Chapter 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
1.1 Introduction
Writing is very essential in everyone’s professions,
studies and lifestyles. Writing styles varies in every
situation as it goes formal, informal, casual, etc.
and in that, variation skills must be developed. As
a part of modernization new trends, new words,
new cultures are formed with each symbol and
meanings and that is Social Media Jargon. Social
Media is the collection of sites, online activities
and transactions that allow people to interact
with one another and to share knowledge and to
input something online with different purpose. On
the other hand, Jargon is a language used by a
particular group of people that causes them to
understand each other. Social Media jargons are
the words and terminologies associated by
language that user of social media uses to connect
and relate with each other. As time goes by,
different styles of writing of many students was
affected Social Media Jargon as it provides a new
style in their writing. Social Media Jargon are
considered as online tools that uses a completely
different language. Jargons in Social Media seems
to be confusing but with a little practice, the art of
Social Media word play will become a second
nature. The researchers study Social Media
Jargons with relation to the writing styles and
skills of students. It has importance such as; it will
determine the proper and improper use of Social
Media Jargons in writing a piece. It will help
students to consider the right time on when, what
and where Social Media Jargons should be used or
not. It will inform students that jargons in the
internet can be beneficial as it creates new words
that reminds the society that the language of
communication is possible to evolve. This study is
important because it will show how Social Media
Jargon can fill a large gap of miscommunication
between its uses.
1.2 Background of the Study
The internet of Social Media has the power of
changing language. Every netizen begins to use
those new added words not just in Social Media
itself but also in their writing. Social Media
Jargons are recognizing into language and
sharpening evolving human communication.
The millennial and post millennial are
processing and making way for generation Z.
The new generation which is composed of those
who were born after 1995. Studying Social
Media Jargon is very necessary as it is part of
writing and speaking among people convicted in
the Social Media users. The objective of this
study is to know the cause, effects and
beneficiality of Jargons in Social Media in
student’s skills and styles in writing together to
inform the students where, when and what
social Media Jargons should be used. According
in an interview of Christopher Poole, “language
itself changed slowly but the internet has a
speeded up the process of those changes so you
notice them more quickly” (as cited in
Kleinman, 2010). According to Hendricks (2013)
Social Media began to grow its popularity after
blogging was developed. In 2000’s sites like my
space and linked in gains Projection in 2005,
YouTube was created as it gives a wide way for
people to communicate and interact to one
another with a large distance. Facebook and
Twitter began to be available to its users by
2006, allowing them to create pages, groups
and send messages
1.3 Statement of the problem
Social media plays a big role on student’s
everyday lives. They are putting too much time
using it and surfing online. Social media relatively
affects the new trends including social media
jargons among students. Jargons in the social
media has an impact on student’s writing skills
and styles. This research study aims to know the
effects of social media jargons and to inform
students the proper ways of using it.
1.4 Significance of the study
The study would be beneficial to the following:
To the students, this study is about the effects of
social media jargons in the writing skills of grade
11 HUMSS students will be beneficial to the
students they will know if being in a new
generation where words are continuously
evolving is an excuse to use new invented words
or the social media jargons in a formal matter
such as writing.
To the teachers, it is also beneficial to the
teachers in a way that they will know some
reasons why students are using social media
jargons in their writings, intentionally or not. This
study will somehow make teacher’s job easier
because the students already know what might be
the effects of social media jargons and the proper
way of using it, teachers don’t need to emphasize
such things more.
To the school, this study will also help the school
especially in writing philosophy. It will help society
particularly the job about writing since this study
will give them prior knowledge about the proper
use of social media jargons.
To the future research, this research will give a
prior information and ideas about the social
media jargons
FIGURE 1
The Study includes the demographic profile of
respondents such as name, gender, age and
section. The study tends to know the effect and
benefits of Jargons in social Media on student’s
Writing skills and styles. Moreover, the
researchers will conduct on interview to Grade 11
HUMSS Students of Arellano University Pasig to
gather data. After that, interpretation
understanding and analyzation of data will be
done. As a result, the study will inform the
students and teachers the effects and benefits of
Jargons in their writing skills and styles.
