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Social networks are one of the most used communications methods of today’s world. It is
amazing how the internet is changing people’s lives. People are able to quickly do research and
gather data on the web, navigate through websites and most people are able to find anything on
the internet. However, it has a negative aspect due to the fact that it affects relationships with
others, people easily distracted, and it may cause cyber bullying. Many people can say that social
media is one of the most common ways of distraction for students. It has an effect that is both
harmful to the productivity of students and has been proven to decrease the student’s grades
academically; example, a teacher is discussing in front but a student always play games,
watching movies on her/his phone and when the teacher is going to ask his/her, he/she had
nothing to answer, during exams he/she got low grades because of the addiction on using
gadgets, his/her grades decrease and getting distracted. A student productivity on learning
become decrease and decrease, most of them suffer from low grades. Teenagers across the world
may believe that social media has a positive impact on their lives because it makes
communication with friends quick and easy; however, it takes away meaningful relationship.
Example, most of us always want to have many friends and one of the way to get friends is
through social media but we don’t know who’s behind the screen because we don’t have to face-
to-face interaction that have a meaningless relationship. Students will always have the choice of
how well they do in school. They are in control of their own grades, and what they want to
retain. Having the perfect balance between a social media network and schoolwork can be
achieved through self-discipline and suitable scheduling. Students need to start changing their
habits of how much time they spend on social media. (Conley, Dalton, “Wired for distraction :
kinds and social media , “content time. com). (Dakin, Pauline: Social media affecting teens
concepts of friendship intimacy.”) The authors suggest that is has a positive effect on the health
of the students. (Tobi et al. 2013) also further mentioned that this has a positive impact of user
confidence. In addition, (Kimbal and Rheingold 2013) and (Krasnova et al 2008) argued that
using social networking sites increases user happiness and can reduce depression if is controlled
(Tandoc, Ferrucci, and duffy, 2015). In the Philippines, it has been observed too that the majority
of the students nowadays, particularly those in the secondary level, spend most of their time
chatting with their acquaintances, playing online games, and watching videos instead of reading
their lessons, making their assignments and other academic requirements. The darker side of this
that has gained the attention of many parents is that some students are getting lazier and are no
longer interested in going to school. (Impact of social media to students lives, academic
performances, Tabuk City, Kalinga December 11, 2016, Rejie D. Astodelio). The social
networking sites are gaining a lot of popularity these days with almost all of the educated youth
using one or the other such site. On the point of academic performance or excellence, Tuckman
(1975) posited that, performance is used to label observable manifestation of knowledge, skills,
concepts, and understanding and ideas. (Impact of social networking sites on academic
students are engaged in social media that affect the productivity of student learning. Social media
can affect student’s grades in school for it decreases its sympathy on studying. As we observed
student in Kalamtukan High School use cell phone during class hours that is incorrectly habit of
a student. Ex. It’s your habit to play games on your cell phone and you get weak if you didn’t
play games even if teacher is discussing you are still playing until you didn’t noticed that your
teacher is beside you; your teacher may scold or your grades will affected and also it can cause
into a reasons of cheating. As what the respondents answer us during interview is that the
negative effects of social media on them us a student’s is that they may addict on games, stop
studying and it affect their mind. It also damage our eyes because of radiation, it also a cause of a
concentration of studies which you may get failure or else you will reject your study. Ex. A
student is addict on using Facebook, he is absent from his class just to have Facebook cause of
rejecting his studies. If there is negative, there is also positive impact; social media helps student
on their research, make their homework faster or easy to answer because they just find it on
Google or different web. It is also use in communicating to their friends/classmates if they forget
about their project, they can easily know without wasting any amount for transportation. Most of
the student in KHS use cell phone, this kind of social media help the student specially on math
for the can use of its calculator than buying a scientific calculator, they can thrift their money.
