“THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF

GRADE 11-GAS STUDENTS OF MAT-I (NAAWAN) NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”

A Quantitative Research Presented to the Senior High School Department

of Mat-I (Naawan) National High School

By:

Amarga, Roselyn M. Jagonal, Julieto L.

Arana, April Rose M. Legaspi, Maryl K.
Gomez, Kim Ryan T. Navarro, Ruelyn A.
Roa, Arthur C. Tipalan, Ella Mae L.
Hambre, Sanebert Ivan C.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter I. Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------4-10

A.Background of the Study

B.Statement of the Problem

C.Objectives of the Study

D.Significance of the Study

E.Scope and Limitations of the Study

Chapter II. Review of Related Literature-----------------------------------------11-16

A.Overview/Introduction of the Review of Related Literature

B.Body

C.Conclusion

Chapter III. Methodology----------------------------------------------------------------16

Chapter IV. Results and Discussion--------------------------------------------------17-23

Chapter V. Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendation----------24-26

References----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------27

Appendices---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------28-30

Abstract
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 Social media is an omnipresent part of everyday life. It
provides users with an easy way to engage and connect with
others without meeting face-to-face. This form of
communication provides a lot of opportunity for students
and individuals. What is the purpose of social media, and
does it tie into science? Well, you see, it all depends on who
you know and how active your social media presence is. Is
there a benefit for sharing research across social media? The
benefits of social media stem from active participation and
the generation of new attractive content from an individual.
Research is about producing new information, social media
offers unique opportunities to present new content.

Chapter I

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 Introduction
Social media platforms allow users to have
conversations is have information and create web content.
There are many forms of social media, including blogs,
microblogs, wikis, social networking sites, photo sharing
sites, instant messaging, video sharing sites, podcasts,
widgets, virtual word land more.

A.Background of the study

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 Social media usage by students is so rampant recently
because of easy access to devices such as smart phones, i-
phones, tablets, i-pad, and laptops which are connected to
the internet. Addiction to the usage of social media has
extremely increased in recent times. The perils of its effects
on the academic performance which is depicted by the
grades of students is a great concern student that spends
excessive time on social networks become dependent on it
and it is believed that their academic performance diminishes
proportionately. It is perceived that school grades will suffer
when spending too much time on social sites such as
facebook, as valuable study time is lost.
The rapid advancement of media technology has had a
great impact on the way people communicate on a daily
basis. The growing dimension of the use of social media
among the youth of today cannot be overemphasized. Over
the years, social networking among students has become
more and more popular. It is a way to make connections, not
only in school but with friends outside of school. Social
networking is a way that helps people feels they belong to a
community. Due to the increased popularity of social media.
It also affects the students’ academic performance. The use
of technology such as internet is one of the most important
factors that can influence educational performance of
students positively or adversely. Many parents and guardians
are worried that students are spending too much time on
facebook and other social media sites and have not enough
time to study. Though parents are worried about students’

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constant use of the social media sites, many students
continue to utilize these sites on a daily basis.
It is against this background that this research is being
conducted to ascertain the effects of social media on the
academic performance of Grade 11-GAS students of Mat-I
(Naawan) National High School by spending their whole time
on it and ignoring their school works resulting to lower
grades and poor class performance. Therefore, we
researchers wants to know the positive and negative effects
of social media to the academic performance of Grade-11
GAS students of Mat-I (Naawan) National High School and
the factors that causes poor class performance result. The
researchers also wants to know how social media can
improve a students academic performance in an effective
way.

B.Statement of the Problem

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 The internet is today the most important source of information
and the growing dimensions of the use of social media by students
cannot be underestimated. It has been observed that students
devote more attention and time to social media especially facebook
than they do for their studies and they cannot pass their examination
well if they do not learn. Academic excellence because of the role it
plays in an individual’s life as far as a successful life and respect is
concerned in every part of the world.
1.What are the positive and negative effects of social media to the
academic performance of Grade 11-GAS students of Mat-I (Naawan)
National High School?
2.What are the social factors that causes the students academic
performance result to poor class performance?
3.How social media help the students of Grade 11-GAS students of
Mat-I (Naawan) National High School to improve their class
performance?