1.7 Theoretical Framework
According to the Media Ecology Theory by
Marshall Mejuhan (1964), The world is consist of
different symbols and meanings that has tendency
to shape everyone’s Perception, attitudes,
behavior and experiences. It only happens
because of communication: The theory gave focus
on the medium of communication particularly
media rather than the content and its message.
The medium is considered as an important aspect
since it gives way to spread and expand the
message or its content.
The theory is connected to the study because it
shows the importance on medium of
communication. The Jargon is considered as the
content and Social Media as the medium. The
social Media Jargons were adapted by many
students because of the medium used such as
language, online sites and forums, and Social
Media applications. It only means that medium is
superior because without its content is useless
and senseless. It shows the great role of medium
in communication in the adaptation and
development Jargons in Social Media among its
users especially students.
1.8 Scope and Limitations
This Study covers the effects of Jargons in Social
Media on the students writing skills and styles
among grade 11 HUMSS Students of Arellano
University Pasig. This study will investigate the
cause and factors that influence the students to
acquire the ultimate terms and jargons on the
writing styles and skills of 11 HUMSS Students.
This Study will consider student’s numbers and
name of accounts in social media, and time they
spend it as a factor to know the cause of the
study. The study will not influence the Students
way of interaction in social media. Thus, it only
focuses on the effects of the terms present in the
social media
Chapter 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Foreign Studies
Kho (2004), Stated that the trends of using net
lingo or jargons in social media are continuously
invading the online world and many people using
it, teachers or professor and students or learners
must take an action to avoid using it in an offline
or manual writing in academic environment. The
issue on this trend must be discussed in classroom
or learning environment to enlighten and inform
students the proper and appropriate usage of net
lingo or online jargons in different types of styles
of writing. The statement shows the relationship
the study as it provides possible ways to avoid net
lingo and online jargons in writing tasks of
students such as the improper use of it must be
discussed in classroom in order for the students to
have prior knowledge and information with
regards to it. Jackson and Jamie (2013), Stated
that although net lingo and social media has
informal words, it doesn’t mean that it must not
be used but there are limitations of using it and
factors of consider like the audience or reader,
requirement such as type and style of writing.
Social media offers many sites and platforms that
only and sentences structure do not follow the
standard way. This shows the proper way of using
social media jargons and net lingo. Emile (2013),
Stated that the effects of social media in writing
skills and styles of individuals greatly depend on
them. Social media is beneficial if an individual
greatly depend on them. Social media is beneficial
if an individual has prior knowledge on how to use
it. It can be used to correct grammar and learn
new words. However, if an individual has no
background knowledge on it, it can cause him/her
to learn informal and grammatically study error
words. This statement is closely related to the
study as it 14 provides the answer to the main
question which is all about the effect of social
media jargons on the writing skills and styles of
students
Foreign literature
Reno N. Marcelino (2014),stated that Students are
prone in the using their phones with sending text
message using social media with many accounts
which contains text lingo and informal words.
Students are using text lingo in which they
transfer or use in English class whether it is
written or spoken it. It only means that social
media and text message offer various informal
languages, format and style. Sending text message
offers a limited character that leads to improper,
shortened and grammatically wrong words. The
statement shows the cause and effect of adopting
text lingo and jargons in social media in writing
skills and styles of students. The cause is too much
use of application offering limited words and
disregard formality and appropriateness which
leads to adoption that many students executed in
their writing skills and style such as informal
words, misspelled and with grammatically error
words and sentences. Kate Wilson (2014),stated
that social media contains different sites and
stage that influences the everyday lives of people
including their language. The effects of social
media so very popular because of its ability to
change and impact everyone’s vocabulary. It helps
everyone to widen vocabulary, adopt formal and
informal words, widen communications with
other and to have the responsibility to be use with
and have a connection with many people. Social
media can be used by many people including
students. May students have a large number of
social media accounts and platforms they are
exposed to it with so many times. It has an effect
on their vocabulary that they used on school and
academic world. Students must have a
responsibility to have a prior knowledge to used
and adopt those language in social media as it has
various effect in writing and communicating to
others. 15 Teacher finder (2019),stated that one
of the sources of informal writing and language is
the internet. In the internet or social media some
accounts gathered a large number of followers
and doesn’t mean the good writing skills must be
employed. There are many social media bloggers
and influencer that do not uses proper way of
writing and language that must be considerate as
many students viewed it and influence by it. The
statement shows the cyclic process of adopting
informal language in the internet. Many bloggers
use informal language to be adopted and uses by
students and the students tend to influence other
to adopt it again.
