THE RELIABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY

OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO SENIOR HIGH SHOOL

STUDENTS OF CENTAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY

A Research Paper

Submitted to

The Faculty and Staff

Central Philippine University

Iloilo City

John Vincent Boleche

Johnylin Jamotillo

Adellsbi Dave Lao

Eric Angel Magahum

Niel Ondevilla

Josh Ian Resano

Trizzia Mae Soquina

March 2018
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Title Page i
Table of Contents ii
Chapter
I INTRODUCTION 1
Background of the Study 1
Objectives of the Study 4
Research Paradigm 5
Operational Definition of Terms 5
Significance of the Study 6
Scope and Limitations 7

II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 8

Related Literature 8
Related Studies 14

III METHODOLOGY 21
Research and Sampling Design 21
Experimental Set-up 21
Materials and Equipment 22
Data Gathering Procedures 23
Data Analysis 24

REFERENCES 25

APPENDIXES 29
Schedule 30
Expenses 31
 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Social media (Rouse, 2016), is the collection of online communications channels dedicated
to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. Websites and
applications dedicated to forums, microblogging, social networking, social bookmarking, social
curation, and wikis are among the different types of social media. Social media is becoming an
integral part of life online as social websites and applications proliferate. Most traditional online
media include social components, such as comment fields for users. In business, social media is
used to market products, promote brands, connect to current customers, and foster new business.

Social media analytics is the practice of gathering data from blogs and social media
websites and analyzing that data to make business decisions. The integration of social media in the
business world can also pose challenges. Social media policies are designed to set expectations for
appropriate behavior and ensure that an employee's posts will not expose the company to legal
problems or public embarrassment. Such policies include directives for when an employee should
identify himself as a representative of the company on a social networking website, as well as rules
for what types of information can be shared (Ibid) page 5.

'Social medias (Fernando, 2016), are primarily Internet-based tools for sharing and
discussing information...' This broad definition covers a wide range of tools available today, and
perhaps captures the essence of what social media is about. Communication tools are some of the
most well-known social media tools. There are tools that many of us use on a daily basis that have
a 'social' aspect to them. For example Wikipedia is a collaborative tool which enables many people
to simultaneously update and view an online encyclopaedia. Google docs allows people to share
and edit documents online such as text documents or spreadsheets, and Dropbox allows people to
upload or download files (often of large sizes) from a central 'folder' which multiple people can
access from a range of devices (from your desktop pc, phone, tablet, etc.).
 Some of the most well-known video sharing sites include YouTube and Vimeo, where
users can upload and view videos, while being able to add comments, create channels, and connect
with different users. Examples of music sharing tools include Spotify, and Last FM which are
adding increasing features to allow people to share playlists and musical tastes. As well as
YouTube, Soundcloud is particularly popular among music professionals, allowing them to listen
to, upload and download music tracks for free. Well known sites that offer photo sharing services
with social features include Flickr and Picasa. Pinterest is an example of a 'social bookmarking'
site that allows you to share interesting photos, events, and sites that you have found on the web
with other people.

Social media touches on many diverse areas, from Blogs and Crowd funding sites, to
collaboration, brand monitoring and media sharing sites (Ibid).

Ref: https://www.liquidlight.co.uk/blog/article/social-media-and-its-uses/

Statement of the Problem

This study will attempt to discern and adjudge the effects of the accessibility and
reliability of social media to Senior High School students of Central Philippine University.
Specifically, this study will attempt to describe the following:
1. personal characteristics of the respondents that will include their name, sex, religion,
age, grade/year and social medias used;
2. family characteristics of the respondents that will include the number of members in
their family, the order of birth, occupation of his/her parents, and whether parents are living
together or not;
3. community environment of the respondents that will include whether they live in a rural
or urban community;
5. degree of accessibility of the respondents to social media that will include whether the
respondents have access to Wireless Fidelity or mobile data. If not, the researchers would
like to find out what are their other means of internet access; and,
6. find the positive and negative effects of the use of social media to the respondents.
7. find out how reliable Social Media is to the respondents.
Importance of the Study

The benefits this investigation will accrue to the University are limitless considering the

function the University plays in providing an Exemplary Christian Education for Life (EXCEL).

Students. Result of the present investigation would help raise awareness among students

about the positive and negative effects of social media. This awareness would help students utilize

the internet in a more appropriate and efficient manner, with the positive benefits and warnings in

mind.

Family. Result of the present investigation would help raise awareness among families

about the positive and negative effects that social media have on their children. It would help

families decide whether an internet connection would be needed in their household.

Parents. Result of the present investigation would help parents be aware and would also

help them to decide whether it would be appropriate and necessary to acquire an internet

connection in order to aid to the student’s academic needs.

University. Result of the study would help the university take action in order to aid other

students who do not have an internet connection in their household. It would help the university

decide what to do regarding the internet in order to help students with their academic pursuits. This

would also guide teachers to decide what output would be best for the whole of students, especially

those who do not have access to the internet and social media in their household.