The study seeks to determine the different impact of social media on students especially grade 7
1.1 Male
1.2 Female
1.1 11
1.2 12
1.3 13
1.4 14
1.5 15
1.1 Facebook
1.2 Messenger
1.2 Nonsense
1.1 Yes
1.2 No
1.3 Maybe
6) Is there a significant relationship between the impacts of social media and the
RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
NULL HYPOTHESES- There’s no significant relationship between the impacts of social media
This study focuses only on Grade 7 Charity of Kalamtukan High School which is using a
sampling method towards the respondents. This research consist of 10 respondents fro the grade
7 Charity. Using the different method of collecting data like survey and interview and also from
our observation. This research is based on the respondents answer about the impact of social
media and their experiences how it effects on them, we also use the internet in gathering data.
This research was based on the different reason and answer of the respondents on the negative
and positive effect and how they perform his balance without harm. If it is negative what is its
impact on them and if positive what are the value or purpose to them.
This study is limited only Grade 7 Charity of Kalamtukan High School School Year. 2018-2019
TEACHERS: This would help the teachers on how to get the attention of students during class
hours. This is also help the teachers controlled or prevented the addiction of students in using
cell phone even if it is not necessary to use. It also guide the teachers on how to enhance the
students learning.
PARENTS: This would guide the parent on how to train their students on what time they are
capable to use their phones. It also help the parents aware their children performance and
STUDENTS: This would aware the students the impacts into their study and how it affect of on
their health mentally damage/distract. It also help them how to use mobile phones into a fair
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In this study, primary data is used. The primary data for this research study will be collected true
questionnaire; the data of questionnaire was collected from 10 respondents. In addition, this
research study leads to explore more about the impact social media in student’s performance and
learning.
Student itself reliable in making their grades it is based on how they perform, participate and
contribute to their learning. They are only person can help themselves to get a high grade also
Nowadays, we born in computer age, most of us depend on internet, research, assignments and
project are mostly from different web. In reality, students use Facebook to search peers instead
of searching a topic for a report, use You Tube to watch movies instead of watching the process
of making their project or using telephone on answering unimportant topic than answering its
The study is conducted in Brgy. Kalamtukan, Bayawan City specifically at Kalamtukan High
School. Grade 7 is the focus of this research which has a population of 44 students but using a
random sampling, researchers only selected 10 respondents from that section. Kalamtukan High
School is composed of 13 teachers specifically from Grade 7 to 12. It has a Science laboratory,
Social Media- forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and micro
blogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal
Cyber bullying- the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (as a student)
Addiction- a strong and harmful need to regularly have something (such as a drug) or do
Habits- something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way.
employee)
Radiaton- energy that comes from a source in the form of waves or rays you cannot see.
Respondent- a person who gives a response or answer to a question that is asked especially as
part of a survey.
Chatting- to talk over the Internet by sending message back and forth in a chat room.
January 1,2017
Steve Johnson
This research effort is targeted at finding the effects of social media on student’s academic
performance is available. Most of the studies chosen have been published in the past four to five
years.
Tess (2013) presents a very comprehensive literature review paper regarding the role of social
media in higher education virtual and real classes. The review has consulted almost every
popular research database around the world to make this review rich in terms of covering almost
every aspect of explaining the role of different social media in higher education class.
This research finds Facebook to be the most popular social networking site among students as
reported by same researchers and it has reached a one billion user base in October 2012.
While reflecting on the impact of social networking sites on students’ performance, Tess (2013)
again finds a variety of diverse correlations existing in the literature. Some studies find
significantly negative correlation between students results and use of social media while others
find no correlation or weak correlations. Even a few studies come up with positive correlations
although not very significant. Interestingly, the negative correlations between SNS’s usage and
poor performance have been associated with personality traits or other behavioural or
psychological aspects rather than solely with the use of this platforms.
