CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION
Rationale

People nowadays are fond of using social networking sites which make

communication easier. Social networking sites that are commonly used are Facebook and

Twitter. Facebook is the world's most popular social networking website. It makes it easy

for one to connect and share with his family and friends online. Facebook has even

helped the web become more open and social. Meanwhile, is a real-time information

network that connects one to the latest stories, ideas, opinions, and news about what he

finds interesting. One simply find the accounts he finds most compelling and follows the

conversations. The advantages and the disadvantages of the social networking sites to the

study habits of the students called the researchers’ attention because many students have

been getting addicted to using social networking sites. The researches have chosen the

topic, about the effects of using Facebook and Twitter on the study habits of the third year

YAIS students to know the positive and the negative effects of the chosen social

networking sites on the studies of third year students of Young Achievers International

School. This topic urged the researchers to have chosen this general topic because we

noticed that most of the students nowadays are encountering addiction in social

networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. The researchers gave some information about

the chosen social networking sites: Facebook is an online social networking service,

whose name stems from was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy

League, and Stanford University. It the colloquial name for the book given to students at

the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to
help students get to know each other. It was founded in February 2004 by Mark

Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo

Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The website's

membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but gradually

added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school

students, and eventually to anyone aged 13 or over. Facebook now allows any users who

declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the site. Users

must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add

other users as friends, exchange messages, and receive automatic notifications when they

update their profile. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized

by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into

lists such as "People from Work" or "Close Friends". As of September 2012, Facebook

has over one billion active users, of which 8.7% are fake. According to a May

2011 Consumer Reports survey, there are 7.5 million children under 13 with accounts and

5 million under 10, violating the site's terms of service.

Twitter is an online social networking service and micro blogging service that

enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as

"tweets". Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and by July, the social

networking site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with

over 500 million registered users as of 2012, generating over 340 million tweets daily and

handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day. Since its launch, Twitter has become one

of the ten most visited websites on the Internet, and has been described as "the SMS of

the Internet." Unregistered users can read tweets, while registered users can post tweets
through the website interface, SMS, or a range of apps for mobile devices. Twitter Inc. is

based in San Francisco, with additional servers and offices in New York City, Boston,

and San Antonio.

Statement of the Problem

Our general problem is, “What are the effects of using Facebook and Twitter on

the study habits of YAIS 3rd year high school students?” Additionally, we would like to

answer the following specific problems:

1. What are the advantages of using Facebook and Twitter?

2. What are the disadvantages of using Facebook and Twitter?

3. What role do Facebook and Twitter play in the lives of YAIS 3rd year high school

students?

Objectives

The general objective of this research is to know the effects of using Facebook

and Twitter on the study habits of third year students of YAIS.

1. To know the advantages of using Facebook and Twitter.

2. To know the disadvantages of using Facebook and Twitter.

3. To know the role Facebook and Twitter play in the lives of YAIS third year

high school students.

Significance of the study

 This research aims to know the effects of the social networking sites on the study

habits of third year high school students of YAIS. This research is important because the

researchers would like to help the third year students of YAIS in improving their study

habits in the face of some negative and positive effects of the chosen social networking

sites. This research could be used not only by the third year students of YAIS but also by

all students that are facing the same problem. This research could help other students in

improving their study habits while still engaged with the social networking sites.

Scope and Limitation

This study is aiming to determine the effects of the social networking sites on the

study habits of third year high school students. This research also aims to determine how

the students would maintain the good effects of the said social networking site and to

prevent the bad effects of their study habits. This study is designated for the third year

high school students of YAIS. The researchers have chosen the 15 third year high school

students of YAIS to be our respondents in this study to help them in facing the problems

related to it.

Definition of Terms
1. Social Networking Sites - A Web site that provides a venue for people to share

their activities with family, friends and colleagues or to share their interest in a

particular topic. Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter are the leading social

sites.

2. Website - A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage,

generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection

of information by a person, group, or organization.

3. Online - connected to, served by, or available through a system and especially a

computer or telecommunications system.

4. User Profile - A user profile is a visual display of personal data associated with a

specific user, or a customized desktop environment. A profile refers therefore to

the explicit digital representation of a person's identity. A user profile can also be

considered as the computer representation of a user model.

5. Micro blogging - is a broadcast medium in the form of blogging. A micro blog

differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual

and aggregate file size. Micro blogs "allow users to exchange small elements of

content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links". These small

messages are sometimes called micro posts.