Future researchers. Future researchers may use these results in order to aid with their own

researches or studies. They may use this research to further investigate and add more information

to the topic. It would also help future researchers to come up with a topic that would be more
significant in regards to the availability of the internet to Senior High School students of Central

Philippine University.

Operational Definition of Terms

For reasons of clarity and precision, the following terms used in the study are given their
conceptual and operational meanings.
Social Media – refers to websites or applications that aid on bridging communication
between two or more people.
Wireless Fidelity – a facility that allows devices from a certain area to be wirelessly
connected to the internet.
Internet Access – refers to an individual’s ability to gain connection to the world.
Accessibility – the ability of a social media to be available to a group of people.
Mobile Data – a facility that allows mobile devices to be wirelessly connected to the
internet without the use of Wireless Fidelity.
Students – the students are from Central Philippine University’s Senior High School
department.
Communication Tool – a utility used to bridge communication.
Content-sharing – the sharing of information or ideas from one or more persons to another.
Senior High School – the department that holds 7th grade to 10th grade students. They would
be the target respondents of this research study.

Scope and Limitations of the Study

This is a quanti-qualitative study that is only limited to Senior High School students who
will be taking the survey. The results of the survey will be kept authentic and in confidentiality by
the researchers, meaning the answers would be presented as they are and that the respondents’
privacy would be respected. A total of thirty respondents from the Senior High School department
will be selected with the use of random sampling method.
 The researchers will conduct their survey in Central Philippine University’s Senior High
School Department. The survey will be conducted on January 2018.
This study will only focus on the Central Philippine University Senior High School
respondents. It will not be focusing on other departments or other Senior High Schools outside of
Central Philippine University.

CHAPTER II

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Research Design
The quanti-qualitative research will be utilizing the survey results gathered from
respondents from the Senior High School Department of Central Philippine University.
A survey will be collected by the researchers from 30 respondents.
An in-depth, open-ended interview will be conducted by the researcher to gather quanti-
qualitative information from the cases. Direct observation will be done by the researcher to be able
to describe the physical environment of the cases used in the investigation and the home
environment. Secondary data analysis will also be done to determine/establish a general picture of
the students with regards to their use of social media.

The Respondents and Data Sources

The respondents of this quanti-qualitative are 30 students. Each respondent will be taken
from the Senior High School of Central Philippine University. The survey will be conducted in the
respective room and time assigned to the selected students.

Data Gathering Instrument

 The investigation will utilize a researcher-made questionnaire/interview guide divided into
six sections namely: 1) personal characteristics of the respondent to include name, sex, age,
religious affiliation, grade and section, social media used; 2) family characteristics to include
name, age, relation to respondent, years of schooling completed, occupation, income per month;
3) marital status of parents, parenting style, parents’ allowance to respondent’s casual use of social
media, parents’ curfew rules in regards to the use of internet; 4) respondent’s use of mobile phones
to access the internet, hours spent using social media, respondent’s household’s access to Wireless
Fidelity; 5) description of the usefulness of social media to the respondents when it comes to school
work, description of whether or not the respondent finds social media useful in obtaining
knowledge, the effectiveness of social media in allowing respondents to communicate among
group members with regards to an assigned group task; 6) description of whether social media
interrupts respondent’s sleeping hours, experiences of the respondents when it comes to bullying
in social media, description of whether social media has caused stress and anxiety to the
respondents

Validation of the Instrument

The six section data gathering instrument (interview guide) will be submitted for a two
stage validation process. These are face validation and content validation. The instrument will be
submitted for face validation to Ms. Abigail Dacudao who teaches in Iloilo National High School.

This will be done to validate that the respondent has access to the internet in their homes.
Further revision of the instrument will be based on the recommendation or comments or
suggestions of the respondent.

Data Gathering Process

After the respondents have been chosen, the researchers would personally interview them.
Permission will be asked from the respondents to allow the researchers to collect the necessary
data needed to complete the research. The researchers will remain professional and confidential in
their data gathering, recording the content of the interview with accuracy that will serve as the
basis for writing the research’s contents.
Data Processing and Analysis
Accomplished interview guides will be closely scrutinized to determine it all. Items in the
interview guide are properly and adequately answered.
Data gathered from the in-depth interview of the subjects will be structurally analysed to
select important information that will be included in the final report. Data gathered from the
environmental scanning will be incorporated in the report to give the reader an idea of the physical
and home environment of the subject used in the investigation. Secondary data from the
respondents will be structurally analysed and incorporated in pertinent parts of the report which
discusses the legal nature of the study.
Data for this study will be analysed descriptively and presented in the form of survey
reports. A general discussion of quantitative data using the personal and the family characteristic
of the study will be presented as an introduction to the presentation of the quantitative data. A total
of 30 survey reports from Grade 10 students who use social media as a medium of communication
will be presented in the study. Each survey report will be focused on the data gathered from the
survey.