Rouis, Limayem & Salehi-Sangari (2011) successfully make the observation that extent of
cognitive absorption determines the frequency and duration of social media usage. However,
they add that level of cognitive absorption is in turned defined by self-control and other
personality factors. While multitasking skills do nothing to reduce frequency and use of social
media among students, they moderate the effects of social media on students’ performance by
Junco R. (2012) emphasize a further investigation into the issue to find some more variables like
focus and intervention that may be strongly related to academic performance. The negative
correlation between Facebook usage and academic outcomes may be justified by some negative
academic impacts related to certain ways students use this social media. He observes that some
specific uses of their social media are related to improved academic performance while others
Negussie & Ketema (2014) further investigated if there is any impact of using Facebook while
accessing through different devices. Among a variety of devices, it was found that the correlation
between using Facebook on mobile devices and students grades is highly negative as compared
to using Facebook on other devices. This adverse effect is explained by the fact that using cell
phones for social networking activities may involve multitasking and all students are not equally
efficient in multitasking skills. The study suggests, that students must be encouraged to use
social networking sites for educational purposes instead of blocking these platforms in the
educational premises.
2.) The Positive and Negative effects of Social Media on Mental Health
By Megan Stonecipher
In this day and age, social media constantly surrounds us. People are always on their phones or
laptops updating statuses, posting pictures, liking things, and messaging back and forth with
friends. Although social media is extremely beneficial in several ways (i.e., self-expression,
communicating with long-distance friends, self-identity, emotional support, and so on), it does
more social platforms that you are on can also lead to increase negative feelings and rates of
Based on the results from the 14 health and well-being-related questions, the study went ahead
and displayed the overall net impact of each social media platforms on health and wellbeing.
You Tube was rated the most positive for health and wellbeing, followed by Twitter, Facebook,
Snap chat, and finally Instagram was found to be the most damaging for one’s health.
In terms of trying the amount of negative impact from social media, the Royal Society of Public
Health and the Young Health Movement are proposing a couple of ideas. The first is having
social media platforms keep the track of the amount of usage done by a user and providing pop-
ups stating that viewing more content may be harmful. This would most likely also help lessen
the addiction that some people have to social media ,and lessen the rate of depression and
anxiety. Another proposal is having social media platforms highlights when photos of people
have been digitally manipulated (this includes photo shop and filters). This would help with body
There is no way to know for sure if the proposed ideas will ever be put into action, so that is why
it is important to be weary of your social media usage and the feelings it may be causing you. If
you feel as if you are constantly checking social media or are feeling anxious or depressed after
viewing your social media, it may be important to take a step back from your phone or laptop
screen and take a break from using social media. It is also as equally important to spend time
evaluating what you are putting on social media as well as some content may be harmful or
damaging to others. Overall though, remember that it is most important to do what is best for
2017
Social media refers to all applications and websites or blogs that enable people around the globe
to interconnect via the internet, chat, and share content, video call among much other
functionality it offers to its users. For a person to be a member of any social media, he or she has
to first signup and then sign in to access content and be able to share and chat with other users of
that social media platform. Some of the common and widely used social media platforms include
Over the past two decades, social media have gained so much growth and fame worldwide to an
extend that many researchers are now interested in learning more about this social platforms and
their effects on the community. Despite the fact that almost everyone in the community is
connected to at least one social media platform, the youth and teenagers are the leading and the
most fanatic of these social platform to the point that they even social network while in class or
even church. It is to this light that researchers have found that these social sites impact the lives
of our youth in a society a great deal in terms of morals, behaviour and even education-wise.
Also, it exposes young teens say below eighteen years to online predators who get to woo thn
into sexual acts such as lesbianism and other general sexual misconducts. It also exposes these
teens to pornographic content being spread in some the social groups online. This in turn leads to
early pregnancies amongst young girls causing them to drop out of school. It also can lead to
contraction of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and this can lead to early deaths of our
young generation. The morals of these teens is also immoral literature and videos.
