WHATS ON YOUR MIND?

(A STUDY ABOUT FACEBOOK ADDICTION)

A Thesis Presented
to the Faculty of the Senior High School
Malacampa National High School
Camiling

In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for Grade-XI
Senior High School
Practical Research 1

BUDOMO, VIOLA KAYE S.

AMOLO, JUDY ANN S.
LINTAO, JONEL S.
March 2016
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region III Central Luzon
MALACAMPA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Camiling, Tarlac

APPROVAL SHEET

This thesis of Viola Kaye Sapungan Budomo, Judy Ann Serna Amolo, Jonel
Sison Lintao entitled Whats on your mind? (A study about Facebook Addiction
which is prepared and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Grade XI
Senior High School Practical Research 1 is hereby accepted.

Ms. CIDILI C. DOLOROSA

Adviser

THESIS COMMITTEE

Chairman

Member Member

Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Grade XI

Senior High School Practical Research 1.
Fourth Quarter Examination passed.

Mrs. TERESITA P.LORENZO

Principal II
Malacampa National High School
 Date: ______________________
ABSTRACT

Title: TITLE

Researcher: First Name MN LN

Institution: Malacampa National High School

Year Level: Grade XI - ABM

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

APPROVAL SHEET................ ii
ABSTRACT ................ iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................ v
DEDICATION ................ vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................ viii
LIST OF TABLES ................ xi
LIST OF FIGURES ................ xii

Chapter

1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND ................

Introduction ................
Statement of the Problem ................
Hypothesis ................
Significance of the Study ................
Scope and Delimitation of the Study ............................
Definition of Terms Used in the Study ............................

2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES ............

Related Literature ................

Related Studies ................
Foreign ................
Local ................
Conceptual Framework ................

3 METHODS OF STUDY AND SOURCE OF DATA ................

Research Design ................

Locale of the Study
Respondents of the Study
Research Instrument
Methods of Gathering Data
Statistical Treatment
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 4 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Variable 1 Presentation ................

Variable 1 Presentation ................
Variable 1 Presentation ................
Analysis of Data ................
Interpretation of Data ................

5 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS ................
Summary of Findings ................
Conclusions ................
Recommendations ................

BIBLIOGRAPHY ................

APPENDICES

A Letter Request

B Letter Request to Use the Questionnaire

C Questionnaire

D Data on the Variable 1

E Data on the Variable 2

F Data on the Variable 3

G Summary of Variable 1

CURRICULUM VITAE ................

 LIST OF TABLES

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1 Table 1....................
2 Table 2....................
 LIST OF FIGURES

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1 Paradigm of the Study ....................

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 Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

Social networking sites, most notably Facebook have become so popular today

that they are leading words on the lips of every students. You love to spend most of your

time checking your Facebook updates, but do you know that there are many negative

effects of using Facebook?

Most of the students dont realize the negative impacts of Facebook on their life. And, the

main reason is because they are already addicted to it. And, this addiction can lead to

several negative effects such as it affect students academic performance at school.

Statement of the Problem

1. Who are using Facebook among TVL students at MalacampaNHS?

2. Is the use of Facebook beneficial for TVL students at MalacampaNHS, or does it

simply distracts them?

3. What does Facebook bring to the life of TVL students at MalacampaNHS?

Hypothesis

Our study is an alternative hypothesis because there is a significance between Facebook

and Academic Performance of TVL students in MalacampaNHS.

Significance

The main purpose of this paper is to show the negative relation between using

Facebook and doing school works. This research also suggests that there are differences

in how well students can regulate their Facebook usage and their multitasking while

using Facebook. Furthermore, it also suggests that the TVL students of MalacampaNHS

must effectively learn to balance academic and use of social networking sites such as

Facebook in their own environment.

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

The delimitations of our study is the TVL Students of MalacampaNHS and the time

usage of using Facebook. The scope of our thesis is to study the Facebook users of

MalacampaNHS TVL students and the time usage of using Facebook and its relation to

their academic performance at school.