Table 1: Distribution of the Respondents by Sex

Categories (sex) Frequency Percent
Male 8 26.67
Female 22 73.33
30 100

Data in the table show that 8 out 30 of the respondents are male and 22 out of 30 are female.

Table 2: Distribution of the Respondents by Age

Categories (Age) Frequency Percentage
16 7 23.33%
17 18 60%
18 5 16.67%
30 100%

Data in the table show that 7 out of 30 of the respondents are 16 years old, 18 are 17 years old
and 5 are 18 years old.

Table 3: Distribution of the Respondents by Religious Affiliation

Categories (Religion) Frequency Percentage
Roman Catholic 19 63.33%
 Baptist 5 16.67%
Born Again 2 6.67%
Methodist 1 3.33%
Others 3 10%
30 100%

Data in the table shows that the majority of the respondents belong to the Roman Catholic with
19 respondents out of 30 identify as so. It also shows that 8 of our respondents belong to a different
Christian denomination, with 5 identifying as Baptist, 2 identifying as Born Again, and 1 identifying as
Methodist. The table also shows that 3 of the respondents identify with a different religious affiliation.

Table 4: Distribution of Social Media Apps Used by the Respondents

Social Media Apps Frequency Percentage
Facebook 30 22.73%
Twitter 19 14.39%
Instagram 22 16.67%
Snapchat 17 12.88%
Tumblr 5 3.79%
Reddit 0 0%
YouTube 27 20.45%
Others 12 9.1%

Data in the table shows that all 30 of the respondents use Facebook, making it the most used
social media app. The second most used social media app according to the table is Youtube, with 27
respondents claiming to have used the platform. The table also shows that Instagram, with 22 out of 30
users, is the third most used among the respondents, followed by Twitter, then Snapchat, then Tumblr.
This table also shows that none of the respondents are using the social media app Reddit.

III.
Table 5: Marital Status of Parents
1.
Categories (Marital Status) Frequency Percentage
A 26 86.67%
B 1 3.33%
C 1 3.33%
D 2 6.67%
30 100%
Data in the table shows the relationship of respondents’ parents with each other. According to the
table, majority of the respondents (86.67%) have parents who can easily resolve their quarrels and
misunderstandings. 6.67% of the respondents have parents who have other ways of dealing with quarrels
and msunderstandings. 33.33% of respondents have parents who can be stubborn in reaching an
understanding with each other. Another 3.33% of respondents have parents who may take a long time
resolving their problems.

Table 6: Parenting Style

2.
Categories (Parenting Style) Frequency Percentage
 A 3 10%
B 27 90%
C 0 0%
D 0 0%
30 100%
Data in the table shows the parenting style of the respondents’ parents. 10% of the respondents
have parents who tend to uphold strict rules while 90% of respondents have parents who uphold rules
while also giving a considerable amount of freedom to the respondents on other matters.

Table 7: Parents Allowing Respondents To Casually Use Social Media

3.
Categories (Casual usage) Frequency Percentage
YES 28 93.33%
NO 2 6.67%
30 100%
Data in the table shows the percentage of parents who allow respondents to casually use social
media. Majority of the respondents’ parents allow them to casually browse social media (93.33%) while
6.67% of respondents’ parents do not.

Table 8: Respondents’ Household’s Access To Wi-Fi

4.
Categories (Access to Wi-Fi) Frequency Percentage
YES 25 83.33%
NO 5 16.67%
30 100%
Data in the table shows the percentage of respondents with households that have access to
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi). 83.33% of respondents claim to have access to Wi-Fi in their homes while
16.67% do not.

Table 9: Curfew In Using The Internet

5
Categories (Curfew) Frequency Percentage
YES 11 36.67%
NO 19 63.33%
30 100%
Data in the table shows the percentage of respondents’ parents who hold curfews when it comes
to browsing the internet. 63.33% of respondents claim to have parents who do not hold curfews while
36.67% of respondents have parents who do

IV.
Table 10: Respondents’ Use of Mobile Phones In Accessing The Internet
1
 Frequency Percentage
YES 16 53.33%
NO 14 46.67%
30 100%

Data in the table shows the percentage of respondents who use mobile phones to access the
internet. 53.33% of respondents use their mobile phones to browse the internet while 46.67% do not.

Table 11: Hours Respondents Spend On Using Social Media

2.
Frequency Percentage
Less 1 3 10%
1-3 9 30%
4-5 12 40%
More than 6 6 20%
30 100%
Data in the table shows the percentage of hours the respondents typically spend using social
media. 40% or the majority of respondents use social media for 4-5 hours. 30% of respondents use social
media for 1-3 hours. 20% of respondents use social media for more than 6 hours while 10% respondents
claim to use social media for less than an hour.