Spending long hours chatting in social media sites also decreases productivity amongst the
youths. This in turn cases the youths not to be self-dependent and instead of depend on their
parents and families for upkeep. The long hours wasted online on social media can be channelled
to productive activities that can enable one earn a living or even acquire an education for
Social platforms also encourage the spread of wrong information and news majorly aimed at
tainting other people’s names or other groups of interest such as political or religious groups.
This in turn leads to fights and enmity between the concerned parties and this can lead to
It can also lead one to join groups of cults and illuminate people, which in turn can also lead to
frequent killings of people in society especially loved ones as a sacrifice to these cults.
In conclusion, social networking has been proved to have both positive and negative effects on
our youths. Individuals should make a conclusion whether to go on using or stop or even
moderate on their usage. Parents should guide and advise their children on current matters like
the usage of social, its disciplines so as to alert students that they need to be careful in their social
media usage.
Work Cited
We all know that everyone is a product of their environment. Circumstantial life events,
influences, and surroundings can further change our behaviour. Social media already highly
influences our shopping, relationships, and education. But how large of a role does networking
through social media play into our lives? Maybe more than any of us realize.
Although exceptions exist, research suggests that most social networks primarily support pre-
existing social relations. For the most part, Facebook is used to maintain existingoffline
relationships may be weak ties, but typically there is some common offline element among
individuals who friend one another, such as a shared class at school. This is one of the chief
dimensions that differentiate social media from earlier forms of public communication such as
newsgroups. Research in this vein has investigated how online interactions interface with offline
ones. Facebook users engage in “searching” for people with whom they have an offline
populations initially, so it is not uncommon to find groups using sites to segregate themselves by
nationality, age, educational level, or other factors that typically segment society, even if that
Social networks can harbour a flow of generally undesirable things such as anger and sadness,
unhappiness, but good things also flow like happiness, love altruism, and valuable information.
“It is the spread of the good things that vindicates the whole reason we live our lives in
networks” Christakis says. “If I was always violent to you…you would cut the ties to me and the
network would disintegrate. In a deep and fundamental way, networks are connected to
Today’s world is a global village. Everyone is connected to one another in this vast network
theory, “The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.”
This electronic independence is inherently dependent upon the Internet. It illuminates the lives of
In the past, the communicating and free sharing of thoughts among people were restricted by
long distance, nationality and/or religion. But now, even these barriers cannot stop the flow of
information and knowledge. The new world of social networking allows free sharing of thoughts.
Online social networks are created by websites such as Facebook, which has emerged as Humans
are social animals. We always like to remain in some group or another, and we prefer to follow
what this group does. All of our traditions and cultures are the product of this group-oriented
facet of human nature. A well-known American psychologist, Abraham Maslow, stated in his
“Theory of Motivation” that the social need of human beings is the third most important
requirement after our physical and safety needs-the third tier in his hierarchy of needs. Even or
self-esteem comes after this social dependence. This is the main reason billions of people use
social networking t stay connected, make friends and satisfy their social needs.
Actually, many reasons exist that explain why students love to spend time socializing. Firstly,
social networks provide them the freedom to do whatever they want-to upload what they want
and talk to whom they want. They like to make new friends and comment on the lives of
different people. Students can create other online identities that the real world does not allow.
The freedom it gives them to act just by sitting in front of a computer enthrals them, and they
then demand for more freedom. Never before has it been so easy for young minds to create a
But it has a darker side that has gained the attention of many parents, and even eminent
psychologist, all over the world. One of the biggest problems is the identity crisis constant socisl
State, “The types of actions users take and the kinds of nformation they are adding to other
knowledge to become a person with moral character. But today, as we see in various studies, this
optimal learning process is seriously jeopardized by students becoming entrapped by the ploys of
social networking. Students neglect their studies by spending time on social networking websites
rather than studying or interacting with people in person. Actively and frequently participating in
social networking can negatively affect their grades or hamper their journeys to their future
careers.
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