Impact of Facebook Usage on the Academic Performance of the Senior High School Students of Maddela Comprehensive High School S.Y 2018-2019

Authors

  • Jestony S. Cabbigat

Keywords:

Impact, Facebook Usage, Academic Performance

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Social networking has gone through quick progress as part of the technology era that attracts people of all ages due to the varied applications it offers. Despite the benefits, there were disadvantages that affected the users, especially the students who became addicted to social networking, which resulted in a lack of interest in studying. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the impact of Facebook usage on the academic performance of Senior High School Students of Maddela Comprehensive High School.

 

METHODS

The descriptive type of research design using a survey method was employed in this study. The questionnaire used in this study was validated by the school-based research committee. The researcher first asked approval from proper authorities as well as consent from the participants before the conduct of the study. Slovins Formula was used to get the 270 total numbers of participants and stratified random sampling for the number of participants per strand. Likert Scale was used to determine the impact of Facebook usage on the academic performance of the students and Independent t-Test for the significant difference. Frequency Percentage was used to analyze the profile of the participants. Mean and Standard Deviation was used to analyze the impact of Facebook usage on the academic performance of the students through the help of the SPSS Student's Version.

 

RESULTS

The decision of 270 students, consisting of 135 male and 135 females, showed that the impact of Facebook usage on the academic performance of the participants, in terms of purpose, was observed with mean scores of 2.98, time spent with mean scores of 2.16, and extent of using with mean scores of 1.89. Moreover, achieving academic requirements was also seen in participants with mean scores of 2.82. The results further implied that there was no significant difference in the academic performance of the participants in terms of purpose, time spent, the extent of using and achieving academic requirements when grouped according to sex.

 

DISCUSSIONS

The results showed that students can still manage to perform well in their academics. The study also revealed that the students know their limitations of using Facebook although the indicators were not always observed. This will serve as a reminder for parents and teachers to always probe in keeping track of the student's academic performance.

Published

2019-01-18