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    THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF ISBB HIGH

    SCHOOL STUDENTS

    Table of ContentsApproval Sheet.i

    Abstract.ii

    Acknowledgement..iii

    List of Tables..vii

    List of Figuresviii

    Chapter 1: THE PROBLEM AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

    Introduction...1

    Conceptual Framework...3

    Statement of the Problem...5

    Scope and Delimitation6

    Significance of the Study.7

    Definition of Terms8

    Chapter 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

    Conceptual Literature.11

    Research Literature..........14

    Justification of the Study.......16

    Chapter3: METHODOLOGY

    Research Design17

    Sampling Technique..17

    Research Instruments...18

    Data Gathering19Statistical Treatment.........20

    Chapter 4: PRESENTATION ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

    Problem1..13

    Problem2..16

    Problem3..23

    Chapter 5: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    Summary .25

    Conclusions..28

    Recommendations..29

    Bibliography

    Appendices

    Curriculum Vitae

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    APPROVAL SHEET

    This research entitled The Influence of Social Networking Sites to the Interpersonal

    Relationship of the Students in Rogationist College prepared and submitted by John Manuel C.

    Asilo, Justine Angeli P. Manlapig, and Jerremiah Josh R. Rementilla in partial fulfillment of the

    requirements in Mathemathics IV, Christian Living Education IV, and Basic Research has beenexamined for acceptance and approval for oral examination.

    ABSTRACT

    Social Networking Sites are increasingly popular nowadays. Many SNS developers like

    Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and others are competing to give the best features in terms of

    socialization, interaction, privacy and even entertainment. It is not surprising that many people

    are hooked on with these sites since it is free and easily accessible with the use of a computer

    connected to the internet and even with the use of a mobile phone that enables SNS

    applications or internet browsing. However, does SNS usage affect interpersonal relationships?

    Do people rely too much on the fastest way communicating on the internet despite the lack of

    face-to-face interaction?

    This research aims to determine the effects of SNS to the interpersonal relationships. It also

    focuses on analyzing the level of interpersonal relationship after using SNS. The thesis will then

    consider how social networking sites impact interpersonal relationship in the real world. This

    research is based on a survey of 239 purposively selected respondents that use social

    networking sites everyday with the status of their interpersonal relationship with family,

    friends, teachers and others as they use social networking sites.

    Acknowledgements

    We, John Manuel Asilo, Justine Angeli Manlapig and Jerremiah Josh Rementilla, would like to

    express their deepest gratitude and appreciation for the following individuals who contributed

    valuable assistance and knowledge to accomplish this research.

    First of all, we thank God, for giving us the strength, courage, guidance and faith that

    this research would be successful.

    To our parents, for the guidance, support and understanding they have given to us,

    giving us inspiration to do our best.

    To the panels, Mr. Louie Sonny D. Rivera and Mrs. Pilita C. Belardo, for helping us all

    throughout the process of making our research paper.

    To Mr. Cesar M. Lago, our editor, for providing us with the necessary information to

    make this research successful, for being approachable and patient during the development of

    our research.

    To our respondents, for the cooperation they have given us, answering honestly the questions

    we have provided for them to aid us in gathering information that we needed to finish our

    research.

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    CHAPTER 1

    THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

    A. Introduction

    Social Networking Sites (SNS) are one of the most popular topics being talked about by the

    students in Rogationist College. Examples of social networking sites are Friendster, Facebook,

    Twitter and Plurk. Social Networking Sites help us to communicate with our friends, classmates,

    and relatives but they also allow us to communicate with other people who share common

    interests with us. For instance a person added another person as a friend on Facebook since

    both of them is addicted on playing Restaurant City. Through these SNS, we develop virtual

    interpersonal relationships.

    An interpersonal relationship is a relatively long-term association between two or more people.

    This association may be based on emotions like as a whole.

    Social networking sites influence the interpersonal relationship of students in many ways.

    Through social networking sites, users come to meet other people worldwide. These people can

    affect the users interpersonal relationship with other people close to him/her. This influence

    can either be good or bad for the user.

    The researchers chose the topic about the influence of social networking sites to be

    studied because it is shown evidently that most of the students in Rogationist College use Social

    Networking Sites as part of their activities done in the internet.

    Many students always log in to their account on Facebook, Friendster, etc. as a part of

    their everyday routine. Could you imagine the number of all the students logging in to thesesocial networking sites, everyday? That would be millions of students logging in social

    networking sites. Why students are interested on these sites?