Definition of Terms Used in the Study

Technical Vocational Livelihood (TVL): a specialty in senior high school or SHS that

can help a student earn a NCII that he/she can use as credentials in applying for a job (k-

12philippines.com)

Beneficial: producing good or helpful results or effects (Merriam Webster Dictionary,

2017)

Methods of Communication: a way, technique, or process of sending information to

people by using technology (Merriam Webster Dictionary, 2017)

Feature: an interesting or important parts, quality, ability, etc. (Merriam Webster

Dictionary, 2017)

Concern of Communication: to relate to (something or someone) : to be about

(something or someone) (Merriam Webster Dictionary, 2017)

Notably: especially or particularly (Merriam Webster Dictionary, 2017)

Leading: having great importance, influence, or success. (Merriam Webster Dictionary,

2017)

Impact: to have a strong and often bad effects on (something or someone) (Merriam

Webster Dictionary, 2017)

Regulate: to set or adjust the amount, degree or rate of (something) (Merriam Webster

Dictionary, 2017)

Usage: the amount of something that is used (Merriam Webster Dictionary, 2017)

Multitasking: the ability to do several things at the same time (Merriam Webster

Dictionary, 2017)

Effectively learn: a way in an effective manner to gain knowledge by studying (Merriam

Webster Dictionary, 2017)

Jeopardy: exposure to or imminence of death, loss, or injury: danger (Merriam Webster

Dictionary, 2017)

Subsequent: happening or coming after something else (Merriam Webster Dictionary,

2017)

Consensual: agreed to by the people involved: done with the consent of the people

involved (Merriam Webster Dictionary, 2017)

Intrusive: annoying someone by interfering with their privacy: intruding where you are

not wanted or welcome (Merriam Webster Dictionary, 2017)

Criticism: the act of expressing disapproval and of noting the problems or faults of a

person or thing: the act of criticizing someone or something (Merriam Webster

Dictionary, 2017)

G.P.A.: Grade Point Average (www.google.com)

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 Chapter II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

Related Literature

What is Facebook?

Facebook is the largest social site in the world today, launched February 2004 by

Harvard students Mark Zuckerberg and his roommate Eduardo Saverin. Facebook was

originally created for Harvard students only, for them to keep in touch when they were

away from the campus, but the site has been now expanded worldwide with now having

more than one billion active users, the majority of these users are still college students. It

has been also very famous for being a distraction among the students. (WebWise Team,

2012)

Is the use of Facebook affecting the performance of students at school?

According to a study done by psychologist Paul A. Kirschnera of the Centre for

Learning Sciences and Technologies at the Open University of the Netherlands there was

an noticeable low G.P.A. score for the 219 American students he tested, they had a typical

grade average of 3.06. The students that were more affected by Facebook were the ones

that had this site on their mobile devices and that when they were studying they would

also be receiving messages from Facebook and that distracted them, they could not do the

multi-task of studying while receiving messages of this site as they are used to multi-task

with everything else. As mentioned in Professor Juncos study:

On the other half a study performed by Reynol Junco a professor form Lock

Having University says that Facebook cannot be blamed for lower grades of college
students that in fact some activities performed on Facebook actually help increase the

students grades by the students using this site as a tool for study such as checking up on

friends and sharing links. The real problem was when students started distracting

themselves by instead of taking advantage of how Facebook can help their studys, they

would start to update theyre status and that would completely distract them from their

studies. (Bonilla, 2012)

What kind of policy would encourage students to focus more on schoolwork than on the

social site?

Currently most of middle schools have Facebook banned on their campus, since

students are getting distracted on the site than paying attention in class. There should be a

policy for Colleges of blocking Facebook two a weeks prior to exams and on the exam

week and also to block Facebook on students who are not doing their homework and

having low grades, I believe that this policy will have a huge impact on students grades.

