SOCIAL MEDIA INVOLVEMENT AND SOCIAL ISSUES AWARENESS OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS OF ORIENTAL MINDORO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL:

BASIS FOR MEDIA LITERACY PROGRAM

Table 1.1: Correlation between the Frequency and the Social Issues Awareness in this school.

IV: Social Media DV: Social Issues Awareness

Involvement
Politics Economic Growth Environment
Frequency of Use Computed R. P-value Decision Computed R. P-value Decision Computed R. P-value Decision

0.06 0.49 NS 0.1 0.21 NS 0.06 0.42 NS

Decision Note: Reject Ho, when P-value ≤ alpha level 0.05.

Critical r- value: 0.264 Legend: S - Significant

Degrees of Freedom: 45 NS - Not Significant
Level of Significance: 0.05

Table 1.2 Frequency and Percentage Distribution of the Respondents of the Extent of the Social Media
Involvement in terms of Forms of Social Media
ITEMS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE RANK
Social Networking 124 41.75% 1
Microblogging 35 11.78% 4
Photo Sharing 39 13.13% 3
Video Sharing 77 25.93% 2
Blogs and Forum 22 7.41% 5
297 100%

As shown in the table, there are 124 or 41.75% that the respondents use Social Networking, second is
there are 77 or 25.93% that are used to Video Sharing, third is 39 or 13.13% are used to Micro blogging, fourth is
35 or 11.78% used to Photo Sharing and the last one is 22 or 7.41 are used to Blogs and Forums.

TABLE 1.3 MEAN PERCEPTION OF THE Respondents of the Extent of the Social Media Involvement in terms of Online Activities.

ITEMS MEAN RANK

1. Posting status updates 4.97 3
2. Watching videos on YouTube 3.79 2
3. Reading articles 5.09 4
4. Chatting in Facebook Messenger 3.69 1
5. Streaming live videos in Facebook live 6.26 7
6. Using Tiktok and Musical.ly 6.91 9
7. Checking notifications and updates 5.34 5
8. Sharing photos and videos 5.41 6
9. Playing games on Facebook Games 6.46 8
10. Involving in the group of online discussions and forums 7.09 10
OVERALL MEAN 55.02

Table 1.3 shows the mean perceptions of the respondents in Social Media Involvement of Information
Communication Technology students in this school. The total computed mean of usage is 55.02 or 55 indicates that
the student – respondents of this study were highly involved or frequently use social media in daily basis.