C.Objectives of the study

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 The objectives of this study was to assess and compare the
prevalence of social media addiction between students, to assess the
health problems relate to social media usage among the study
subjects, and to assess the various factors associated with social
media addiction. To investigate the impact of social media on
students social life. The specific objectives of the study were:
1.To examine the types of social media platforms commonly use by
students.
2.To find out the amount of time students on social media.
3.To investigate the purpose for which students use social media.
4.To examine the perceived impact of social media used on students’
social life.

D.Significance of the study

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 Despite the increased use of social media use among Grade 11-
GAS students in Mat-I (Naawan) National High School, researchers
have pay little or no attention to understanding the effect of social
media on the students’ social development. Social media use has
become a popular and fundamental aspect of the social lives of many
Grade 11-GAS students of Mat-I (Naawan) National High School
today and hence investigation, of its outcomes deserves attention.
The increase in the use of smart phones in our society is extend to
correspond to increased use of more affordable and convinent
computer mediated communication (Pew Internet & American Life
Project, 2012). Although students engage in various internet
activities participation in social media sites seems to the most
popular activity, thus it is appropriate to study the impact of online
social networks (Cheung & Lee, 2010).

E.Scope and Limitations of the study

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 The respondents of the study are 50 selected Grade 11- GAS
students of Mat-I (Naawan) National High School. This aims to
identify the students who are addicted in social media resulting in
poor class performance. The researchers do not include all kinds of
factors that may affect students’ academic performance and to know
how social media can help improve the academic performance of
Grade 11- GAS students of Mat-I (Naawan) National High School. This
study tends to know the effects of social media (such as facebook,
instagram, messenger etc.) addiction in the academic performance
of the students.

Chapter II

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 Review of Related Literature
A.Overview/Introduction of the Review of Related Literature
Social media continuously keeps changing and as such it is difficult to
assign a fixed definition to it as Jacka and Scott (2011), argued that
“there is no single recognized definition for social media”. However
some scholars have defined it in different perspectives over the past
years. Kaplan an Haenlein (2010), defined social media as a group of
internet- based applications that build on the ideological and
technological foundations of Web 2.0 and allow the creation and
exchange of user- generated content. The oxford dictionary (2011),
also defined social media as “websites and applications used for
social networking”. Another definition of social media is that it is a “
communication channel which is very popular, extremely fast and
broad, has proven to be highly effective, as well as trusted by billions
of people, to share and discover content concerning individuals,
brans, information, entertainment and know how” (Dearborn 2014).
One theme that all this definition underpin is that social media
involves some form of communication between individuals over the
internet. Social media began in the late 1990s with first recognized
social media “SixDegrees” in 1997 and this technology enabled
people to upload a profile and make friends. From 1997 to 2021 a
number of community tools; Asian Avenue, blackplanet and Migente
began supporting various combination of profile publicly articulated
friend (Boyd, Danah, Elison and Nicole, 2007. There has been
tremendous emprovement since this era and today there exist
uncountable social networking site either developed for local use,
specific purpose or international use.

B.Body

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Positive effects of social media on students’ academic life
Students’ academic life has moved to a different dimensions since
the introduction of these social media networks and several studies
have affirmed that social media play an important role on students in
higher education including the study conducted by Wheeler,
Yeomans and Wheeler, (2008), Rifkin, Longnecker, Leach and Ortia,
(2009). In their study, they recognized four (4) major advantages of
social media usage by students in higher education which included;
enhancing relationship, improving learning motivation, offering
personalized course material, and developing collaborative abilities.
Indeed social media has contributed greatly to facilitating learning in
the 21st century. It is shown that a greater percentage of students
including those at the PhD level commonly use social media to
ameliorate their studies (Khan 2010). The answers to the causes of
flexible studies today across the globe might no be far-fetched form
the great contribution that social media platforms are providing
when use judiciously. Even though, there have been other school of
thought that states that social media is nuisance to students’
academic life such as Kuppuswamy and Shankar (2010), who argued
in their study that social networks distracts the attention and
concentration of the students toward learning and converts it
towards non educational activities such as useless and unnecessary
chatting, there have been several studies conducted afterwards
whose findings are contrary to this claim. For instance, the study
conducted by Jain, Verma, Verma and Tiwari (2012), titled “the
impact of social networking in promoting education” revealed that
student benefit from chatting with other students, taechers and
external sources to acquire knowledge. Also, Yunus and Salchi
(2012), argued in the same direction that students gained more
vocabulary, improved their writing skills and reduced their spelling
mistakes through social media usage. In fact as an educational tool,
social media enriches learning by giving both students and teachers

