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INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE INTERPERSONAL

RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SECOND YEAR BS ACCOUNTANCY AND BSBA

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING STUDENTS

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A Research Proposal Presented to

Mr. Rudyr S. Bacolod

Palawan State University

Puerto Princesa City

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In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

For the Subject Statistics I

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By:

Cuadra, Cristy Marie O.

Badilla, Jessa C.

Nasil, Rhuaiba H.

Palasigue, Zeia L.

Ventura, Rae Jane C.

Tagle, Jade L.

Palawan State University

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Table of Contents

Abstract.iii

Acknowledgement..iv

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.6

Definition of Terms7

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 Gathering18

Statistical Treatment.........19

Chapter 4: PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Problem1..20

Problem2..21

Problem3..24

Chapter 5: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary .29

Conclusions..33

Recommendations..33

Bibliography 37

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ABSTRACT

Social Networking Sites (SNS) 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 is 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 of communicating on the internet despite the lack of face-to-face interaction?

This study aimed to determine the influence of SNS on the relationships of the

Palawan State University students, especially towards their family, friends, teachers and

others. The researchers used the descriptive research design and survey technique

which is under descriptive research design. This study is based on 150 second year BS

Accountancy and BSBA- Management Accounting students who were randomly

selected and were known to be users of SNS.

Based on the results, it was concluded that using SNS helped students to

develop a strong interpersonal relationship with their family, friends, teachers, and with

others. The researchers also concluded that most of the respondents are using

Facebook just to have fun and entertainment, and that they commonly use SNS 1 - 2

hours a day. Thus, the researchers then recommend the parents, school administrators,

teachers, and guidance counselors to encourage the students to use SNS since it

promotes good interpersonal relationships.

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Acknowledgements

The researchers would like to express their deepest gratitude and appreciation

for the following individuals who contributed valuable assistance and knowledge to

accomplish this research:

To God, for giving the researchers strength, courage, guidance and faith that

made this research successful.

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

giving them inspiration to do our best.

To Mr. Rudyr S. Bacolod, for providing necessary information to make this

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

this research.

To the respondents, for the cooperation they have given, and for answering

honestly the questions the researchers have provided them to answer.

THE RESEARCHERS

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CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

A. Introduction

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

about by the students of Palawan State University. Popular Social Networking Sites

such as Friendster, Facebook, Twitter and Plurk not only help the students

communicate with their friends, classmates, and relatives but they also allow them to

communicate with other people to whom they share common interests. Moreover, it also

allows them to associate with people regardless of their location as SNS makes

socializing with other people around the world possible. This opens the possibility of

making ties with other people, as frequent visits to SNS creates the opportunity for more

interaction between persons.

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

more people. This association may be based on emotions like love and liking, regular

business interactions, or some other type of social commitments. Interpersonal

relationships take place in a great variety of contexts, such as family,friends,marriage,

acquaintances, work,clubs,neighborhoods, and churches. They may be regulated by

law, custom, or mutual agreement, and are the basis of social groups and society 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

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people close to him/her. This influence can either be good or bad for the user. (Belardo,

et al. 2010)

Just like Short Messaging Service (SMS) another hit socialization device

among teenagers, due to the emergence of the so-called Unlimited Call and Text

offers SNS immediately became a hit upon its introduction, making it a part of their

everyday routine. In fact, this practice had become such a big trend that it was

considered as the norm, making it an unsaid fact that every person should have an

account on Facebook, the top SNS site nowadays. Consequently, persons who are

unable to do so are considered as deviants by society.

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 are profiles, which contain all the information about the

person plus their photos, videos, applications that they use, and comments or

messages posted by other persons. These, plus the other features of SNS allows the

user to know more about the person that they are interested on.

However, it is also evident that SNS invites the presence of suspicious

characters and trolls, which may expose the user to various disadvantages.

Furthermore, people depending on SNS for creating friendships had shown to create

weaker bonds than those people whose friendship was made by direct confrontation

and face-to-face contact.

Hence, directed with this situation, the researchers have decided to conduct a

study about the influences of SNS among second year students of Bachelor of Science

in Accountancy and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Major in

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Management Accounting in Palawan State University, which will provide long-lasting

insights to identity construction, social behavior and peer-to-peer interaction on the

perspective of the students.

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).