    Social networking sites typically offer many features and those features are positively

    the reason why many students are interested in checking out these sites. One of the general

    features of SNS is profiles. A profile contains all the information about the person plus their

    photos, videos, applications that they use and comments/messages posted by other persons.

    Well, SNS also offers special features like for example, Facebook has social games like

    Restaurant City and Pet Society.

    It is evident that many students greatly rely on these sites in order to interact with their

    friends and other people whether they know them or not. Being dependent to these sites

    promotes online friendships which are not good since they might encounter people that are

    suspicious in behavior. These sites hinder face-to-face friendship but many students reason out

    that they use SNS in order to communicate conveniently with their faraway friends. What do

    these SNS possess to make the students keep on using them?

    Why do students upload photos, videos, post comments/messages on other profiles and

    play social games? What are the benefits and purpose of doing these activities? Why are social

    networking sites frequently used by students nowadays?

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    The researchers goal is to address these questions and have an in-depth study with regards to

    those questions stated above. Students usage of social networking sites provides long-lasting

    insights to identity construction, social behavior and peer-to-peer interaction therefore studies

    such as this arises that found out the real perspective of students about social life.

    B. Conceptual Framework

    In general, online relationships contain much weaker ties than face-to-face relationships

    (Vitak, 2008). Social networking sites such as Facebook offer users a convenient method for

    maintaining a large number of weak ties. While maintenance of strong ties typically requires

    significant commitments of time and energy, weak ties may be managed solely through the

    connections that link Facebook friends. Facebook allows users to stay up-to-date on their

    weak ties lives simply by viewing the information available in those friends profiles and by

    connecting through actions such as pokes, private messages, wall postings and photo

    comments. By offering multiple methods of interaction, Facebook saves users significant time,

    thus enabling them to create and maintain a massive social network, although one

    predominantly composed of weak connections between users. For example, a recent survey

    found that the average user had 180 friends on the website, which is far more friends than

    the average person would say they have in the real world (Golder et al., 2006).

    In cases where factors such as distance change a face-to-face relationship into a

    primarily online relationship, strong ties are maintained and even strengthened further. Social

    networking sites is a tool for person to keep in touch with his distant friends by following their

    updates, sending a message or posting commentsusers have a quick and easy way to stay

    connected thus keep the relationship healthy when they are too busy to commit more time to

    face-to-face interaction (Vitak, 2008).

    For more vivid picture of the study, Figure 1 served as the research paradigm.

    Paradigm of the Study

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    Social networking sites interpersonal relationship

    Figure 1. The influence of social networking sites on the interpersonal relationships of the

    students

    The paradigm above shows the influence of social networking sites to the interpersonalrelationship of students. There are two possible types of interpersonal relationship that

    students tend to develop. These are the following: Stronger interpersonal relationship of

    students with their friends, teachers, and parents. This happens if a student or a person knows

    well how to use a social networking site. Students are always updated with the status of their

    close friends, teachers, or even their parents that are added in their friends list in the social

    networking sites that they are using. It will also be easier for the user to know when will be the

    birthday of his/her friends and so he/she can greet them easily, even if they are apart and also,

    with less time and effort. Students, aside from developing a stronger interpersonal relationship,

    in contrast, tend to develop a weaker interpersonal relationship with their friends, teachers,

    and parents. This is due to too much dependency of students to the internet and computer as amedium of communication with their friends, teachers, and parents. Sometimes, students can

    only tell what they want to other people whenever they are chatting, or when they post

    comments on the wall of a persons account or profile. If they do this over and over again, this

    develops into a habit and be used to it until the time comes that they just depend on the

    internet and computer on telling what they want. Through this, a person cant express his

    emotions that results to an unhealthy relationship with other people. There are also times that

    social networking sites dont have any effect on the interpersonal relationship of a student or a

    person with other people. This is why researchers identified the influence of social networking

    sites to the students of Rogationist College.

    C. Statement of the Problem

    This study aimed on determining the Influence of Social Networking Sites to the interpersonal

    relationship of the students. Particularly, the researchers seeked for the answers in the

    following questions:

    1. What is the profile of the students in terms of:

    Age?

    Gender?

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    Year Level?

    2. What is the profile of the students in terms of using Social Networking Sites?

    Frequency of Using

    Purpose of Using

    Number of close friends. Online friends

    3. What is the influence of SNS to interpersonal relationship of students toward their:Family

    Friends

    Teachers

    Others

    D. Scope and Delimitations of the Study

    The researchers conducted a study about the influence of social networking sites on the

    students of Rogationist College. This study considered every aspect of students including the

    age, gender and year level in terms of social networking sites and their social interaction at

    home, with classmates, teachers and friends. They also studied the interpersonal relationship of

    students toward their friends, teachers, and parents as well as the influences of social

    networking sites to their interpersonal relationship. This study focused on the influences of

    social networking sites to the interpersonal relationship of students. This research involved 239

    current high school students of Rogationist College within the school year 2009 to 2010 who

    use social networking sites every day. This study used purposive sampling to determine the

    respondents since everyday users of SNS are only considered.