(Grabmeier, 2011)

Facebook as a Learning Tool

"Some research supports the use of Facebook sites and found that it is a good

resource for learning, and other research result was against using it as a learning strategy.

The use of Facebook has determined and influenced by some social factors that are

related to different aspects such as: user's experience with the website, culture may as

well play a role in how users employ Facebook, use of Facebook is also influenced by

peer-to-peer experience with the website, and gender is found to be a possible factor

influencing Facebook use. Facebook has been used, from the beginning, as a social media

that leads to be a good representative of people's opinion. " (Al-Mashaqbeh, 2015)

 Facebook is said to be the most popular social website where one can share and

upload pictures, videos, message, chat, and many other features (Sales, 2010). Next is the

twitter, which is a social networking site for tweeting posts, sharing ideas, for easy

connections of celebrities and other personality, and for the trending topics (Dorsey,

2009). While Tumblr is a social networking site for blogging pictures, information, and

an easily sharing of pictures and other stuffs (Martin, 2008). Then Bing is a social

networking site that allows people to search information, pictures, video clips, and files

that can be downloaded throughout the Internet (Tyler, 2006). And lastly is the Myspace

known for a good social networking site that allows the users to view someones profile,

and picture and comment (Anderson, 2008).

We all need to realize that social networking communities are there to stay,

considering the millions of users that they have (Armstrong, 2010). In addition, there are

students today have begun to stay on the accessibility of information that is available on

the social media platforms specifically as well as the web in general in order to get

answers and to please themselves through playing games. Now, high school students,

social websites are to help them, giving them knowledge for thesis, journals, and others.

But misusing them could deprive their focus on studies.

Social Networking started as a place to connect with your friends in an easy and

convenient way (Jackson, 2009). Social networking sites allow the individual in the

family to share their daily lives in a sure but public forums. Family members are able to

organize events. Relatives abroad can communicate and share things every time in their

own free time despite the fact that their geographical distance.
Celebrities are now more in contact with their fans, giving them recent updates to what is

currently happening, picture, videos and articles related to them (Parrack, 2008).

Celebrities can easily tell the public on the future events and post something regarding to

other things. With the advent of social networks, social scientist and media experts have

wondered about the benefits of social networking brings to communication (Jeffrey,

2009). The ability to say in connect with friends allows us to maintain closes ties to our

loved ones across long distances. People are able to update what is currently happening in

the social media. Updating status is the most frequent thing done by people.

A Social networking site can be a good way to make connections with people with

similar interest and goals (Steve, 2008). Communication is one of the main things why

social networking sites to gather information to broaden their knowledge. Since social

networking sites is a huge place to gather information to what is trending nowadays.

Trending topics regards to celebrities, politics, sciences, technologies, discoveries and

amazing facts (Green, 2008). Other things in the social media are a great chance to gather

ideas since those article are specified (Green, 2008).

Businesses have noticed the value of social networks in our life, and they are

using different techniques to promote their products (Salita, 2008). There are number of

customized applications being made in the social platforms whose main purposes is to

promote the products or brands as social marketing is cost effective and brands have a

huge audience, they are shifting more towards to social marketing.

Social networking sites is not only good for us, because others are having

inappropriate content, such as pornographic sites and nude photos, and other sites can

tend people to be addicted in a specific social networking sites and most of this are cyber
games. Good sites like Facebook cannot always be said to good because some people

use it badly and worst such as cyber bullying and any other inappropriate action.

Since the arrival of the internet and of social networking sites in particular, we have

noticed our attention spans shortening in recent years (Gerald, 2011).

There is so much information to assume that we rarely spend any time explaining

any of it, in great depth. Many studies have shown that the extensive use of social media

can actually cause addiction to the users (Mayer, 2012). Students tend to focus on cyber

games that block the focus on their studies. A person gets lazy of works dues to over

usage of social networking sites and online games.

