An Impact Study on the Influence of Social Media to the Social Interaction Skills of Grade 9 and 10 Students of SFNPS

Authors

  • Audrey Mae Lupisan
  • Juan Carlos Pimentel Lorenzo

Keywords:

senior high school, social media, technology

Abstract

According to Lev Vygotsky’s theory, the child’s social interaction skills first develop between people and second within themselves. The dawn of the 21st century is the advent of modern technology. Social media enabled everyone to be connected across countries and continents around the world. In order for the researchers to gather data, they used the Survey Method. In the survey, the researchers included questions that elicit the perceived effect of social media among students in terms of physical interaction skills, emotions, and lastly, their self-confidence. From the results gathered, the improvement of physical interaction skills got the highest average among Grade 9 Students. While in grade 10, the importance of self-esteem got the highest average of 3.20. In both grade levels, emotions got the least average of 3.10 in grade 9; and 3.13 in grade 10. However, the researcher accepted the null hypothesis, since the data did not establish any significant relationship between social interaction and social media usage. This led the researchers to enlightenment that since interaction is a common thing among the grade level, the both group might have same needs and urgency in using the social media that made it very common among the group. Thus, degree of difference was not achieved. The researchers recommend that future researches may conduct a study focusing on the comparison between private and public school students. Constant reminder on the proper use of technology is also recommended to be part of the school manual and student workshop activities.

Published

2018-12-18