    E. Significance of the Study

    The researchers determined the role of social networking sites on the social aspects of

    students.Guidance Counselors. This study will help the guidance counselors to be aware of the

    influences of social networking sites to the students in Rogationist College. By informing them

    of this matter, they will be able to relate more with students and to give accurate advices to

    students that have problems involving SNSs.

    School Administrators. This study will help the school administrators, like the

    guidance counselors, to be aware of the influences of social networking sites to the students in

    Rogationist College. With enough information about SNSs and their influence to the students,

    school administrators can help in solving problems of the students regarding this topic and give

    advices that are appropriate to the situation when SNSs affect the interpersonal relationship of

    students.Social Networking Sites Developers. The result of this study will make the developers

    of different SNSs aware of the influences of the SNSs that they are maintaining and making.

    Because of this, they will be trying their best to develop a social networking site that will only

    have good effects to the user and will help them to develop a strong interpersonal relationship

    of the user to other people.

    Students. The result of this study will make the students aware of how does social networking

    sites influence them and how does it affect their interpersonal relationships. This will educate

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    the students regarding the proper usage of social networking sites. This will help the students

    to improve their social life with the use of social networking sites.

    Teachers. This study can help the teachers by suggesting some ways in order for them to relate

    with students social activities especially with regards of using social networking sites. In line

    with this, teachers, as students second parents, will know a way how to help the students if

    they will be encountering a problem regarding the relationship of their students with otherpeople.

    Parents. This study will help parents to understand their childs purpose of using social

    networking sites and for them to be aware of the influence from social networking sites that

    might affect their children. With enough knowledge, parents can think of possible preventive

    ways if their child is prone to develop a weak interpersonal relationship with other people

    because of too much usage and dependence from social networking sites.

    Future Researchers. This study can help the further studies of future researchers regarding the

    influence of social networking sites on the interpersonal relationship of students. This can serve

    as a reference for further improvements to be done in their study.

    F. Definition of Terms

    This study, which is about the influence of social networking sites to the interpersonal

    relationship of the students, used the following terms defined conceptually and operationally.

    These terms are used within the context of the study.

    Face to face friendship. It is a type of friendship wherein you can actually be with

    them and see them more often and you know about them well enough.

    Offline Friend. It is a term used to call a person who is your friend in real life.

    Online Friend. It is a term used to call a person added on your Social Networking Site

    account.

    Privacy. It is the ability of an individual or group to secure their personal information

    and activities apart from others.Profile. This is offered by social networking sites that contains all the personal

    information about the person and their activities.

    Social behaviour. It is behaviour directed towards society, or taking place between,

    members of the same species.

    Social Games. They are defined as games found in social networking sites which allow

    social interaction with friends during the gameplay. (e.g. Pet Society)

    Social Networking. It refers to making a social structure made of nodes that are tied by one or

    more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, or relationships of beliefs,

    knowledge or prestige.

    Social Networking Sites. It focuses on building of people who

    share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities

    of others. Social networking sites are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to

    interact.

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    respondents of her research paper (57%) said they were initially introduced to those friends

    through mutual friends, which increases the likelihood of such relationships developing into

    strong ties. On the other hand, responses to a separate question overwhelmingly support the

    hypothesis. While a significant portion or respondents said they have at least a few online-

    online friends, 85% said they do not communicate with the majority of their online-only friends,

    and just one respondent said that he/she considered those friends as a strong tie. Throughsocial networking sites like facebook, the user tends to maintain his weak interpersonal

    relationship with his online friends because of an easy communication. He can use private

    messaging, chat rooms, and other method of communicating provided by the website. On the

    otherhand, a strong interpersonal relationship with his offline friends needs time and effort to

    be maintained.

    Distance between two users that can change an offline relationship into online

    relationship is also a reason why an individual uses SNSs. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of

    respondents said the majority of their friends have a Facebook account, which suggests that

    many students use the site to stay in touch with their offline friends. Keeping in touch with

    friends remains the primary reason for site usage across both years in school and gender.