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Research Paradigm

User Social Networking Sites

Interpersonal

Relationships

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

interpersonal relationship of students. A student using an SNS can develop a 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 or 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 a medium 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 they will end up being used to it until

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D. Scope and Delimitation of the Study

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

on the Second Year BS Accountancy and BSBA- Management Accounting students of

Palawan State University. This study considered every aspect of students including

their 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 100 current Second Year College BS Accountancy and

BSBA- Management Accounting students of Palawan State University within the first

semester of School Year 2011 that 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.

a. Guidance Counselors.

This study will help the guidance counselors to be aware of the influences of

social networking sites to the students in Palawan State University. By informing them

of this matter, they will be able to relate more with the students in order to give more

accurate advices to students that have problems involving social networking sites.

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way how to help the students if they will be encountering a problem regarding the

relationship of their students with other people.

f. 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.

g. 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.

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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 behavior. It is behavior 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, kinship,

financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs,

knowledge or prestige.

Social Networking Sites. It focuses on building online communities 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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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter contains the review of related literature of the study and the

justification of the conceptual and research literature gathered from books, journals,

researches and online sources.

A. Conceptual Literature

Social networking sites have added entirely new meanings to interpersonal

interaction and community. It is the interplay between internet and real life

communication and its subsequent effect on interpersonal relationships. Popular social

networking websites such as Facebook have bundled many of the internet

communication standards such as e-mail, forums, and instant messaging into one

resource. However, its usage has become a staple activity in a young adults life. While

it varies slightly among gender and race groups, overall, young adults (college aged)

who have internet access use Facebook regularly for some type of social contact. With

this mass assimilation into daily life, it has already begun to change the way in which

interpersonal relationships are defined. It is one of the, if not the top medium for young

adults to scope out and research potential partners. With Facebook playing a large

role in many romantic relationships, its important to see how this will continue to shape

interpersonal communication in the future. The importance of this research proposal is

to look at how Facebook is an extension of real life.

This aims to discover how far Facebook is used to define, cultivate, and maintain

real life interpersonal romantic relationships. Through looking at previous research on

Facebook, online romantic relationships, and disclosure through internet

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communication, we will see what direction research needs to go to find valid

conclusions on the interplay of real life and Facebook in the development of

interpersonal romantic relationships. Internet based communication has been

incorporated into the development of interpersonal relationships. Likewise, as popular

social networking sites MySpace and Facebook have cropped up over the years,

affecting the way in which people communication, so has limited research on the social

mediums. It was found that 28% of the students in the study had been deceptive in their

internet communication. The students were found to do this through both direct

communication using the wall post and private message features as well as indirectly by

the viewing of others profiles. While Facebook is used to cultivate old and new

relationships, it is also used by students in romantic relationships to display and check

the status and commitment of their relationship. When people write and develop their

profile, choose their profile picture, and publicly write on other users Facebook walls,

Research has shown that when college aged males posted information about culturally

negative moral behaviors (partying, sexism, etc.) that they were participating in on other

users walls. their perceived attractiveness went up. However, when females did it,

their attractiveness went down.

In the area of romantic relationships, no Facebook research has looked at how

much real life interaction is required before a potential romantic partner is not seen as a

stalker or in any kind of negative light. Since internet usage is directly related to

psychological well-being, relationships, and the identity of self, it is of interest to note

that there is a positive relationship between measures of internet usage and loneliness.

No research has looked into how lonely or desperate a Facebook user is when trying to

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find a potential romantic partner. Matsubas research has shown that real life

relationships are looked at as more real in the negative and positive dimensions of

personal qualities, while internet only relationships were less extreme. If real life

relationships are seen as more real and Facebook is an online medium of

communication for those real life relationships, then research needs to look at how far

Facebook defines the romantic relationships. Research has found that those who use

the internet to create and maintain a secondary romantic relationship in addiction to a

real life one showed higher levels of relational certainty and high expectations of future

interaction with their online partners. Its also been found that time spent online and

positive views of the internet lead to a more favorable view of online romantic

relationships. Therefore, theres a possibility that personal romantic beliefs are used

more for a conventional relationship than an online-only relationship. While these

studies have little relevance to the cultivation of a real life romantic relationship through

Facebook, it is important to see the connections and disconnects between real life and

internet life. This needs to be developed further to see how much Facebook is used in

the initial stages of romantic relational development compared to usage when the

partners have a highly developed real life relationship. Some study found individuals

who reported high levels of social and/or dating anxiety were not more likely to use the

internet to make online relationships than those who reported lower levels of social or

dating anxiety. However, the research did show that certain online media (particularly

webcams) are more likely to be used by people with social and dating anxiety

symptoms, than those with less. This could play into new research about whether

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certain features of Facebook are used more so in romantic relational development by

social and dating anxious than other features.

