Social Network and the Extent of its Effect to Social Interaction

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Social networks had evidently dominated our social lives, which slowly changed the manner of our social interaction. People, especially students, tend to spend more time with their gadgets rather than having personal interaction with people around them. This study aimed to discover the extent of social networks' effect to social interaction.

METHODS

The study utilized descriptive method of research. The researcher formulated a survey questionnaires which consists of ten questions. 151 students from Talisay Senior High School, grade 11 and grade 12 of Humanities and Social Sciences strand have participated in the study. The researcher used Slovin's Formula to come up with the total number of respondents. The answers in the questionnaires were tallied and prepared in the tabular form.

RESULTS

The study has shown that most of the respondents prefer communicating through social networking sites and was proven to be commonly used to meet new people. Social networking sites were also cited as a factor which interferes in most of the respondents personal life and most especially, thestudy have strengthened the fact that social network really did affect social interaction.

DISCUSSIONS

The results of the study shows the need for parent monitoring and moderated amount of time spent using social network, also the need for further study about the change in the way of communication and preservation of culture.