V.
Table 12:
1.
Frequency Percentage
YES 17 56.67%
NO 13 43.33%

Table 13:

Frequency Percentage
YES 28 93.33%
NO 2 6.67%

Table 14:

Frequency Percentage
YES 30 100%
NO 0 0%
VI
Table 15:
1
Frequency Percentage
YES 29 96.67%
NO 1 3.33%
30 100%
Data in the table shows the percentage of respondents who have their sleep hours interrupted by
social media. 96.67% of respondents claim to have their sleep disturbed by social media while 3.33%
claim that social media does not interrupt their sleeping hours.
Table 16:

2.
Frequency Percentage
YES 17 56.67%
NO 13 43.33%
30 100%
Data in the This table shows the percentage of respondents who have experienced bullying in
social media. 56.67% claim to have experience bullying in social media while 43.33% of respondents
claim not to have experienced bullying in social media.

Table 17:
3.
Frequency Percentage
YES 3 10%
NO 27 90%
30 100%
Data in the This table shows the percentage of respondents who claim that social media have
caused them stress and anxiety. 90% or majority of the respondents claim not to have experienced stress
and anxiety while using social media while 10% of the respondents claim that it has caused them stress
and anxiety.

Kate

Kate is a 16 year old female grade 11 student of the Senior High School department of
Central Philippine University. She was born on March 23, 2001 and currently living in Passi
City.Her religion is Roman Catholic. She took up her junior high school at Passi National
Highschool and transferred here at Central Philippine University for her senior high school. She is
the eldest child of Ina and Edgardo.
 She uses five social media platforms namely Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and
Youtube.According to her, her parents uphold rules but also gives her time for other things ang to
use social media. They have wireless fidelity in their household and she said that she uses mobile
phone and other gadget to access the internet for 4-5 hours. According to her, her parents hold
curfew in using the internet.

For her, social media has both positive and negative effects but mostly on the positive side.
To explain this, she uses social media to help doing assigned schoolwork, and to obtain more
knowledge. Social media help her to communicate effectively to her groupmates when assigned
to a group task. She said that social media interrupts respondents sleeping hours because she is
addicted to social media. She does not experience bullying and it does not cause her stress and
anxiety.

Isiah

Isiah is a 17 year old male grade 11 student of the Senior High School department of
Central Philippine University. He was born on January 4,2001 and currently living in Pilar, Capiz.
His religion is Born Again Christian. He took up his junior high school at Cabug-Cabug National
Highschool and transferred here at Central Philippine University for his senior high school. He is
the eldest child of Mindy and Roderick Arcete.
He uses five social media platforms namely Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and
YouTube. According to him, his parents uphold strict rules but allows him to use social media.
They have wireless fidelity in their household and he said that he uses mobile phone and other
gadget to access the internet for 4-5 hours. According to him, his parents does not hold curfew in
using the internet.
For him, social media has both positive and negative effects but mostly on the positive
side. To explain this, he uses social media to help doing assigned schoolwork, and but it cannot
help in obtaining more knowledge. Social media help him to communicate effectively to her
groupmates when assigned to a group task. He said that social media interrupts respondents
sleeping hours. She does not experience bullying and it does not cause her stress and anxiety.
 Bea

Bea is an 18 year old female, a grade 11 Senior High School student currently studying at
Central Philippine University. She was born on the 9th of August and is living in Jaro, Iloilo City.
Bea is a Roman Catholic. Her former school was in Angelicum School Iloilo. She is the only
daughter of Arnel and Ma. Rucelle Lopez. Both of her parents have graduated college.
Bea uses Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr and YouTube as her social media
platforms. According to the data that we have gathered, Bea’s parents don’t forbid her to use social
media and their household has an access of Wi-Fi. She also said that her parents don’t prohibit her
to use social media at any time. The thing that she uses to access the internet is her phone. She
surfs the internet more than 6 hours a day. Social media helps her in doing her school works. She
said that social media don’t divert her attention from doing the works in school. In addition, she
said that social media allows her to gain more learnings. She uses social media to reach out her
family, friends and even groupmates in school outputs. Social media interrupts her sleeping hours
because as what have she said, “You’ll be too busy in your phone that you even forget sleeping.”
So far, Bea does not experience cyber bullying and she professed that social media has caused her
stress and anxiety.

Sherry Ann
Sherry Ann, aged 17 year old female currently studying at Central Philippine University as
a Senior High School student and she was born on January 2, 2001. She lives in Dumalag, Capiz
with her parents, Marlon and Motre Bellosillo who are both college graduates. She has siblings
named Josiah and Keziah aged 13 and 5 years old respectively. Her family was Roman Catholic.
Sherry studied at Saint Martin Academy in her Junior High School years.
She has social media accounts in Facebook and YouTube. According to our data her
parents permits her to use social media and they do have Wi-Fi in their home. Sherry’s parents
forbid her to use the internet for too long that she only surfs the net for 1-3 hours. In accessing the
net, she uses her mobile phone to open her social media accounts. Social media don’t help her in
her studies, “It destructs me from doing important things that I am going to do,” as what have she
said. She doesn’t even find social media as a useful thing to gain knowledge, “reading books are
much better,” she reasoned out. Social media helps her to communicate effectively to her
groupmates when there are assigned group works to do. It doesn’t interrupt her sleeping hours
because she said that she don’t usually use her social media. She hasn’t even experienced bullying
but she can’t deny that social media caused her stress and anxiety.

