THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO THE HEALTH OF SENIOR CITIZENS

A Research Paper Submitted to the Senior High School

Cataggaman National High School
Division of Tuguegarao City

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in

Practical Research II (Quantitative)

Prepared by:
ORMILLA MARK REYVIE C.
CALIGUIRAN BRYAN S.
FORJES MAVE RICK Z.
TELAN CHRISTIAN B.
BACCAY ROMEO P.
NARRIDO LEZIEL G.
DAYAG ZENDER B.
SANTOS JU-EAN C.
CARAG ANDY A.

Approved by:
REGILDA P. MARAMAG

Accepted by:
MARY ANN C. BALUNGAY
Secondary School Principal I
March 2018

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all we express our greatest gratitude and love to the almighty God, for enabling

us to complete this research successfully.

This report would not have been without essential and gracious support of our subject

teacher Dr. Regilda P. Maramag for her constant support, guidance and motivation, which

helped the group immensely in completing this project. The project on the Effects of Social

Media to the Life of the Senior Citizens of Cataggaman Nuevo,Viejo,Pardo provided us with

an opportunity to understand the fundamentals of research methods in a better manner and

apply them in everyday life.

We also would like thank our respondents for giving us there valuable time and

providing us with the information needed to carry out the research successfully. We also thank

our family and friends for their support and encouragement for this research.

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 ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to determine the Effects of the Social Media to

the Life of Senior Citizen. Specifically, it sought to answer for the questions: What are the

effects of social media to the life of senior citizens when grouped according to the following

profile variables: Sex, Socio economic status, Education qualifications. Is there significant

difference on the effects of Social Media to the Life of Senior Citizens? The study made

used of comparative design.

The findings of the study shows that both male and female of the senior

citizens use the social media to raise awareness, feel the sense of belongings and to

contact and connect their family and friends and also for their entertainment. The

results showed that both male and female experienced the positive and negative effects

of social media in their health. They feel more happy and boost their self-esteem when

they engage in social media and also they experience the negative effects of social

media like they experience headaches and eye problems and also result showed that

social media is also a time consuming according to them.

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