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INTRODUCTION
been the adversaries and blessing opportunities for socio economic and political life of human beings.
Every technological innovation has been a topic of debate and center of researchers attention and same is
the case with the development of social networking sites. Various researchers have conducted studies to
pinpoint the several impacts of these sites on their users and findings suggested both bright and dark
aspects. One of the most popular and recognized platforms used on the Internet are social networking
Facebook being at the forefront of the social media craze, has over 500 million active
users on its website every month. It is emerged on February 4, 2004, when a 19-year-old sophomore
Harvard student named Mark Zuckerberg founded the revolutionary site to connect Harvard University
students (Grossman, 2010). But later, this site allows users to build social networks with hundreds or even
thousands of people around the world of which university students are one of the primary demographics
using Facebook, with features such as photos, wall posts, and status updates becoming seemingly
irresistible to those who want to connect with their friends (Gold, 2011).
Even though Facebook is by now used by a much wider variety of users, university
students are still its biggest fans. Results from a recent paper reported that 94% of College students are
active Facebook users, spending 60-90 minutes online each day communicating with their Friends List of
150-200 people (Ellison et. al.). Similarly, developing countries indicated that 91% of students use
Though this, social networks generate billions of dollars for the developer and assists to
contact relatives detached for long period of time within fraction of seconds, it has impact and effect on
the users in general and on students academic performance in particular. So, this research assesses the
Effect of Facebook on academic performance of Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) Students of
Students tend to participate in such website activities while doing their homework so that
it may have negative effect on their academic performances by interrupting them from the learning
process. Conversely, some students use Facebook as a study site. Therefore, it is becoming difficult to
ignore the fact that there might be a direct correlation between Facebook usage and academic
performance of HUMSS students of MMC. Especially, this study aims to answer the questions:
The overall objective of this study is to assess the effect of Facebook usage on students
IV. HYPOTHESIS
In the academic world, everyone views Facebook as a distraction and lead the students to
procrastination in their academics. Facebook has been a big trend to Filipinos especially to students. This
study will be able to discover the effects of Facebook on their academic performances. Knowing the
effects of using it will help the students manage their time more efficiently on Facebook. This study
would provide information on the effects of Facebook not only for HUMSS students but for every student
who will be able to read this research, and how it can be used in-relation with their academics.
Since Facebook puts a large impact on students, their performances also affects the image
of the school. Their performances will reflect on the credibility of the school. Therefore, being aware of
the effects of Facebook on the students will help the school create an action that will assist the students
Meanwhile, this research will also help teachers find useful strategies and techniques of
using Facebook for a more enjoyable and modernized learning. They could use Facebook as a site where
they can interact with one another, post announcements regarding on activities and a site where the
It is also expected that the results obtained would not only help the school but also the
community. There are a lot of issues circulating in our society and Facebook can be a tool for
mobilization. People could use Facebook in spreading awareness that could help address the problems of
our society.
Hence, the output of this research can contribute to these endeavors by creating
awareness at the grass root level. More specifically, it will assist any interested body as showcase who are
responsible for academic performance of students in general and Magsaysay Memorial College in
particular. The findings of this study are expected to contribute a little towards bridging the existing
literature gap on understanding the impediments and blessing opportunities of Facebook in the academic
environment. Lastly, this study also helps the researchers on passing and getting higher grades for the
semester.
This research only focuses on assessing the effects of Facebook usage of students in
HUMSS I Pope Gregory of MMC SY: 2016 2017. Accordingly, this study is subject to the following
limitations that future studies must shed more light on the subject under investigation. The focus of this
study is limited only for students who maintain a Facebook account and its effect on their academic
performance.
The study focuses on the effects of Facebook on academic performance of students. The
researchers thought of ways on how the students can be aware of the advantages or disadvantages of
Facebook usage while studying. This framework shows the whole research input, process and output.
Distribution of
Questionnaire
HUMSS I Students with Data Gathering Effects of Facebook on
Facebook Interpretation of Academic Performance
Results
Analysis of Data
VIII. DEFINITION OF TERMS
Academic Performance: the outcome of education the variable that will be observed in this research,
Social Media: these are forms of electronic communication which facilitate interaction based on certain
interests
Social Networking: the use of internet to make information about yourself available to other people
Social Networking Site: a website where people put information about them and can send to others
ACRONYMS
MMC: Magsaysay Memorial College; the school where the research will take place