Chenie

Chenie is a 17 year old female, grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department of
Central Philippine University. She was born on November 8, 2000 and is currently living
Lambunao, Iloilo. Her religion is Roman Catholic. She took up her Junior High School in
Harvestfields Christian School. She is the only daughter of Ranie and Cherrie Legayada who are
both college graduates.
She uses Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube as her Social Media platforms.
According to the data gathered, her parents give her freedom to spend time using the internet.
Chenie’s parents allow her to use the social media casually and their home has access to Wi-Fi.
She said that her parents also don’t have curfews on the amount of time she can spend on social
media. Chenie uses her phone to access the internet. She spent her time using the internet for about
4-5 hours daily. She mentioned that social media helps her in doing her school work and it does
not distract her from her tasks. She doesn’t find social media to be useful in obtaining more
knowledge because, “mostly in the internet do not provide facts.” She also doesn’t think that social
media helps her communicate effectively with her group mates when it comes to discussing an
assigned group task as what she has said, “not everyone do have internet access.” Her sleeping
hours isn’t interrupted by social media. She claims that she has not experience bullying in social
media and that using these apps does not cause her stress nor anxiety.

Rona
Rona is a 17 year old female, grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department of
Central Philippine University. She was born on October 24, 2000 and is currently living in
Cabilauan, New Lucena Iloilo. Her religion is Roman Catholic. Rona took up her Junior High
School in New Lucena National High School. She is the only child of Romel and Namette. Both
of her parents are college graduate.
She uses Facebook, Instagram and YouTube as her Social Media platforms. According to
the data, her parents give her freedom to do anything. Rona’s parents allow her to use the social
media casually, and her household has access to Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity). She mentions that her
parents also don’t hold curfews on the amount of time she can spend on social media. Rona also
uses her phone to access the internet. She spent her time using the internet for about 1-3 hours
daily. Rona mentions that social media helps her in doing her school work and it does not distract
her from her task. She doesn’t find social media to be useful in obtaining more knowledge. She
also doesn’t think that social media helps her communicate effectively with her group mates when
it comes to discussing an assigned group task. Her sleeping hours isn’t being disrupted b social
media. She claims that she has not experience bullying in social media and that using these apps
does not cause her stress nor anxiety.

Krystle

Krystle is an 18 year old female, grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department
of Central Philippine University. She was born on February 12, 2000 and is currently living in
Patnogon, Antique. She is a protestant by faith. She took up her junior high school education in
St. Augustine’s Academy, and transferred here in Central Philippine University for senior high
school. She is the second child of Elma and Rene Quillamar. Both of her parents are college
graduate. Krystle has two other siblings, namely Kaila Mae Quillamar, a 15 year old junior high
school student, and Kamille Rae Quillamar, a 19 year old college student.
The social media platforms she uses are Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. According to
the data, Rona’s parents do uphold rules, but they also give her a considerable amount of freedom,
allowing her to casually use social media. Their household has access to Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity),
and her parents do not uphold curfews on internet usage. She uses her mobile phone and her other
gadgets to access the internet for 4-5 hours a day.
*Skip 1*, For her, social media is useful in obtaining more knowledge because it offers a wide
array of beneficial information. It also helps her to communicate effectively with her group mates
whenever they have an assigned group task.
According to Rona, social media interrupts her sleeping hours due of being tempted to stay
up all night. She doesn’t experience bullying in social media and that the usage of social media
apps doesn’t affect her psychologically.

Machelle

Machelle is a 17 year old female, grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department
of Central Philippine University. She was born on February 15, 2001 and she is currently living in
San Antonio, Antique. Machelle is an IFI by faith. She took up her junior high school education
in St. Michael High School and transferred here at Central Philippine University for senior high
school. She is the eldest child of Marlon and Lorcel. Both of her parents are college graduate. She
has one sibling name Laurence Davao, a 7 year old.
She uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Snapchat and YouTube. According to the data, her
parents do uphold rules, but they also give her a considerable amount of freedom, allowing her to
casually browse social media. Their household has access to Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), and her
parents do not hold any curfew when using the internet. Machelle also uses her mobile phone and
her other gadgets to access her social media apps for more than 6 hours a day.
She said that social media does not help her in doing assigned schoolwork, *Skip 2, 3*. *Skip
1,2*. She said that social media has not caused any stress nor anxiety to her.