    Furthermore, approximately one-third (31%) of respondents with friends who do not have a

    Facebook account say they would be closer to those friends if they were on the site, and 87% of

    respondents said they had never experienced negative consequences in their offline

    relationships due to content in their Facebook profiles, which suggests that most respondents

    benefit from using the site. With the use of private messaging and chat rooms of this site,

    students can communicate and maintain a healthy relationship with their friends from far

    places with ease that takes only a few seconds to complete it.

    Social Networking Sites also have negative effects in offline relationships. Some things

    found in the site can lead to misinterpretation for some people. Because of online messaging or

    comments that are visible to everyone in the friends list of a user, an offline relationship can be

    affected or destroyed due to fights that will happen. For example, a jealous boyfriend saw acomment from a mysterious boy posted on the wall of his girlfriend that says intimate words,

    because of this, the relationship between the girl and his boyfriend can be broken. Another

    negative effect is, because of posting comments on the wall of a user became much easier, it

    will also be effortless for other people to spread rumors and gossips that can destroy a life of an

    individual.

    As a larger percentage of communication moves into the digital arena, we will see a

    general weakening of ties between people. This weakening will be less pervasive among a

    persons closest circle of friends and more obvious among lesser fr iends, as digital

    communication will become the primary mode of communication in these relationships.

    C. Justification of the Study

    This related studies and concepts helped in determining the influence of social

    networking sites on the interpersonal relationship of students in Rogationist College of the

    school year 2009-2010. This supported and validated or reversed the ideas of Matsuba and

    Golder (2006), and Vitak (2008). There were some studies conducted that dealt with social

    networking and its effects towards teenagers in different aspects. Interpersonal relationship,

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    particularly that of high school students in Rogationist College, isn't one of those aspects,

    although some of the aforementioned studies have tackled somewhat similar aspects to that of

    the one being studied on by the researchers.

    CHAPTER 3

    METHODOLOGY

    This chapter contains Research Design, Sampling Technique, Research Instrument, Data

    Gathering Procedure and Statistical Treatment of Data.

    A. Research Design

    This study used descriptive research design. It involves the description, recording, analysis, and

    interpretation of the present nature, composition, or processes of phenomena. It focuses on

    prevailing conditions or how a person, group, or thing behaves or functions in the present. It

    often involves some type of comparison or contrast.

    The researchers used the survey technique which is under descriptive research design.Survey technique, requires gathering of facts that requires sufficient and accurate

    interpretation. This technique is used to collect demographic data about respondents

    behavior, beliefs, opinions, interests and the like and then the gathered data are analyzed,

    organized, and interpreted.

    B. Sampling Technique

    The researchers used purposive sampling. This sampling method included respondents that fall

    under the purpose of the study and others that are not useful for the study are positively

    excluded. The study focused on the effects of SNS to the interpersonal relationship thus a

    survey is conducted to the high school students of Rogationist College that are using social

    networking sites every day.C. Research Instrument

    The researchers used questionnaires and survey forms as research instruments. The survey

    form asked if the respondents are using social networking sites and their frequency of using the

    sites. After determining those who use social networking sites everyday, the questionnaire

    asked for the profile of the respondents and the status of their interpersonal relationship with

    their family, friends, teachers, classmates and others.

    D. Data Gathering Procedure

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    The researchers will distribute a survey form to each section in order to determine the

    users of social networking sites and must be accomplished within two to three days. After the

    researchers collected the survey forms, a list of the respondents which are SNS users will be

    organized then copies of the main questionnaire will be produced. The copies of the main

    questionnaire will depend on the number of the respondents. However, extra copies will be

    reproduced if some respondents loss their questionnaires. The respondents will be given two tothree days allowance to answer the main questionnaire. An officer of each section will be

    selected to distribute and collect the questionnaires. Once the deadline of the questionnaires

    arrived, the researchers will coordinate with the officers to retrieve all the questionnaires

    completely. The questionnaires gathered will contain all the needed data for the study and it

    will be organized, summarized, analyzed, and interpreted.

    E. Statistical Treatment of Data

    The researchers used the following formulas to analyze the results of the survey:

    Frequency is the number, proportion, or percentage of items in a particular category in a set of

    data, while percentage is the proportion or share in relation to a whole. This technique is used

    to determine the percentage of our respondents out of total population in terms of frequency

    of using Social Networking Sites. Through this, the researchers also determined the percentage

    of the respondents who are affected by the influence of social networking sites. The formula for

    frequency and percentage is:

    f

    P = ------- x 100 %

    N

    Where:P is percentage

    f is number of respondents falling under a particular category

    N is total number of population

    The mean, or average, is the sum of the values divided by the total number of values. This

    determined the average result of the data gathered from different respondents.

