Effects of Social Media Article and Newsprint in the Stand of Grade 11 Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study was primarily focused on evaluating the reaction of the students on some government issues presented in different news platforms. This study endeavors students to be informed or be aware of the effects of social media news and newsprint on decision making. This likewise lets teachers be aware of the proper use the social media or newsprint as an approach in teaching current events to their students.

METHODS

This study compared the students' argument on the news they read from social media and newspapers. Using comparative research design, the research participants were asked to state their reaction on an article both published in an online infographic and editorial newsprint. A validated questionnaire was used to elicit the students' argument. A set of rubrics, on the other hand, was utilized to evaluate the validity of the articles used and the students' argument.

RESULTS

Results reveal that the research participants' written response evaluation for the newsprint and social media article was significantly different in terms of the platforms used to present the news. The participants tend to be more argumentative due to what they read from an online source than from a printed one. The order of reading the materials, however, does not significantly influence the participants' reaction on the news they read.

DISCUSSIONS

The written response evaluation for the newsprint and social media article showed a significant difference in the student's argument. Their argument in social media is higher than the newsprint. In social media to newsprint data gathering, responses in the social media article remain higher than their newsprint argument. Evaluating their arguments present in social media and newsprint showed that their stand in the given issue shifts from agreeing to disagree, disagree to agree, neutral to disagree, and neutral to agree upon reading the social media article while some stick with their previous argument. There is a significant difference between the argument in the social media and newsprint article, but the order of reading the materials doesn't affect their evaluation score.