Mary

Mary is a 17 years old female, grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department of
CPU. She was born on October 14,2000 and currently living on Maraman , Bukidnon. Her religion
is roman catholic. She took up her Junior High School in San Andrew High School and transferred
here in CPU for her Senior high school. She is only the daughter of Rey and Emerita. Both of her
parents are college graduate.
 She uses sic social media platform namely: facebook, twitter , instagram , snapchat , ytube
and messenger. According to her, her parents uphold rules but she is allowed to use social media
in a certain amount of time. They have wireless fidelity. She uses her mobile phone to access the
internet for 4-5 hours a day.
For her social media has both positive and negative effects for positive effects it gives her
easier access to more reliable information in doing assigned school works and for negative it
distracts her in dong school works sometimes because she tend to spend more time using internet
that reviewing her lessons. She find social media useful in obtaining knowledge because it gives
her access to facts from around the world. She find social media helpful to communicate with her
group mates through messenger. According to her social media don’t interrupt her sleeping hours.
She don’t experience bullying in social media. She don’t find social media to cause her stress and
anxiety.

Carl

Carl is a 17 years old male, grade 11 student of the SHS department of CPU. He was born
June 19,2000 and currently living in brgy. Simsiman, Calinog Iloilo. His religion is roman catholic.
He took up his JHS in CPU and schooled again in CPU for his SHS. He is the only child of
Guillermo and Conception. Both are college graduate.
He only uses one social media platform namely : Facebook . According to him, his parents
tend to uphold strict rules but he is still allowed to use social media in a certain time. The have
WiFI in their Household and he said that he uses his mobile phone and other gadgets to access
internet for 1-3 hours a day.
For him social media doesn’t affect his doings in school works. According to him social
media is useful in obtaining knowledge because internet has knowledge. According to him social
media help communicate with his group mates because it makes easier to contact them. He said
that social media interrupts his sleeping hours because of social media. He experiences bullying in
social media. For him social media caused him stress and anxiety because of bullying in internet.

Maricon
 Maricon is an 18 year-old female grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department
of Central Philippine University. She was born on December 7, 1999, and she is a Roman Catholic.
She is an only child of her mother, Manuela who is working as a municipal employee and her
father, Claudio who is currently working as a laborer. Both her parents are college graduates.
Maricon mainly uses these social media apps, namely: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Her parents can easily resolve their quarrels and misunderstandings, and they uphold rules, but
also give Maricon a considerable amount of freedom on other matters. Her parents allow her to
use social media casually. Maricon uses her mobile phone to access the internet, and she spends
4-5 hours browsing on social media using cellular data because of the absence of Wi-Fi in their
household.
According to Maricon, social media does not affect her from doing actual school work. She
says that “you can easily talk about your output,” referring to how social media apps have made it
easier to communication with group mates about assigned group tasks. Maricon does not
experience bullying in social media, and social media does not cause her any psychological stress
and anxiety.
Michel

Michel is an 18 year-old male from the Senior High School Department of Central
Philippine University. He is a Baptist by faith. He is the youngest son of his 56 year old mother,
Noriel Delucio, and 42 year old father, Michael Angelo Salomo. Michel also has a 34 year-old
brother, Gerard Deypalubos and a 33 year-old sister, Nicole Deypalubos.
Michel frequents sever social media apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and
YouTube. He can’t clearly explain the marital status of his parents because he states that his parents
are not married. In terms of parenting style, Michel’s parents still uphold rules, but also give him
freedom on other matters. His parents allow him to casually use media, and their household has
access to Wi-Fi. He also mentions that his parents don’t hold curfews on his internet usage. Michel
uses his phone to access the Internet, but he only spends less than an hour on social media.
According to Michel, social media does not distract him from doing any school work, and
he claims that “social media is sometimes useful for obtaining knowledge.” He also uses social
media as an effective tool for bridging communication with his classmates on discussing assigned
group works.
 Social media does not interrupt Michel’s sleeping hours. He has not experienced bullying
in social media, but he admits that it has been causing Michel stress when he sees people
disrespecting others’ opinions on social media platforms.

No name, 17, Antipos Sol Mary

She listed Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube, and Wattpad as the social
media apps that she uses. Her parents can easily resolve their quarrels and misunderstandings, and
they uphold rules but also consider her freedom on some aspects. Her parents allow her to use
social media, but with a curfew. She uses her mobile phone as a medium to gain access to the
internet, and with their household having Wi-Fi, she spends more than 6 hours using social media.
Her access to social media has not distracted her from doing assigned school work. She
says that “social media is composed of many information,” and that it helps her effectively
communicate with her other group mates on assigned group tasks. Her sleeping hours get
interrupted by social media because she gets addicted to their notifications. She mentions that she
has not experienced bullying nor stress and anxiety when using social media.