Related Studies

A. Local Literature

Social networking sites let individual to present themselves, and begin or keep

connections with others. The extremely popular social network site for students different

levels. Facebook, has already printed a big impact on their lives. The site can be used

towards work-related contexts, romantic relationship commencement and connecting

those with shared interests. Members may use the site to mingle with people they already

know offline or to find new friends. Facebook permits its users to present themselves in

an internet profile, build up friends who can post comments on each others walls, and

view each others page.

Facebook associates can also join group based on common interests, see what

things they have in common, and learn each others hobbies, interests, favorite music, and

romantic relationship status through their pages.

 But what are behind these facts? What does Facebook bring to the lives of the

members especially to the students? How does Facebook affect the life of a student?

According to studies, Facebook has an impact to students. Some students are

using it for educational purposes. Students would like to do some online collaboration

with classmates. It is said that using Facebook boosts students self-esteem even more.

They would feel belongingness in the community compared to those who do not have

accounts. It also provides news on what are happening in the real world and even in their

school campuses. On the other hand, negative effects flourish. It was found that social

networking sites have formed a new kind of addiction which we called the social media

addiction and it is quite true in using Facebook. Are you addicted to Facebook? Some

would say yes and some would say no. It depends on the level of cravings. But in the

recent study, it was found that a lot of students are by now addicted to it, to the extent that

their school performance is affected.

Children who spend much of their time online find it harder to focus in class and

have short attention span researchers found through the samples that 7 out of 10 teachers

believed that their students are becoming obsessed with social media sites such as

Facebook. Their students tend to study while using Facebook and it shows that they got

20% lower grades. Facebook using students even performs task (projects or assignments)

without completion foe the reason that they spend more time scrolling down on their

news feed to see updates about their friends and lookup for their notifications rather than

finishing their school tasks. Aside that Facebook affects students academic performance;

it also has an effect on students emotional health. Yes, students feel connected to others

that study shows that they manifest depression through seeing their status updates. Some
would utilize the site to express what they feel towards their enemy in school or even

outside the campus. They would blurt out through posting status that would target their

opponent just to hurt their feelings.

With the rampant use of all the social networking sites, students are coming loose

to the real associates. Facebook chats and posts would make them busy nowadays. They

may be connected to many people but they somehow disconnect with the important

aspects of their lives and one of those is education. The belief of meeting people face to

face seems very odd. Students prefer to send and receive instant messages or post

messages through Facebook.

Many other elements could be the reason for the inattention in studies of student.

But somehow social network like Facebook have a negative impact on the education of

some students. Facebook could make students vain for better or for worse and it is the

parents obligation to watch and guide their children to get at most good benefits from

Facebook.

How do Social Networking Sites Affect Students?

Most of the time, students spend their time hanging around the web with the

popular social networking sites. Every day, more and more people are getting more

attached to social networking sites as it is now moving in as one of the primary means of

communication of people.

Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ were only a few of the tons of the sites out there

that caters the need of people. Through social media, people has the chance to combine
work and relaxation. However, did you ever encounter the question? How do Facebook

affect your life? And what is your answer?

What are the benefits a student can get by using Social Networking Sites? Here are some

points:

Get in touch with your loved ones, relatives and friends.

Get to know the latest news and issues

Participate in online discussion

Communicate with your classmates

Be reminded of assignments, projects, and quizzes.

Conduct group meetings for group projects and announcements

Get the latest status and messages of your friends through the News Feed

Obviously, social sites have a lot of uses for people with their exceptional

functionalities. Even without meeting in person, people can now interact with each other

and make a productive gathering. However, despite the fact that social media are

extremely helpful, it is still not perfect because there are still some negative points we can

encounter while using it.