    Where:

    X represents the sample mean

    n represents the total number of respondents

    x represents the frequency

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    CHAPTER 4

    PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

    In this chapter, the data gathered by the researchers has been tabulated, analyzed andinterpreted to get a meaningful conclusion about the data.

    PROBLEM 1: What is the profile of the students in terms of year level, age, gender?

    Table 1.1 Year Level of the Respondents

    Year Level Frequency Percentage

    First Year 61 25.52

    Second Year 75 31.38

    Third Year 43 17.99

    Fourth Year 60 25.10

    TOTAL 239 100.00

    Using frequency and percentage, the results in Table 1.1 showed that out of 239 respondents,

    75 or 31.38 percent are sophomores, 61 or 25.52 percent are freshmen, 60 or 25.10 percent

    are seniors, and 43 or 17.99 percent are juniors.

    Table 1.2 Age of the Respondents

    Age Frequency Percentage

    12 25 10.46

    13 70 29.29

    14 54 22.59

    15 49 20.50

    16 41 17.15TOTAL 239 100.00

    Using frequency and percentage, the results in Table 1.2 showed that out of 239 respondents,

    70 or 21.29 percent are 13 years old, 54 or 22.59 percent are 14 years old, 49 or 20.50 percent

    are 15 years old, and 41 or 17.15 percent are 16 years old, and 25 or 10.46 percent are 12 years

    old.

    Table 1.3 Gender of the Respondents

    Gender Frequency Percentage

    Male 112 46.86

    Female 127 53.14

    TOTAL 239 100.00

    Using frequency and percentage, the results in Table 1.3 showed that out of 239 respondents,

    127 or 53.14 percent are females while 112 or 46.86 percent are males.

    PROBLEM 2: What is the profile of the students in terms of preferred SNS, frequency of SNS

    usage, purpose of using SNS and number of SNS friends?

    Table 2.1 Preferred SNS of the Respondents

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    SNS Frequency Percentage

    Facebook 220 92.05

    Friendster 10 4.18

    Twitter 3 1.26

    Multiply 1 0.42

    Others 5 2.09TOTAL 239 100.00

    Using frequency and percentage, the results in Table 1.4 showed that out of 239 respondents,

    200 or 92.05 percent preferred Facebook, 10 or 4.18 percent preferred Friendster, 5 or 2.09

    percent preferred other SNS, 3 or 1.26 percent preferred Twitter, and 1 or 0.42 percent

    preferred Multiply.

    Table 2.2 Respondents Frequency of SNS Usage

    Hours Frequency Percentage

    Less than 1 hour 21 8.79

    1-2 Hours 80 33.47

    3-4 Hours 76 31.80

    5-6 Hours 27 11.30

    More than 6 Hours 35 14.64

    TOTAL 239 100.00

    Using frequency and percentage, the results in Table 1.5 showed that out of 239 respondents,

    80 or 33.47 percent use SNS for 1-2 hours, 76 or 31.80 percent use SNS for 3-4 hours, 35 or

    14.64 percent use SNS for more than 6 hours, 27 or 11.30 percent use SNS for 5-6 hours, and 21

    or 8.79 percent use SNS for less than an hour.

    Table 2.3 Respondents Purpose of Using SNS

    Purpose Frequency PercentageKeeping in Touch with family 25 10.46

    Keeping in Touch with friends 76 31.80

    To meet new people 18 7.53

    Just for fun and entertainment 117 48.95

    To be in because it's popular nowadays 2 0.84

    Others 1 0.42

    TOTAL 239 100.00

    Using frequency and percentage, the results in Table 1.6 showed that out of 239 respondents,

    117 or 48.95 percent agreed that their puspose of using SNS is Just for fun and entertainment;

    76 or 31.80 percent agreed on Keeping in touch with friends; 25 or 10.46 percent agreed onKeeping in touch with family; 2 or 0.84 percent agreed on To be in because it's popular

    nowadays; and 1 or 0.42 percent agreed on other purpose.

    Table 2.4 Respondents Number of SNS Friends

    Number of Friends Frequency Percentage

    Less than 100 18 7.53

    100+ 45 18.83

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    200+ 39 16.32

    300+ 38 15.90

    400+ 28 11.72

    500+ 21 8.79

    600+ 15 6.28

    700+ 7 2.93800+ 8 3.35

    900+ 6 2.51

    1000+ 14 5.86

    TOTAL 239 100.00

    Using frequency and percentage, the results in Table 1.7 showed that out of 239 respondents,

    45 or 18.83 percent has 100+ friends, 39 or 16.32 percent has 200+ friends, 38 or 15.90 percent

    has 300+ friends, 28 or 11.72 percent has 400+ friends, 21 or 8.79 percent has 500+ friends, 18

    or 7.53 percent has less than 100 friends, 15 or 6.28 percent has 600+ friends, 14 or 5.86

    percent has 1000+ friends, 8 or 3.35 percent has 800+ friends, 7 or 2.93 percent has 700+

    friends, and 6 or 2.51 percent has 900+ friends.