According to WebCredible social networks provide encouragement and support;

establish identity with others and fulfil the need to feel included; provide the outlet for

some people to establish their need for recognition, social status, control or leadership;

provide the necessary control over aspects of lives for those who don't want to be

leaders; help establish friends, relationships and the opportunity to interact with others.

Conversely, introverted adolescents used online communication to compensate

for their lacking of certain social skills. However, along with these characteristics came a

stronger motivation to talk online, resulting in more online based friendships. It is

interesting to note that the introverts use the internet to compensate for their lack of

social skills. The studies show how important a users perception of internet

communication affects their levels of self disclosure. Interpersonal trust is found online

through how much the users perceive the other person to be telling the truth. However,

with Facebook interaction, things could be different. Research needs to look into how

knowing someone directly could directly affect the way in which disclosure, empathy,

and trust is built through Facebook. We also see an entirely new set of internet based

non-verbal forming. While there have been numerous studies on internet based

communication concerning romantic relationships, self disclosure, and social

networking, this research proposal takes it a step further to look at the social utility of

Facebook and the subsequent interplay of real life and on-line life in defining

interpersonal romantic relationships.

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B. Research Literature

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. This type of relationship is what we call a weak interpersonal

relationship. The majority of 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. Through

social 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 other hand, 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

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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 Palawan State

University, First Semester of School Year 2011. 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, particularly that of second year college

students in Palawan State University, 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.

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CHAPTER III

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 second year BS

Accountancy and BSBA Management Accounting students of Palawan State

University that are using social networking sites every day.

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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

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 to three 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.

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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:

fP = ------- 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.

n

xx

=

Where:

X represents the sample mean

n represents the total number of respondents

x represents the frequency

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CHAPTER IV

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

In this chapter, the data gathered by the researchers has been tabulated,

analyzed and interpreted 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 PercentageBlock 1 30 20.00Block 2 30 20.00Block 3 30 20.00Block 4 30 20.00Block 5 30 20.00TOTAL 150 100.00

Using frequency and percentage, the results in Table 1.1 showed that out of 150

respondents, 30 or 20 percent came from Block 1, 30 or 20 percent came from Block 2,

30 or 20 percent came from Block 3, 30 or 20 percent came from Block 4, and 30 or 20

percent came from Block 5.

Table 1.2 Age of the Respondents

Age Frequency Percentage16 6 4.00

17 99 66.0018 30 20.00

19 9 6.00

20+ 6 4.00

TOTAL 150 100.00

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respondents, 6 or 4 percent are 16 years old, 99 or 66 percent are 17 years old, 30 or

20 percent are 18 years old, 9 or 66 percent are 19 years old, and 6 or 4 percent are

those whose age are 20 and above.

Table 1.3 Gender of the Respondents

Gender Frequency Percentage

Male 36 24.00Female 114 76.00TOTAL 150 100.00


respondents, 36 or 24 percent are males, and 114 or 76 percent are females.

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

SNS Frequency Percentage

Facebook 75 50.00

Friendster 21 14.00

Twitter 31 20.67

Multiply 8 5.33

Plurk 6 4.00

Others 9 6.00

TOTAL 150 100.00


respondents, 75 or 50 percent preferred using Facebook, 21 or 14 percent preferred

using Friendster, 31 or 20.67 percent preferred using Twitter, 8 or 5.33 percent

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respondents, 15 or 10 percent agreed that their purpose on using SNS is keeping in

touch with family, 46 or 30.67 percent agreed on keeping in touch with friends, 17 or

11.33 percent agreed on to meet new people, 66 or 44 percent agreed on just for fun

and entertainment, 3 or 2 percent agreed on to be in because its popular nowadays,

and 3 or 2 percent have other purposes on using SNS.

Table 2.4 Respondents Number of SNS Friends

Number of Friends Frequency PercentageLess than 100 11 7.33100+ 28 18.67200+ 25 16.67300+ 27 18.00400+ 17 11.33500+ 12 8.00600+ 9 6.00700+ 3 2.00800+ 5 3.33900+ 6 4.00

1000+ 7 4.67TOTAL 150 100.00


respondents, 11 or 7.33 percent has less than 100 friends, 28 or 18.67 percent has

100+ friends, 25 or 16.67 percent has 200+ friends, 27 or 18 percent has 300+ friends,

17 or 11.33 percent has 400+ friends, 12 or 8 percent has 500+ friends, 9 or 6 percent

has 600+ friends, 3 or 2 percent has 700+ friends, 5 or 3.33 percent has 800+ friends, 6

or 4 percent has 900+ friends, and 7 or 4.67 percent has 1000+ friends.