2.2 Local Studies
Cabrera (2018),stated that Social media has
negative effect on the formal writing student.
Since it brought the usage of abbreviated words
and web jargons, the students absorb this
language and often use n their formal writing. The
students somehow become unconscious what
these words make their formal writing informal.
Soriano (2017), stated that educator must be
understands and accept that the students now a
days will never use mobile devices and social
media. All they need focus with is to teach the
students on the proper way of using it and the
words they adopt form it. Archibido ( 2019),
stated that the world of today requires modern
technology which comprise social media,
cellphone or gadgets and even online
transactions, due to the proliferation of modern
technology with new terminologies greatly affects
the writing skills of students particularly in their
spelling and improper abbreviation this
statements creates a connection to the study in
such way that it presents the possible cause of the
proliferation of new words and technologies of
social media jargons that was greatly impact on
writing skills of students
Local Literature General Synthesis:

Rommel (2018) stated that social media should The following literature and studies that were
give and impart important things on its users presented by the researcher helped the study
especially students. Since social media is vert fast to be more credible in showing the cause and
and easily to be spread, the content of it such as effect of social media jargons in students
literature like poem, short stories etc. Must be writing skills and styles. Too much time spent by
something significant. The teachers and educator the students in using gadgets, social media
must be responsible in teaching different style of
accounts and forum is one of the causes of
literature in connection with the social media.
adopting jargons in social media. In additional,
They need to impart social media in relation with
social media bloggers that has plenty of
the grammar, communication and studies. As the
followers uses informal language, grammar,
connection to the study, the statement shows the
spelling and other proper mechanics. Most of
possible way to avoid the negative effects of social
the students were often unconscious about
media in particular with the language, grammar
and communication, the statement both involves their use of informal language and jargons in
social media with relation to studies. Virgilio social media to students for them to be able to
(2017), stated that the world is evolving so its have a knowledge in using it correctly. Lastly,
aspect particularly language. Language is dynamic social media bloggers must be accountable in
and it is subjected to change and in that imparting their purpose on writing online and in
development, it must cope with the needs of its using informal language grammar, spelling,
users to consider what is helpful and beneficial to punctuation, etc.
them. The internet or social media contribute in
evolvement of language that is why language
planning must be consider. Language planning
must be systematic and follow a process of
formulation, dissemination and diffusion. The
language must be contributed on enrichment and
beneficially too its users. The statement is
connected to the study because it discusses the
evolvement of language. The topic of the research
is about the writing skills of students. Writing skills
is composed of language and grammar so it
shown how language is affected by the social
media. Fidel (2014), Stated that the modern
technology became dominant, various ways of
communication such as text messaging and social
media develop due to this its unavoidable for
netizens particularly to students to forget their
mother tongue. This statement connected to the
study as it’s provides the cause of the students to
adopt new language in social media
chapter 3 METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
This chapter gives the methods to be used in the
study. It describes the subject of the study, the
instrument used, and the procedure of data
gathering. This study will find out the effects of
social media jargons in the writing skills of Grade
11 HUMSS Students by conducting an interview.
3.1 Method of Research
Qualitative method shall be observed since the
researchers will gather opinions and non-
numerical data from the respondents through
interview. The study will use descriptive method
of research. This study will use descriptive
because it will describe the overall effects of social
media jargons in the writing skill and styles of
students.