    PROBLEM 3: What is the interpersonal relationship of students toward their Family, Friends,

    Teachers, and Others?

    Table 3.1 Respondents Interpersonal Relationship with their Family

    QUESTIONS: MEAN INTERPRETATION

    1. You want to interact more with your family because of SNS. 2.75 Often

    2. You prioritize on having quality time with your family. 3 Often 3. You always want to keep

    in touch with your family. 3 Often

    4. You have better communication with your family. 3 Often

    5. You can express yourself more with your family. 3 Often6. You can balance your time with your family. 3 Often

    7. Your relationship with your family is much better after using SNS. 2.5 Sometimes

    8. You obey the rules of your parents. 3 Often

    9. Youre ready to help when your family needs you 3 Often

    10. You enjoy having time with your family. 3 Often

    MEAN SCORE 2.93 Often

    Legend:

    3.51 4.00 = Always

    2.51 3.50 = Often1.51 2.50 = Sometimes

    0.51 1.50 = Seldom

    0. 00 0.50 = Never

    Table 3.1 shows the respondents interpersonal relationship with their family. The mean

    score of Table 3.1 is 2.9 or often. As a result of using social networking sites, the respondents

    prioritize on having quality time with their family (3); want to keep in touch with their family

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    (3); have better communication with their family (3); express themselves more with their family

    (3); balance their time with their family (3); obey the rules of their parents (3); are ready to help

    when their family needs them (3); enjoy having time with their family (3); want to interact more

    with their family (2.75); have better relationship with their family (2.5).

    Table 3.2 Respondents Interpersonal Relationship with their FriendsQUESTIONS MEAN INTERPRETATION

    1. You want to interact more with your friends because of SNS. 3 Often

    2. You can relate to your friends since you use SNS that they also use. 3 Often

    3. SNS makes you in good terms with your friends. 3 Often

    4. You always want to keep in touch with your friends. 3 Often

    5. Social networking sites help you much better in terms of communicating with your friends. 3

    Often

    6. You prefer to spend more time with your friends like hanging-out with them. 3 Often

    7. You express yourself more with your friends in social networking sites. 3 Often

    8. You are open with your friends. 3 Often

    9. Youre ready to help when your friends need you. 3 Often

    10. You enjoy spending time with your friends. 3.25 Often MEAN SCORE 3.03 Often

    Legend:

    3.51 4.00 = Always

    2.51 3.50 = Often

    1.51 2.50 = Sometimes

    0.51 1.50 = Seldom

    0. 00 0.50 = Never

    Table 3.2 shows the respondents interpersonal relationship with their friends. The meanscore of the Table 3.2 is 3.0 or often. As a result of using social networking sites, the

    respondents enjoy spending time with their friends (3.25); interact more with their friends

    because of SNS (3); relate to their friends since they also use SNS (3); have good terms with

    their friends (3); always want to keep in touch with their friends (3); have better

    communication with their friends because of SNS (3); prefer to spend more time hanging-out

    with their friends (3); are open with their friends (3); are ready to help when their friends need

    them (3).

    Table 3.3 Respondents Interpersonal Relationship with their Teachers

    QUESTIONS MEAN INTERPRETATION1. You want to interact more with your teachers because of SNS. 2 Sometimes

    2. You keep your focus on the lesson being discussed by your teacher. 3 Often

    3. You prioritize academic-related activities. 3 Often

    4. You can communicate with your teachers easily with the use of SNS. 2 Sometimes

    5. Social networking sites helped you much better in terms of asking your teachers regarding

    your school works. 2 Sometimes

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    6. You can easily talk or approach your teachers. 2.5 Sometimes 7. You can express yourself

    more with your teachers because of social networking sites. 2 Sometimes

    8. You are open with your teachers. 2 Sometimes

    9. You prioritize tasks given by your teachers. 3 Often

    10. You enjoy interacting with your teachers. 3 Often

    MEAN SCORE 2.45 Sometimes

    Legend:

    3.51 4.00 = Always

    2.51 3.50 = Often

    1.51 2.50 = Sometimes

    0.51 1.50 = Seldom

    0. 00 0.50 = Never

    Table 3.3 shows the respondents interpersonal relationship with their teachers. The

    mean score of Table 3.3 is 2.4 or sometimes. As a result of using social networking sites, the

    respondents keep their focus on the lesson being discussed by their teachers (3); prioritize

    academic-related activities (3); prioritize tasks given by their teachers (3); enjoy interacting with

    their teachers (3); easily approach their teachers (2.5); interact more with their teachers

    because of SNS (2); communicate easily with their teachers with the use of SNS (2); have better

    communication with their teachers in terms of school works with the help of SNS (2); express

    themselves more with their teachers because of SNS (2); open with their teachers (2).

