

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Problem 2

Figure 4 : Does Internet help you expand your social circle?

2%
Yes
No
98%

Figure 4 shows the percentage distribution of students who consider -or not- the
Internet to be helpful in expanding their social circle. 40 or 98% of 41 students, consider
Internet as being useful in their social life. While only one student, which comprises the
2% think that Internet is not that useful in expanding his social life.

Most of students think that Internet is very useful in their social life. Email
provides the opportunity for students to collaborate with their peers across town or across
the globe. The cyber world expands people's social networks and even encourages people
to talk by phone or meet new persons. Thus, it expands and improves social relationship

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of students. But others think it is not useful in expanding social circle. For the reason that
with more time surfing, others arent able to compromise social interactions.

Figure 5 : During free time, what would you prefer to do?

24%
Hang out with friends
76%

Surf the Internet

Figure 5 illustrates the percentage that the respondents prefer to do when they
have free time. Out of 41 students, 76% favor hanging out with friends, while 24%
choose to surf the net.
The Internet, particularly the social networking sites, helps in expanding the
social life of the students. It links the student to other people to have more social
connections, but the data gathered shows that majority of students would rather hang out
with their friends than to surf the net. It can be said that social connections can be more
strengthened and enjoyed by personal bonding with friends rather than surfing the
Internet.

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Figure 6 : How does Internet affect your family relationship?

63%with family
Helps draw closer

37%
Takes away time for family

Figure 6 displays the percentage distribution of the respondents in deciding how

Internet affects their family relationships. From the obtained 41 respondents, 62% said
that Internet keeps their family closer, while 37% said that it tends to keep their
relationship away.
The most important feature of the Internet is making it easier for people to
communicate with one another using computers. The data gathered shows that Internet
usage, for greater part, is positively related to the closeness of the family relationships of
students. Through the use of Internet, the majority of the students feel a closer
relationship with their family, though few disagree and say that it tends to keep them
away.
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Problem 3

Figure 7 : Do you skip a meal just to surf the Internet?

61%

Yes

No
39%

Figure 7 represents the percentage distribution of the students who skip their meal
just to surf the Internet and it shows that 61% miss their meal and 39% do not. It shows
that majority of the respondent skip their meal just to surf the Internet.
Excessive Internet use is emerging as one of the more negative aspects of young
people's online activities. Most Internet users dietary habits had been changed to have
small meal sizes, a poor appetite, and irregular eating speeds. Malnutrition or
unbalanced nutritional intake can reduce weight and affect the students health, which
may lead to some serious illness.

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Figure 8 : Are you aware that using computer just to surf the internet can cause different diseases?

Aware but just ignore it Aware and limits the time in surfing the net
56%

39%
5%
not aware

Figure8 shows the percentage distribution of the students being aware of the
diseases that Internet can cause and if they take action unto it. From the 41 respondents,
56% are aware and limits their time in surfing the net, 31% are aware but they just ignore
it, and the remaining 5% are not aware.

The increased use of computers to surf the Internet has brought about the
development of a number of health concerns. Many individuals report a high level of
complaints and symptoms, including ocular discomfort, muscular strain and stress. The
level of discomfort appears to increase with the amount of computer use. Visual
discomfort and related symptoms occurring in computer users must be recognized as a

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growing health problem. From the data gathered, it can be said that majority of the
respondents know the harm effects of computer and they limits their time of using it.

Figure 9 : Do you lack sleep because you spend more time surfing the Internet?

29%

Yes
71%

No

Figure 9 demonstrates the percentage distribution of the students who lack sleep
to spend more time in surfing the Internet. Out of the 41 respondents, 71% are lacking
sleep while 29% do not.
Too much Internet use can cause more irregular sleep patterns and more episodes
of sleep disturbance. Internet addiction was associated with insomnia, apnea, and
nightmare. The data gathered shows that majority of students lack sleep because of
excessive Internet use. Internet users who experience sleep deprivation are more likely to
experience mental and health problems

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V.

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

SUMMARY
This chapter is dedicated to the summarization of the results presented in the
previous chapter, as well as the conclusions that can be derived from the gathered and
collected data. Recommendations for actions as well as further studies are also included
in this chapter.
However, a clear and a deep understanding of data gathered will be discussed.
CONCLUSIONS
The study conducted has yielded some conclusions based on the findings that
were summarized in the previous section. It is now possible to derive several conclusions
based on the objectives presented in the first chapter. These POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
conclusions are the following:
Positive effects:

Internet occupies a big part in the school lives of the students. Majority of them
agreed that an Internet access is an advantage to their studies.

Internet helps not only in their school work but also in their social life. Because of
this advanced technology, it provides connection to others and allows
communication.

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Since Internet is a way of communication, families who are apart from each other
draw a closer relationship to each other. Video and live chats are now available.
Through this, the feeling of homesickness is lessened.

Negative effects:

Seeing Internet as an entertainment, students are refrained to do their home works

and projects. Internet acts like a threat for their studies because they rather choose

to be entertained by it.
Because of Internet, students often skip their meals resulting body system to

deteriorate which causes them to be more prone to illnesses.

In view of the fact that Internet has the online access, curious students enter
different web sites. Pornography is an example. At an early age, students minds

are poisoned because of these malicious sites.

Internet causes addiction. That is why, lots of students lack sleep.

RECOMMENDATION
During the research as well as the analysis processes several other ideas turned up
that could be of interest and worthwhile to investigate more thoroughly. It would be
interesting to study more closely the impact of internet to the students.This study would
illustrate the positive and negative effects of internet.Through internet , students are able
to do their research works and homeworks.This study recommends , limit the time in
using this kind of technology which affords health problems . Further recommendation ,
students must know where and what sites they are going to open because some of the
online

websites

in

the

internet

are

not

good

to

access.

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For future research, the researchers suggest to improve more the research study
about the impact of internet to the students. This research would also be of benefit and
successful if theres an enthusiasm of the future researchers. Thus the forthcoming
researchers could get deeper into the topic.

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