Some of the bad effects are:

It invades your privacy

It distracts you in everything you do

Too much attachment to it may lead to spending too much time in it without doing

your tasks
 There are some wrong information released by unauthorized people that causes

fear

The mentioned good and bad effects were only partial and it also varies depending

on the person involved. Though some people still makes the best out of social media, we

can still forget the negative side of it. Maybe, we should just ask ourselves on what is our

current position in the Social Networking World. The-ever growing technology helps us

make our life easier and better but we must be sure that we should treat it with

moderation. (Parnala, 2012)

The Facebook Effect

One thing that listening to really successful people talk does to me is to make me

think how small I am. People like Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have been

my hero for some time and it is not because they are probably the most influential people

in the world, but because of how much they understand about our world. This leaders and

innovators are truly inspiring human beings.

Watching a few interviews with the creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, I was

dumbfounded by the world he lives in. Its really amazing to hear people with so much

influence talk to ordinary people about the effects of their creations and try to bring

themselves down to the level of ordinary people. And it was awesome to know how much

Facebook has grown this past few years.

The last time I checked, Facebook had over 500 million users who go online with

active profiles. I checked how many Christians there are and found out that they number
2billion so in less than a decade Facebook has managed to get to get a quarter of what

Christianity has succeeded in converting to a way of life in 2,000 years. I know you dont

need a laptop or mobile phone to get Christianity but its just amazing how Facebook has

spread so fast.

Because of its great influence, Facebook has a lot of critics, and for good reason.

No matter how you look at it, whether it is consensual or not, Facebook is intrusive.

Where else do you make available so many personal preferences, information (including

sensitive ones, addresses, phone numbers, and social games)? Who can blame people if

they get paranoid? People learn so many things about us in just one page that it is

becoming alarming. Sometimes it can also be depressing when others dismiss us as just

another face.

I guess that not too many Filipinos are aware that Facebook has received so much

criticism. It is not that I think they are not aware of what is going on in other countries. It

is more a case of not being able to relate rather than not knowing or caring enough to

learn about other countries.

Facebook has revolutionized the way we interact with other people they making it

easy for us to connect in share things we like and to read about and know our friends. It

has made complex human interactions simpler; it made things that work already there

easier. It has simplified life, we tend to overlook how hard life really is. It is like putting a

tiger that is used to the troubles of their forest in a zoo where everything is provided for

it. It is just there to be viewed. A simple life.

It is not that I dont approve of where Facebook has taken 500million lives to

these past few years; its quite the opposite. Through Facebook I was able to reconnect
with so many people I would otherwise have forgotten. Being on Facebook is a treat that

most people will cherish for the rest of their lives. Some people even find the love of their

lives on Facebook! All that I am trying to say is that while it is great to have a toy like

Facebook, let us not forget that everything else is the real thing. At the end of the day,

toys are just toys. (Marquez, 2011)

Facebook Addiction of Filipino Students

Facebook has been a big trend to Filipinos especially to students. Facebook has

already made a huge impact to people even if its just been known to the Philippines for

the last two years. It is now the leading social network site in terms of popularity and

active users.

Through a status message in our Facebook account, we were able to discover

ourselves, who were been a Facebook addict since we started using it. She is JudyAnn

Amolo, a Grade-11 student of Senior High School in Malacampa National High School

taking-up a Technical Vocational Course, Welding.

JudyAnn has a lot of hobbies. She likes reading books, writing short stories or

poems, composes musics, watching television, but spends most of her time in using the

Facebook site.

JudyAnn started using Facebook since September 2013. She already had been

using it for almost 3 years. She opens her Facebook account depending on her time

schedule. During Monday to Sunday, she uses Facebook between 8-11 pm and 12-5pm

when there are no classes. Then during weekends, Saturday and Sunday, her account is

already active between 10-5pm. The minimum hours I spend in Facebook during no
classes is 7hours and the maximum is 10hours. I can spend sometimes spend time in

Facebook until 12AM but I dont stay awake during midnight because it freaks me out.

JudyAnn said.

JudyAnn Amolo is a senior high student who likes spending most of her time in

Facebook account since the very first time she has known the site. She has benefited a lot

from the site and has been already her routine that she cannot go a day without opening

her account. She has been a Facebook addict for the past 2 years but has not made a huge

effect to her studies and social life.