    Table 3.4 Respondents Interpersonal Relationship with Others

    QUESTIONS MEAN INTERPRETATION

    1. You ignore friend requests from people you dont know. 2.25 Sometimes

    2. You block people that are suspicious. 2 Sometimes3. You are cautious to people that you meet in SNS. 2.75 Often

    4. You make your contact number and address visible only to your friends. 3 Often

    5. You delete comments or posts from other people that you dont know but are added in your

    friends list. 2 Sometimes

    6. You only share limited information about yourself on your profile. 3 Often

    7. You make your profile visible only to your friends. 3 Often

    8. You visit profiles of people added in your list but you do not know. 2 Sometimes

    9. You post comments to people you dont know but are added to your list. 2 Sometimes

    10. You send friend requests to people you do not know. 1.75 Sometimes

    MEAN SCORE 2.38 SometimesLegend:

    3.51 4.00 = Always

    2.51 3.50 = Often

    1.51 2.50 = Sometimes

    0.51 1.50 = Seldom

    0. 00 0.50 = Never

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    Table 3.4 shows the respondents interpersonal relationship with other people. The mean

    score of Table 3.4 is 2.4 or sometimes. As a result of using social networking sites, the

    respondents make their contact number and address visible only to their friends (3); share

    limited information about themselves (3); make their profile visible only to their friends

    (3);cautious to the people they meet in SNS (2.75); ignore friends requests from the people

    they dont know (2.25); block people that are suspicious (2); delete comments or posts fromother people that they dont know but added in their friends list(2); visit profiles of people

    added in their list but they dont know (2); comments to people they dont but added in their

    list (2); send friends requests to people they dont know (1.75).

    According to Vitak (2008), there are some reasons why an individual uses a social

    networking site. The first reason is for them to meet strangers and become friends with them.

    CHAPTER 5

    SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    A. Summary of Findings

    The research was conducted for the purpose of finding out the influence of social networkingsites to the interpersonal relationship of students in Rogationist College. The descriptive

    method of research was used and the descriptive survey technique was used by the researchers

    in gathering data. The researchers made use of questionnaires for the gathering of data. The

    sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique. The researchers used 239

    respondents for this research. This research was conducted during the school year 2009-2010.

    PROBLEM 1: What is the profile of the students in terms of (a) year level, (b) age, (c) gender?

    Out of 239 respondents, 75 or 31.38 percent are sophomores, 61 or 25.52 percent are

    freshmen, 60 or 25.10 percent are seniors, and 43 or 17.99 percent are juniors. Out of 239

    respondents, 70 or 21.29 percent are 13 years old, 54 or 22.59 percent are 14 years old, 49 or20.50 percent are 15 years old, and 41 or 17.15 percent are 16 years old, and 25 or 10.46

    percent are 12 years old. Out of 239 respondents, 127 or 53.14 percent are females while 112

    or 46.86 percent are males.

    PROBLEM 2: What is the profile of the students in terms of preferred SNS, frequency of SNS

    usage, purpose of using SNS and number of SNS friends?

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    Out of 239 respondents, 200 or 92.05 percent preferred Facebook, 10 or 4.18 percent preferred

    Friendster, 5 or 2.09 percent preferred other SNS, 3 or 1.26 percent preferred Twitter, and 1 or

    0.42 percent preferred Multiply. Out of 239 respondents, 80 or 33.47 percent use SNS for 1-2

    hours, 76 or 31.80 percent use SNS for 3-4 hours, 35 or 14.64 percent use SNS for more than 6

    hours, 27 or 11.30 percent use SNS for 5-6 hours, and 21 or 8.79 percent use SNS for less thanan hour. Out of 239 respondents, 117 or 48.95 percent agreed that their puspose of using SNS

    is Just for fun and entertainment; 76 or 31.80 percent agreed on Keeping in touch with

    friends; 25 or 10.46 percent agreed on Keeping in touch with family; 2 or 0.84 percent

    agreed on To be in because it's popular nowadays; and 1 or 0.42 percent agreed on other

    purpose. Out of 239 respondents, 45 or 18.83 percent has 100+ friends, 39 or 16.32 percent has

    200+ friends, 38 or 15.90 percent has 300+ friends, 28 or 11.72 percent has 400+ friends, 21 or

    8.79 percent has 500+ friends, 18 or 7.53 percent has less than 100 friends, 15 or 6.28 percent

    has 600+ friends, 14 or 5.86 percent has 1000+ friends, 8 or 3.35 percent has 800+ friends, 7 or

    2.93 percent has 700+ friends, and 6 or 2.51 percent has 900+ friends.