3.2 Subject Respondents of the Study
The study targets a selection of 10 students of
Humanities and Social Sciences Strand morning
shift for the School Year 2018 to 2019. During this
research, individual males and females having
knowledge on social media jargons will ask the
interview. The said participants are teenagers and
were of different gender, race, height, weight, and
other physical attributes. Participants were
purposively approached inside the university. The
aims and objectives of the research were relayed
to each participant.
research is one in which a group of people or
items is studied by collecting and analyzing data
from only a few students or items considered to
be representative of the entire group. In other
words, only a part of the population is studied,
and findings from this are expected to be
generalized to the entire school. The survey
assessing public opinion or individual
characteristics by the use of questionnaire and
sampling methods.
3.4 Procedure of Data Gathering
The researcher conducted an interview to the 10
students of Arellano University-Pasig AM shift.
The questions were then asked to every honor
students of each section. The researchers
remained at the outside of the room while asking
the participants. Once the participants completed
to answer the questions, the voice record were
distributed according to their name and section.
The participants were all thanked for taking part
in the research and for sparing their time

3.3 Research Instruments

The researcher designed an interview schedule as

one of the data collection instruments for this
study. The HUMSS Students of the morning shift
were interviewed. The conducted study is done
through an interview from asking about
perception of one’s individual based on the
questions listed on interview guide questions. The
researcher chose an interview research design
because it best served to answer the questions
and the purposes of the study. The interview
 CHAPTER 4
THE PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION OF DATA
This chapter presents the presentation, analysis
and interpretation of the findings and results
gathered from the respondents.
1. What is the demographic profile of the
respondents?
-The figure 2 shows the age of respondents. The
majority of the respondents are seventeen years
old with the percentage of eighty . The minority of
the respondents were sixteen years old having the
percentage of twenty
-The figure 3 shows the gender of respondents.
The majority of the respondents are female
having the percentage of seventy. The minority of
the respondents are male with the percentage of
thirty
2. What are the effects of social media jargons
in student’s writing skills and style?
the majority of the respondents answered that
the effects of social media jargons in their writing
skills was negative. According to the students it
makes their written output, particularly literary
piece distorted in its content and structure.
Furthermore, social media jargons lessen the
context and efficiency of the message to be
imparted to the teachers and target audience. It
hinders the directness of the message and
appropriateness of the language to be expressed.
In addition, It negatively affects 22 the vocabulary
of the students as they remember the jargon and
not the right word and execute it in their writing.
Lastly, using social media jargons makes a formal
written output an informal. The minority of the
respondents answered that using social media
jargons lead a positive effect because and it
makes them easy to right and less hassle. In
addition it makes their vocabulary flexible
because they use jargons in social media,
particularly in the form of acronym as mnemonic
device to easily remember specific word
3. What are the factors causing students to
acquire social media jargon?
The findings shows that all of the respondents
have social media accounts such as facebook,
instagram, and twitter. And the language in that
different platform oscillate and change. Many
factors were considered by the respondents on
how they adopt and understand social media
jargons. First, many students spend too much of
time using their account in social media. Some
answered that they used it for almost 6 hours a
day, and they considered it as one factor. Second,
in modern world, many millennials uses social
media jargons such as atm,otw,gc,pm etc. to
communicate and interact with others . With that
interaction they influence each other to use social
media jargons. Third, some of them answered that
reading post and information too much online or
in different platforms especially facebook is the
also the factor. Lastly, they answered that many
students adopted it because of the trends. They
are coping and imitating what is popular in
current time.
4. In what way, does the social media jargon
beneficial or not in terms of writing?
Based from the result gathered from the
respondents the majority of them answered that
it is not beneficial because it is prohibited to use
social media jargons in formal writing. If they used
unconsciously their teacher will correct them. In
addition, using social media jargons will cause
them to have deduction on their grades. Also, it is
very informal to use, according to them it is much
better to use the original word. On the contrary,
the minority of the respondent answered that it is
beneficial to 23 be used in informal writing
because it shortens the words in the sentences.
And also, it makes them easy to write and less
hassle.