Facebook really gets me because I cant flush out my feelings but it doesnt

really affect my studies because I am well-disciplined and while my Facebook account is

open, I do tons of projects and even load of homeworks.

She already has 1,315 friends in her site. JudyAnn only accepts and adds friends

who is she familiar with. But even with the help of the site for communication, she do

more than a talk on FB, she still prefers to live among people and socialize with them

face to face than in social networks. She likes spending time with her family but also do

this with some activeness in her FB account. But still, she doesnt let this social network

to weaken her relationship with her family, friends and herself.

In her FB profile, she usually posts things like pictures of her friends at whats happening

in her life. Her statuses are all about relationships and friendships. She always wants to

make sense with what she posts. She is a certified Facebook addict but she never lets her

FB addiction gets her personal social life and ruin her studies. She knows how to balance

things and FB is just her hobby when she feels bored or dont have anything to do.
This proves that even if FB has been a very well-known site to Filipino students, it

doesnt mean that it will already serve as our social interaction among people. Facebook

is still just internet operated and personal interaction and real relationships are way better

than network conversation and relationships. And addiction to any social network is a

normal thing to student to help in stress relieves but should not be the cause of any

personal distraction in a persons life. Facebook is just a social network! she said, as

her final words as we ended our interview. (Amolo, 2017)

B. Foreign Literature

Is Facebook Good or Bad For Students? Debate Rolls On

Does Facebook have a positive or negative effect on students? Oh, if only

the issue were so clear-cut!

Most recently, OnlineEducation.net, an online database designed to inform current

and prospective students about education opportunities in the U.S., compiled a mound of

research data on college students and their use of social media.

On analyzing it, the group could only conclude that the results were inconclusive

and mixed. Thus, the debate rolls on:

Keep survey finding include:

96percent of college students use Facebook, grades of students who checked

Facebook while studying were 20% lower than grades of those who didnt check

Facebook while studying. 79 percent of students did not believe that multitasking in the

way mentioned above negatively affected their grades. 20percent of students that use
social media reported feeling connected to their institution; 75 percent of college students

reported wanting to collaborate online.

None of this earth-shattering. If a student in the throes of cramming for finals is

distracted every few minutes by the urge to check Facebook status updates involving

friends day-to-day dating sagas and roommate skirmishes, it only makes sense that the

student will be less engaged in learning, absorb less knowledge and likely score lower on

the big test.

Yet, the same results might be seen for students who get up every few minutes to

grab a snack, watch TV, or incessantly pick up the phone to text or call friends while

studying.

However, if the student is using Facebook to propel his or her knowledge, for

example, by participating in a Facebook group created by a professor for students of a

particular class, than the social network may have a positive influence on education and

spark the students interest in learning certain subject matter.

For instance, in such a space professors and students can participate in the sharing

of knowledge, by posting articles (and responses to them), speaker events, lectures and

personal experiences involving topics related to the course. When this happens, Facebook

can be a boon to education, actively engaging students in the pursuit of knowledge. Yet,

as all Facebook recently reported, teachers are increasingly discouraged (for good reason)

from accepting students friend request.

An important benefit seem in a statistics is the ability of Facebook to make

college students feel socially connected, with a greater sense of community. This can be
beneficial in boosting students self-esteem. Past studies have shown that students who

are active on Facebook are more likely to participate in extra-curricular activities.

But, as we have also seen in the news, social media can also have a negative

effect on emotional health when abused by cyberbullies who harass and torment peers.

Also, as all Facebook reported, one study found that, students with the most

friends on Facebook feel more health-harming stress. Thus, students should be warned to

not put too much stock in the social networks. At the end of the day, students, as all

people, of course, are more than the sum of their social network.