No name, 16 father seaman mother government employee, blue ink

She typically uses these social media apps: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and
YouTube. The marital status of her parents can be considered strong because her parents can
resolve their quarrels and misunderstandings. They still have rules for their children, but not as
strict as some. They do not have Wi-Fi, but they do allow her to use social media on her mobile
phone, and she claims to spend 1-3 hours on her apps.
“Social media helps me in doing assigned school works because makes it easier for me to
answer all of my projects,” she says. She also listed that social media is useful in obtaining more
knowledge and it helps in communicating with other people when doing group tasks.
Social media interrupts her sleep routine, and she has experienced bullying in social
media, “They only know how to fight in front of their screen but can’t even look at you in
person,” she said. She also claims that social media has not caused her any stress nor anxiety.
 Feliz

Feliz is a 17 year-old female from San Jose, Antique. Her birthday is on June 6, 2000.
She finished her Junior High School in Antique National High School. She is an only child of
Zolinda, her 60 year-old mother who works as a nurse, and Felimar, her 61 year-old father who
also works as a nurse. Both of her parents are college graduates.
Feliz uses different social media apps such as Facebook, Snapchat, and Youtube. Her
parents settle rules for her but still give her freedom to do in different matters. Their household
have access to Wifi. Her parents allow her to use social media and she does not have a curfew
when she is using the Internet. The 17 year-old student uses her mobile phone to access the
Internet and she consumes 1-3 hours using social media. Skip no. 1 test 5. She finds social media
useful in gaining more knowledge and she cited news as an example for this. Feliz agrees that
social media helps her communicate effectively with her groupmates when assigned a group task
and she mentioned group chat as an example. Her sleeping hours are not interrupted by social
media. She has not experienced being bullied in social media and social media has not caused
her any stress and anxiety.

Jaira

Jaira, a 17 year-old female, is from Brgy. Nipa, Concepcion, Iloilo City. She was born on
June 22, 2000. She is a Baptist. She is a Junior High School graduate from Lo-ong National
High School, Concepcion. Her parents’, Jessie, who is her 43 year-old father and works as a
barber and Jahra, who is her 46 year-old mother that works as a barangay secretary, are both
college graduates. She has two other siblings and she is the youngest in their family. Jesra, her 22
year-old older sister is a college graduate and Jessie, her 19 year-old other older sister, is still
taking up her course in college.
Jaira only uses Facebook and Youtube as the social media app that she uses. Skip no. 1
test 3. Her parents are having a hard time reaching out to understand each other. Her parents still
uphold rules but they still give her freedom to decide on things. Their household have access to
Wifi. Her parents allow her to use social media but she has a curfew to follow when she is using
the Internet. She uses her mobile phone when she has access to the Internet and she takes up less
than an hour when she uses social media. Skip no. 1 test 5. She agrees that social media is useful
in obtaining more knowledge. She believes that social media helps her communicate more
effectively with her groupmates when assigned a group task. Social media does not interrupt her
sleeping hours. She does not experience being bullied in social media and soial media has not
caused her any stress and anxiety.

Sanra
Sanra, a 16 year-old female, is from . She was born on . She is a Baptist. She finished her
Junior High School years in .She is an only child of Susan and Ramoncito. Her 46 year-old
mother is a college graduate and works as an OFW. Her 47 year-old father is also a college
graduate and works as a farmer.
The social media apps that Sanra keeps herself busy with are Facebook, Instagram, and
Youtube. Her parents can easily resolve their quarrels and misunderstandings. Her parents tend
to uphold strict rules. Their household have access to WiFi. She is allowed by her parents to use
social media. She has to follow a curfew when she is using the Internet. She uses her mobile
phone when she uses the Internet and she takes up 4-5 hours when she is using social media.
Sanra stated that social media, for her, helps her do her assigned school work. She also agrees
that social media is useful in obtaining more knowledge. Social media helps her communicate
effectively with her groupmates when she is assigned a group task. Her sleeping hours, however,
are interrupted by her use of social media. She does no experience being bullied in social media.
Social media has not caused stress and anxiety to her.

Alexa

Alexa is a 17 year-old female born in Lemery, Iloilo City on February 5, 2001. She
finished her Junior High School in Lemery National High School. She is a Roman Catholic. Her
father, Jimmy, who is 43 years old, is a college graduate and works as an engineer and her
mother, Myla, who is 41 years old, is also a college graduate and is a housewife. She has two
sibling. Her older brother, Jeff, is 17 years old and her younger brother, James, is 15 years old.
 Alexa uses social media apps mainly Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Youtube. Alexa
indicated that they are a broken family. Her parents still uphold rules but allows her freedom in
other matters. Their household have access to WiFi. Her parents allow her to casually use social
media but she is given a curfew when she is using the Internet. She uses her mobile phone to
access the Internet and she spends 4-5 hours when she uses the social media. According to
Alexa, social media helps her in doing her school works however she also stated that it has some
adverse effects. She finds social helpful in obtaining knowledge and she has stated that some
information that she gained were from social media. She also agrees that social media helps her
communicate effectively with her groupmates when there is an assigned a group task and she
explained that, “It is efficient to ask questions from my groupmates in doing group tasks.”
According to Alexa, her sleeping hours are less than 6 hours because of the Internet so for her,
social media interrupts her sleeping hours. She has not experienced bullying in social media.
Social media has not caused her stress and anxiety.