    PROBLEM 3: What is the interpersonal relationship of students toward their Family, Friends,

    Teachers, and Others?

    The mean score of Table 3.1 Respondents Interpersonal Relationship with their family is

    2.9 or often. All the statements were gathered under the mean of 2.50 to 3.49. As a result of

    using social networking sites, the respondents want to interact more with your family because

    of SNS(2.75), prioritize on having quality time with their family (3); want to keep in touch with

    their family (3); have better communication with their family (3); express themselves more with

    their family (3); balance their time with their family (3); obey the rules of their parents (3); areready to help when their family needs them (3); enjoy having time with their family (3); want to

    interact more with their family (2.75); and have better relationship with their family (2.5).

    The mean score of the Table 3.2 Respondents Interpersonal Relationship with their

    friends is 3.0 or often. All the statements were gathered under the mean of 2.55 to 3.55. As a

    result of using social networking sites, the respondents enjoy spending time with their friends

    (3.25); interact more with their friends because of SNS (3); relate to their friends since they also

    use SNS (3); have good terms with their friends (3); always want to keep in touch with their

    friends (3); have better communication with their friends because of SNS (3); prefer to spend

    more time hanging-out with their friends (3); are open with their friends (3); and are ready to

    help when their friends need them (3).The mean score of Table 3.3 Respondents Interpersonal Relationship with their

    teachers is 2.4 or sometimes. The statements that were gathered under the mean of 2.55 to

    3.54 are the ff.: the respondents keep their focus on the lesson being discussed by their

    teachers (3); prioritize academic-related activities (3); prioritize tasks given by their teachers (3);

    and enjoy interacting with their teachers (3). The statements that were gathered under the

    mean of 1.55 to 2.54 are the ff: the respondents easily approach their teachers (2.5); interact

    more with their teachers because of SNS (2); communicate easily with their teachers with the

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    use of SNS (2); have better communication with their teachers in terms of school works with

    the help of SNS (2); express themselves more with their teachers because of SNS (2); and open-

    up with their teachers (2).

    The mean score of Table 3.4 is 2.4 or sometimes. The statements that were gathered under the

    mean of 2.55 to 3.54 are the ff: the respondents make their contact number and address visible

    only to their friends (3); share limited information about themselves (3); make their profilevisible only to their friends (3); and cautious to the people they meet in SNS (2.75). The

    statements that were gathered under the mean of 1.55 to 2.54 are the ff: the respondents

    ignore friends requests from the people they dont know (2.25); block people that are

    suspicious (2); delete comments or posts from other people that they dont know but added in

    their friends list(2); visit profiles of people added in their list but they dont know (2);

    comments to people they dont but added in their list (2); send friends requests to people they

    dont know (1.75).

    B. Conclusions

    After analyzing the data gathered by the researchers, they arrived with the following

    conclusions:

    1.) Using social networking sites helped the respondents to develop a strong interpersonal

    relationship with their family, friends, teachers, and with others.

    2.) Most of the respondents are using Facebook just to have fun and entertainment because of

    its available features for the users.

    3.) The respondents are cautious with the strangers that they meet in SNS's because of having a

    limited friends added to their account that they know.

    4.) The respondents intend to open-up more with their friends in social networking sites than

    with others.

    5.) Most of the respondents use social networking sites for only 1-2 hours in a day.

    C. Recommendations

    Based on the conclusions that the researches made, they have formulated the following

    recommendations:

    1.) Parents, school administrators, teachers, and guidance counselors must encourage the

    students to use SNS since it promotes good interpersonal relationships.

    2.) Students must properly use social networking sites and not just for fun and entertainment

    but for communication with their family, friends and teachers.

    3.) Social networking site developers and companies must improve the security and privacy thatthey are giving to its users to promote a safe environment especially for children and teenagers.

    4.) Students must also encourage their classmates to use SNS frequently since it promotes good

    communication with their teachers regarding school works and related activities.

    5.) Students must also encourage their friends to use SNS since it promotes good relationship

    making friendship ties grow stronger.

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