Ultimately, like with anything, how social media affects students may come down

to how it is used and the frequency with which it is as used. (Andrews, 2011)

The Negative Effects of Facebook

As many people know Facebook is one of the largest social networks in the world

today. Facebook is helping people connect with their friends, and relatives from all over

the world. It makes human begin life much easier. However, since Facebook is getting

well-known, bad things start to takes place. There are two effects that I want to talk about

Facebook has a Negative Impact on the Concentration of Students, about 70-75 percent

of high school students are falling behind in class because they spend many hours on

Facebook. Therefore, it leads to lack of time to studying or concentration on school

works. Therefore, the percentage of students repeating the class is higher every year.

Students watch adult movie on Facebook-as Facebook becomes popular, there are

more users uploading a lot of music videos that was over 18. The problem is that on the

Facebook there are many middle school students around 8-9 years old always playing
around, so the chance that they would watch adult videos is very high. Furthermore, there

are many users posting photos of their body and putting its up there so it make affect the

little kids who always playing around on the site.

In my opinion, Facebook has become a place where you can watch any movies

and do not have to consider age so I strongly believe that parents should do something to

keep their kids from watching or learning what they are not supposed to. Facebook will

not do anything about it because if they do not allow the customer to posting videos or

photos they will loss profit. It is very hard to keep track since there are million users of

Facebook. So it is in the parents hands now. (Tran, 2011)

Facebooks Side Effects

Around the world, billions of brightly lit computers screens reflect a blue tint on

their masters as the iconic f takes over the screen. With games, friends, and easy sharing

from nearly every website about nearly everything, Facebook is an internet giant that has

a fierce grip on quite possibly the whole World Wide Web, or at least its users.

The social media giant adds a positive spin on teens lives but also adds more

stress, A lot of it is negative like wasting time when you could be doing homework,

said senior Giovanni Cerutti.

As homeworks stacks up, the stress doubles for most students, which makes them

want to escape. Where they go, ironically enough is back onto Facebook, causing a

vicious cycle.
 Positively, though, students can find Facebook to be a useful tool. I talk to

friends mostly I go on very rarely but when I do, I talk to friends because I dont have a

phone, said sophomore Chris McCarter.

The site can be especially handy when a students misses an assignment and needs

to make it up quickly. With their web of peers on hand the student can usually find a

fellow classmate to help. Others use it to track various other interests or hobbies such as

photography, skateboarding or music.

The best things about Facebook is being able to show to show your friends

things like pictures and/or videos. Another good thing is the ability to be able to follow

your favorite bands and knowing when theyre touring, Cerutti said.

Facebook sometimes isnt the true issue but its users and whats going on when

teachers are away. Worst is probably like people can legitimately stalk you no matter

how private you set your profile, people from all around the world can still view your

profile somehow through others, said senior Brittany Eastman,

Alongside the threat of cyberbullying, Facebook sometimes doesnt hold up a

bright image amongst student. Drama that is left at a standstill at school multiplies online

with the power of anonymity, without the responsibility of facing the person youre

insulting, bullying becomes increasingly severe.

I have been cyber bullied as well as seen it. They were attacking me for dancing

with someones ex, eventually I just blocked them said Eastman.

What doesnt seem very harmful can bring a person to the brink. Conflicts at

school can continue and exponentially grow to the point where some attacks can push
victims harm themselves. From this the harm will grow to attempting and sometimes

succeeding in ending their own lives.

Facebook has the pros and cons of any website, if its positive or not is purely up

to the users and how they use it either as a tool, a weapon, or a time waster. Student

should always caution themselves with what they allow to be publish on the site and

remember that a screen wont always hide your identity. (Hall, 2012)

Facebook Effect on Students

Ive been a Facebook member for about five years now. I was 14 when I first

created my profile, and I must admit, like many of my peers and friends, Ive become an

avid user. Ive always had an interest in the newest Social Medias. As a sophomore now

in college, I find myself using Facebook while doing homework, in class, or just when

Im bored. Facebook has several uses, to me. I use it to create groups for projects, events,

etc., Communicate with friends and family, or to find out the latest events in Miami. I for

one not am not against Facebook. Do I think it can become a distraction for academic

excellence like most people say? Absolutely!