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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 INTERPRETATION1. You want to interact more with yourfamily because of SNS. 2.75 Often2. You prioritize on having quality time withyour family. 3 Often3. You always want to keep in touch withyour family. 3 Often4. You have better communicationwith your family. 3 Often5. You can express yourself more

with your family. 3 Often6. You can balance your time withyour family. 3 Often7. Your relationship with your family is much betterafter using SNS. 2.5 Sometimes8. You obey the rules ofyour parents. 3 Often9. Youre ready to help when yourfamily needs you 3 Often10. You enjoy having time withyour family. 3 Often

MEAN SCORE 2.93 Often

Legend: 3.51 4.00 = Always2.51 3.50 = Often1.51 2.50 = Sometimes0.51 1.50 = Seldom0. 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 (3); have better communication with their family (3); express

themselves more with their family (3); balance their time with their family (3); obey the

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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 Friends

QUESTIONS MEAN INTERPRETATION

1. You want to interact more with your friendsbecause of SNS. 3 Often2. You can relate to your friends since you use SNSthat they also use. 3 Often3. SNS makes you in good terms with

your friends. 3 Often4. You always want to keep in touch with yourfriends. 3 Often5. Social networking sites help you much better interms of communicating with your friends. 3 Often6. You prefer to spend more time with your friendslike hanging-out with them. 3 Often7. You express yourself more with your friends insocial networking sites. 3 Often8. You are open with yourfriends. 3 Often

9. Youre ready to help when your friends needyou. 3 Often10. You enjoy spending time with yourfriends. 3.25 Often

MEAN SCORE 3.03 Often


Table 3.2 shows the respondents interpersonal relationship with their friends.

The mean score 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

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(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 INTERPRETATION1. You ignore friend requests from peopleyou dont know. 2.25 Sometimes

2. You block people that are suspicious. 2 Sometimes3. You are cautious to people that youmeet in SNS. 2.75 Often4. You make your contact number and addressvisible only to your friends. 3 Often5. You delete comments or posts from otherpeople that you dont know but are added in yourfriends list. 2 Sometimes

6. You only share limited information aboutyourself on your profile. 3 Often7. You make your profile visible only toyour friends. 3 Often8. You visit profiles of people added in your listbut you do not know. 2 Sometimes9. You post comments to people you dont knowbut are added to your list. 2 Sometimes10. You send friend requests to peopleyou do not know. 1.75 Sometimes

MEAN SCORE 2.38 Sometimes


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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 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).

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CHAPTER V

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

A. Summary of Findings

The research was conducted for the purpose of finding out the influence of social

networking sites to the interpersonal relationship of students in Palawan State

University. 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 150 respondents for this research. This

research was conducted during the first semester of school year 2011-2012.

PROBLEM 1: What is the profile of the students in terms of (a) block number, (b)

age, (c) gender?

Out of 150 respondents, 30 or 20 percent came from Block 1, 30 or 20 percent

form Block 2, 30 or 20 percent from Block 3, 30 or 20 percent from Block 4, and 30 or

20 percent from Block 5. Out of 150 respondents, 6 or 4 percent are 16 years old, 99 or

66 percent are 17 years old, 30 or 20 percent are 18 years old, 9 or 66 percent are 19

years old, and 6 or 4 percent are those whose age are 20 and above. Out of 150

respondents, 36 or 24 percent are males, and 114 or 76 percent are females.

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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?

Out of 150 respondents, 75 or 50 percent preferred using Facebook, 21 or 14

percent preferred using Friendster, 31 or 20.67 percent preferred using Twitter, 8 or

5.33 percent preferred using Multiply, 6 or 4 percent preferred using Plurk, and 9 or 6

percent preferred using other SNS.

Out of 150 respondents, 39 or 26 percent use SNS for less than 1 hour, 78 or 52

percent use SNS for 1-2 hours, 24 or 16 percent use SNS for 3-4 hours, 6 or 4 percent

use SNS for 5-6 hours, and 3 or 2 percent use SNS for more than 6 hours.