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the opportunity to connect in new and very exciting ways thereby
encouraging flexible mode of learning. It is stated that flexible
learning expands the choice on what, when and how people learn. It
supports different styles of learning including E-learning which is
highly patronized across the globe (Pappas, 2013). Other scholars;
Okeeffe and Clake-person (2011), in their study also revealed that
social media benefits students by connecting them to one another
on assignments and class projects, It is further buttressed in the
study of Arquero and Esteban (2013) and Selwyn (2007) whose
conclusions were that social media undoubtedly generate new
opportunities to engage students in higher education as they are
remarkably effective at connecting people and facilitating the
exchange of information. It is clear and indisputable from these
studies that social media usage in the educational sector cannot be
underestimated since its introduction.

C.Conclusion

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 In this digital Age, everyone seems to make his or her presence
felt in the virtual world to validate his or her existence. Getting
connected through social networks and blog sites seems to be the
norm, not just among individuals, but also among companies and
business. With this, the Honor Award Program (HAP) of the Civil
Service Commission (CSC) has ventured into social media to
strengthen its promotional strategies of the Program Commission on
Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Chairman Ivan
John E. Uy said that social networking sites can be a useful tool in
public service delivery. “The use of Facebook and Twitter in
government offices provides better access to the public,” he said in
an interview aired over DZRB. There are 24 million internet users in
the Philippines, 51% of which use social networking sites. Social
media is an effective platform for information dissemination and
engagement. “It’s about time to engage with our stakeholders. There
are 1.4 million governments worker all over the country. Filipinos
should hear of the inspiring stories of our outstanding public
servants. Being on Facebook is one way to reach out the public that
we serve, “said CSC Chairman Francisco T. Duque lll. The Pangasinan
provincial government is vigorously pushing people empowerment,
including generating greater public awareness in various
governments program through the use of social networking sites.
Vangie Padilla, a social media specialist and resource speaker, said
Espino wanted to raise the level of quality of public service given to
the 2.6 million College of Arts and Science Bachelor Science of
Foreign Service. Since there are now some 300,000 Pangasinenses
who are on Facebook, Padilla said Espino thought of coping with “the
times with switching from the traditional to cyberspace since.” Since
Pangasinan is now dubbed as No.1 province in many aspects, Gov.
Espino opts to explore greater heights of bringing government
service closer to the people, having seen the intense impact of social
media like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube among Pangsinenses,”

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Padilla said. Coinciding with the half-day orientation was the
launching of Espino’s social networking sites.

Chapter III

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 Methodology
This chapter presents the discussion on the research
methodology of the study, the subjects, sampling technique,
research instruments, procedure of data gathering, and statistical
treatment that will be used for accurate data analysis and
interpretation.

Chapter IV

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 Results and Discussion
This chapter contains the presentation and analysis of data
gathered regarding the translation and interpretation of findings of
the Effects of Social Media to the Academic Performance of Grade
11- GAS students of Mat-I (Naawan) National High School.
The data presented in this chapter are from the answers
of Grade 11- GAS students of Mat-I (Naawan) National High School
students from the questionnaire given by the researchers under non-
random sampling.
This study will focus to these following questions:
1.What are the positive and negative effects of social media to the
academic performance of Grade 11- GAS students of Mat-I (Naawan)
National High School?
2.What are the social factors that causes the students academic
performance result to poor class performance?
3.How can social media help Grade 11- GAS students of Mat-I
(Naawan) National High School to improve their class performance?

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FIGURE 1.WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO
YOUR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE?
FIGURE 1
Legend: 100%
A.It helps with my assignments. 60%
B.It is a source of communication 30%
which is a tool for information
dissemination.
C.It helps me to be updated from 10%
the latest school events.
D.Others; Specify 0%

Figure 1 shows that sixty percent (60%) of the respondents

answered that social media helps them with their assignments, thirty
percent (30%) answered that it is source of communication which is
a tool for information dissemination, ten percent (10%) answered
that it helps them to be updated from the latest school events and
zero (0%) answered others.