With that being said, I recently read an article called Impact of Facebook Usage

on Students Academic Achievement: Role of Self-Regulation and Trust written by Sana

Rouis, Moez Limayem, and Esmail Saleni-Sangan. In the article, they talk about the

extended amount of time that students are spending on Facebook. Although, many

students agree that Facebook is both time consuming and distracting, they still continue

to use it on a daily basis. The average students spends 30-35 minutes, however, some

students spend up to 8 hours a day. The main concern here is that with these long hours,
students may possibly be decreasing their academic performance and they jeopardizing

their grades.

During the long hours that these students spend on Facebook. They are not only

distracting themselves, but they are focusing their productivity on Facebook posts and

videos, rather than preparing for homework, tests, etc. This leads to poor results and a

decrease in over-all global achievement. The article also factors in self-regulation and

cognitive absorption. They hypothesized that students who practice self-regulation, set

goals for themselves, therefore they practice less usage of online activity. Cognitive

absorption refers to how captivated the students are in the tasks they are performing

online. The more they are immersed in these tasks, the less concentration they use on

other tasks. They hypothesized that a high level of cognitive immersion on Facebook

decreases the students academic achievements, and the higher level of cognitive

absorption in Facebook increases the students time on the website.

Although the usage on Facebook depends on the personality and over-all goals of

the students, I feel as if these facts in general are accurate. Every student knows that

Facebook is distracting, as social media used when procrastinating, and takes up a lot of

time. However, if students, myself included, note this then why do they continue to use

it? I am guilty of saying these things as well, yet I have my Facebook open in the tab

next to this one. I think the problem here is not Facebook, its the motivation that some

students lack. This generation is attached to social networks, cellphones, and technology

in general that I think they are afraid that in the 30 minutes it takes to do an assignment

that they will miss out on something in their social life.

 As technology continues to develop, it is my job as a future educator, to teach

students to set personal goals for themselves, so they can be the students that will spend

less time on social media and more time being productive.

Theoretical Framework

The theory of our thesis about Facebook is the Social Information Processing Theory

which includes Facebook users and the time usage while Media Equation Theory, the

Facebook users and the effects of social media for the TVL Students at MalacampaNHS.

Summary

Facebook has become an addiction for many. Instead of students concentrating on their

homework or studying for a big test the next day, they are spending hours looking

through pictures, answering their page comments, and chatting with friends on the sites

instant messenger. Facebook has consumed good grades and face-to-face communication

is in jeopardy.

Even students who are active users of Facebook indicate some concerns about the

long hours they spend surfing the site. However, other students consider their time spend

on Facebook valuable, because it enables them to exchange news with friends and family,

learn about other activities, and have fun with various activities. They also regard their

Facebook breaks as a means to renew their energy so that they can perform better on their

subsequent tasks.

Students who use Facebook while studying found their multitasking led to lower

grades at school than those who only focuses at one thing to do. Students who use
Facebook also made students to consume money to buy load to surf the net but when it

comes to school purposes, they cant even buy.

Not only do grades and finances suffer, but students might actually end up feeling more

depressed or lonely. Almost half of students believe they are sadder than their friends on

Facebook, and some students has shown signs of severe depression in their status updates

at one time or another.

Questions Guide

1. What is your main purpose for using Facebook?

2. Do you think Facebook offers better way of communication?

3. Do you think other methods of communication were better than Facebook?

4. What is the best feature that you like about Facebook in concern of

communication?

Research Method

We will make a questionnaire, the questions guide are some of the questions that we will

ask to the students of TVL in MalacampaNHS and do a survey for those students who let

their usage of Facebook affects their academic performance. We gather

ideas/informations from previous studies/thesis from internet like Prezi and Scribd.