Out of 150 respondents, 15 or 10 percent agreed that their purpose on using

SNS is keeping in touch with family, 46 or 30.67 percent agreed on keeping in touch

with friends, 17 or 11.33 percent agreed on to meet new people, 66 or 44 percent

agreed on just for fun and entertainment, 3 or 2 percent agreed on to be in because

its popular nowadays, and 3 or 2 percent have other purposes on using SNS.

Out of 150 respondents, 11 or 7.33 percent has less than 100 friends, 28 or

18.67 percent has 100+ friends, 25 or 16.67 percent has 200+ friends, 27 or 18 percent

has 300+ friends, 17 or 11.33 percent has 400+ friends, 12 or 8 percent has 500+

friends, 9 or 6 percent has 600+ friends, 3 or 2 percent has 700+ friends, 5 or 3.33

percent has 800+ friends, 6 or 4 percent has 900+ friends, and 7 or 4.67 percent has

1000+ friends.

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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); 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);

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 following: the respondents keep their focus on the lesson being

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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 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 profile visible 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).

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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, as

shown by the fact that they mostly add only the people that they know personally.

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 researchers 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.

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3.) Social networking site developers and companies must improve the security

and privacy that they are giving to its users in order to promote a safe environment

especially for the 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

relationships, making friendship ties grow stronger.

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APPENDIX I

QUESTIONNAIRE

QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Block No. ___________

2. Age ___________

3. GenderFemale [ ]

Male [ ]

4. Preferred Social Networking Sites

(You can check more than one.)

Facebook [ ]

Friendster [ ]

Twitter [ ]

Multiply [ ]

Plurk [ ]

Others [ ]

5. Frequency of Social Networking SiteUsage

Less than 1 hour [ ]

1-2 hours [ ]

3-4 hours [ ]

5-6 hours [ ]

More than 6 hours [ ]

6. Purpose for Using Social NetworkingSites

Keeping in touch with family [ ]Keeping in touch with friends [ ]To meet new people [ ]Just for fun and entertainment [ ]To be in because its popular

nowadays [ ]Others [ ]

7. Number of Social Networking SiteFriends

Less than 100 [ ]

100+ [ ]

200+ [ ]

300+ [ ]

400+ [ ]

500+ [ ]

600+ [ ]

700+ [ ]

800+ [ ]

900+ [ ]

1000+ [ ]

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8. Interpersonal Relationship with the Family

5 = Always 4 = Often 3 = Sometimes

2= Seldom 1 = Never

You want to interact more with yourfamily because of social networking sites.

You prioritize on having quality time with

your family.

You always want to keep in touch with

your family.

You have better communication with your

family.

You can balance your time with your

family.

Your relationship with your family is much

better after using social networking sites.

You obey the rules of your parents.

Youre ready to help when your family

needs you.

You enjoy having time with your family.

9. Interpersonal Relationship with Friends

1. You want to interact more with your

friends because of SNS.

2. You can relate to your friends since you

use SNS that they also use.

3. SNS makes you in good terms with your

friends.

4. You always want to keep in touch with

your friends.

5. Social networking sites help you much

better in terms of communicating with your

friends.

6. You prefer to spend more time with your

friends like hanging-out with them.

7. You express yourself more with yourfriends in social networking sites.

8. You are open with your friends.

9. Youre ready to help when your friends

need you.

10. You enjoy spending time with your

friends.

10. Interpersonal Relationship with Teachers

1. You want to interact more with your

teachers because of SNS.

2. You keep your focus on the lesson

being discussed by your teacher.3. You prioritize academic-related

activities.

4. You can communicate with your

teachers easily with the use of SNS.

5. Social networking sites helped you

much better in terms of asking your

teachers regarding your school works.

6. You can easily talk or approach your

teachers.

7. You can express yourself more with

your teachers because of social

networking sites.

8. You are open with your teachers.

9. You prioritize tasks given by your

teachers.

10. You enjoy interacting with your

teachers.

11. Interpersonal Relationships with Others

1. You ignore friend requests from

people you dont know.

2. You block people that are suspicious.

3. You are cautious to people that youmeet in SNS.

4. You make your contact number and

address visible only to your friends.

5. You delete comments or posts from

other people that you dont know but are

added in your friends list.

6. You only share limited information

about yourself on your profile.

7. You make your profile visible only to

your friends.

8. You visit profiles of people added in

your list but you do not know.9. You post comments to people you

dont know but are added to your list.

10. You send friend requests to people

you do not know.

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