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FIGURE 2.WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO
YOUR ACADEMIC/CLASS PERFORMANCE?
FIGURE 2
LEGEND: 100%
A.It distracts me from studying. 40%
B.It lowers my grades in my 40%
subjects.
C.It entertains me a lot, 20%
therefore I do not have time to
study.
D.Others; Specify 0%

Figure 2 shows that fourty percent (40%) of the respondents

answered that social media distracts them from studying, fourty
percent (40%) answered that it lowers their grades in their subjects,
ten percent (10%) answered that entertains them a lot, therefore
they do not have time to study, and zero percent (0%) answered
others.

Therefore, the negative effect of social media to their academic

performance is that it distracts them from studying.

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FIGURE 3.WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL FACTORS THAT CAUSES YOUR
ACADEMIC/CLASS PERFORMANCE RESULT TO POOR
PERFORMANCE?
FIGURE 3
LEGEND: 100%
A.Addiction to social media sites 64%
such as Facebook.
B.Lack of sleep and 20%
concentration due to spending
too much time on social media
sites.
C.Laziness because of social 16%
media sites.
D.Others; Specify 0%

Figure 3 shows that sixty four percent (64%) of the respondents

answered addiction to social media sites such as Facebook, twenty
percent (20%) answered lack of sleep and concentration due to
spending too much time on social media sites, sixteen percent (16%)
answered laziness because of social media sites and zero percent
(0%) answered others.

Therefore, lack of sleep and concentration due to spending too much

time on social media sites is the social factor that causes their class
performance result to poor performance.

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FIGURE 4.HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND USING SOCIAL MEDIA
SITES?
FIGURE 4
LEGEND: 100%
A.1-2 hours 68%
B.2-3 hours 20%
C.4 hours 12%
D.Other; Specify 0%

Figure 4 shows that sixty eight percent (68%) of the

respondents answered that they spend 1-2 hours using social media
sites, twenty percent (20%) answered 2-3 hours, twelve percent
(12%) answered 4 hours above and zero percent (0%) answered
others.

Therefore, respondents answered that they only spend 1-2 hours

using social media.

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FIGURE 5.HOW CAN SOCIAL MEDIA HELP YOU TO IMPROVE YOUR
ACADEMIC/CLASS PERFOMANCE?
LEGEND: 100%
A.It can help me by using 52%
Facebook group chats making it
easier for me to communicate
with my classmates when there
are group projects.
B.It can help me by getting 30%
information from my school
related activities.
C.It can help me by getting 18%
answer from my assignments
and activities when I can’t find
answers on books, dictionaries,
etc.
D.Others; Specify 0%

Figure 5 shows that fifty two percent (52%) of the respondents

answered that social media can improve their academic performance
by using facebook group chats, thirty percent (30%) answered that it
helps them by getting information from school related activities,
eighteen percent (18%) answered that it helps them by getting
answers from their assignments and activities, and zero percent (0%)
answered others.

Therefore using facebook group chats helps them to improve their

academic performance.

TABLE

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THE EFFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
OF STUDENTS OF MAT-I (NAAWAN) NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

RESULTS/PERCENTAGE

QUESTIONS A B C D

1.What are the positive

effects of social media to 60% 30% 10% 0%
your academic/class
performance?
2.What are the negative 40% 40% 20% 0%
effects of social media to
your academic/class
performance?
3.What are the social factors
that causes you 64% 20% 16% 0%
academic/class performance
result to poor performance?
4.How much time do you
spend using social media 68% 20% 12% 0%
sites?
5.How can social media help
you to improve your 52% 30% 18% 0%
academic/class
performance?

The table shows the full result of the respondents’ assessment from
the questions/ questionnaire given by the researchers in the study
entitled THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO THE ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE OF MAT-I (NAAWAN) NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.
Chapter V

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 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendation
This chapter presents the findings of the study based from the
gathered data and results. Through the use of these findings the
conclusions and recommendations are made which hold a sufficient
amount of proof to be considered effective.

Summary
These study has a goal to clarify the effects of social media to
the Academic Performance of Grade 11- GAS students of Mat-I
(Naawan) National High School, S.Y 2020-2021.
This goal has be attained by making use of a questionnaire
which a illustrated the perceptions of students regarding their
personal beliefs on the effects of social media towards their
academic performance. The questionnaire was made in the form of
a checklist by which students had options to choose the answer they
personally prefer. Different questions given in the survey were made
simple in order to have an easy transaction or communication
process with its respondents. Directions were stated clearly and
surveys were successful submitted. After conducting a survey which
has been carefully examined by the expert teacher, the gathered
data was tallied and results were made clear or categorized.
In treatment of data, the study used the methods of Frequency
Count and Percentage Open Coding. These methods illustrated the
majority answers made by the respondents which clarified the
current effects of social media onto the specified student group.

Conclusion
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Based on the findings of the study, the following statements have
been concluded to answer the following questions:
1.What are the positive and negative effects of social media to the
academic performance of Grade 11- GAS students of Mat-I (Naawan)
National High School.
2.What are the social factors that causes the students academic
performance result to poor class performance?
3.How can social media help the Grade 11- GAS students of Mat-I
(Naawan) National High School to improve their class performance?

The following are the conclusions made in the study which

have sufficient amount of data to be proven true:
Social media has both positive and negative effects to students
academic performance. It only shows that there is a balance
between social media and students academic performance.
Social media helps students to improve their academic
performance but spending too much time on it will cause lack of
concentration in studying.
The use of facebook group chats helps the students in improving
their academic performance making is easier for them to reach their
group mates when they have group projects.
The research concluded that social media helps student with their
assignments and activities when they cannot find information on
book, dictionaries, thesaurus, etc.

Recommendations:
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 Since social media sites are now the most influential on
students in terms of different aspects, the researchers recommend
that the students should have the proper balance on school and
social life in social media sites.
Since the academic performance of the students is one
of the affected aspects of spending lot of time on social networking
sites, students should use it in a useful way such as reading
informative blogs and posts which is credited or validated with
professionals, and also reading a useful information posted by known
group or an organization.
The researchers recommend that students should only
use social media sites when they have free time due to the fact that
spending too much time on these sites such as facebook may cause
lack of concentration when studying.
Teachers should at least be aware in noticing
whether under what situations are their students possibly affected
by social media addiction. This will help teachers understand why
some students claim to be poor in class a times due to addiction to
social media sites. We recommend teachers to consider reading this
study in order to hopefully provide additional information about the
effects of social media to their students academic performance and
make the teaching of their own students about these, better.

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Appendices

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 Appendix A
Mat-I (Naawan) National High School
Senior High School
Ruelyn M. Aying
Principal, Mat-I (Naawan) National High School

Ma’am:
Good Day!

We have the honor to request permission to your good office

to allow us to administer questionnaires to the section 11 GAS as the
respondents. The data to be gathered will be used in our research
paper entitled “The Effects of Social Media to the Academic
Performance of Grade 11 GAS students of MAT-I (Naawan) National
High School” in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for the
subjects Practical Research 2.

Your kind approval and favorable responds to the above request

will truly help us in the completion of our research work.
Thank you and God bless!

Very truly yours,

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Amarga, Roselyn M. Jagonal, Julieto L.
Arana, April Rose M. Legaspi, Maryl K.
Gomez, Kim Ryan T. Navarro, Ruelyn A.
Roa, Arthur C. Tipalan, Ella Mae L.
Hambre, Sanebert Ivan C.

Noted:
Ms. Devine G. Cagadas
Subject Teacher

Approved:
Ma’am: Ruelyn M. Aying
Mat-I (Naawan) National High School Principal

Dear Respondents,

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 We, the students from Grade 12- GAS Arestotle, are currently
conducting a study entitled “The Effects of Social Media to the
Academic Performance of Grade 11- GAS students of Mat-I (Naawan)
National High School” as our requirement in our subject (Practical
Research 2).
In line with this, we would like to request your participation to
be one of our respondents in our study. We hope you can help us by
answering our questionnaire sincerely in truthfully.

Sincerely,
The Researcher

Very truly yours,

Amarga, Roselyn M. Jagonal, Julieto L.
Arana, April Rose M. Legaspi, Maryl K.
Gomez, Kim Ryan T. Navarro, Ruelyn A.
Roa, Arthur C. Tipalan, Ella Mae L.
Hambre, Sanebert Ivan C.

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