Russel

Russel is a 17 year-old male Grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department of
CPU. He was born on March 22, 2000 and currently living in Iloilo City. His religion is Roman
Catholic. He took his Junior High School in Collegio De San Jose and transferred here in CPU
for his Senior High School. He is the only child of Chester and Cedee. Both of his parents are
college graduates.
He has six social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Youtube and
he added Garena from the list. According to him, his parents uphold rules but he was allowed to
use social media in a certain time. They have Wireless Fidelity in their household. His parents
don’t usually let him use social media. His parent holds curfew when using the Internet. He uses
mobile phone and other gadgets to access social media for more than 6 hours a day. He doesn’t
experience bullying in social media. He doesn’t experience stress and anxiety in social media.

Risa
 Risa is a 17 year-old female, Grade 11 of Senior High School Department of CPU. She
was born on August 12, 2000 and currently living in Caridad, Culasi, Antique. Her religion is
Protestant. She took her Junior High School in in St. Michael High School of Culasi Inc. and
transferred here in CPU for her Senior High School. She is the only child of Russel and Esther.
Both of her parents are college graduates.
She uses six social media platforms namely Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat,
Youtube, and added Wattpad from the list. According to her, her parents uphold rules but she is
allowed to use social amount of time in a certain amount of time. Her parents allow her to use
social media. They have no Wireless Fidelity in their household. Her parents don’t hold curfew
when using the Internet. She only uses her mobile phone to access Internet for 4-5 hours. For her,
social media has positive and negative effects, it helps her in school works and distracts her at
the same time. Social media helps her with her groupmates because it is easy to relay the
information to her groupmates. Social media doesn’t interrupt her sleeping hours. She never
experienced bullying in social media. The social media has not caused stress and anxiety to her.

Reinrich

He uses four social media platforms namely Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.
According to him, his parents uphold rules but he was allowed to use social media in a certain
amount of time. They have access to Wireless Fidelity. His parents hold curfew when he is using
the Internet. He doesn’t use mobile phone to access Internet. She spends less than an hour using
social media. For him, social media doesn’t help in assigned schools and doesn’t distract him. He
doesn’t find social media useful in obtaining knowledge. He said that social media doesn’t help
communicate with groupmates. Social media doesn’t interrupt his sleeping hours. He doesn’t
experience bullying in social media. He doesn’t experience stress and anxiety in social media.
 Jeana

Jeana is a 17 year-old female. She is a Roman Catholic. Her parents are college
graduates. Her 56 year-old father works as a private employee and her 55 year-old mother works
as an elementary teacher. She has five older brothers making her the youngest in the family.
Jeana uses these social media apps namely Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr,
Youtube and added Pinterest from the list. Her parents still uphold rules for but she is given
freedom to different matters. Their household have access to WiFi. She is allowed by her parents
to use social media. She does not have a curfew when she is using the Internet. She uses her
mobile phone to access the Internet and she spends more than 6 hours using social media. Social
media helps her in doing her assigned school work and she specified that it helps her when she
needs to search for something immediately. She also finds social media useful in obtaining more
knowledge and she stated that she can easily know about something. Social media helps her
communicate effectively with her groupmates when assigned a group task. Social media
interrupts her sleeping hours because she checks her social accounts. She has not experienced
bullying in social media. She also has not experienced any stress and anxiety from social media.

Thea is a 16 year old female, grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department of
Central Philippine University. She was born on May 20, 2001 and currently living at Jaro, Iloilo
City. Her religion is Roman Catholic. She took up her Junior High School at Colegio de San Jose
and transferred here at Central Philippine University for her Senior High School. She is the only
child of Alfredo and Gigi.
She uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTubeas her Social Media platform.
According to the data, her parents still upholds rules, but they also give her a consideration amount
of freedom on other matters and she casually use social media. Her household can access Wi-Fi
(Wireless Fidelity) and her parents hold curfew when using internet. She can access social media
through her mobile phone. She spent her time on using the social media for about 1-3 hours. Social
media helps her in her school works because she helps her doing her assigned school works
because it is easier for her to answer all of her projects etc. She finds herself useful on using the
social media and she helps her to communicate effectively with her group mates. Her time
spending on using the internet is affected because her sleeping is life. She experience bullying but
she said that they only know how to fight in front of their screen but they cannot look themselves.
She has no problems of having stress and anxiety.
 Kim is a 17 year old female, grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department of Central
Philippine University. She was born on September 9, 2000 and currently living at Badiangan,
Iloilo. Her religion is Roman Catholic. She took up her Junior High School at Lambunao National
High School. She is the eldest of Danilo and Mary. She has a sibling name Sol, a 16 year old
female.
She uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and YouTube as her Social Media platform.
According to the data, her parents still upholds rules but they also give her a consideration amount
of freedom on others matter. Her parents allows her to use social media casually and also their
household have access to their Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) but they hold curfew on using the internet.
She can access social media through her mobile phone and spent more than 6 hours on using the
internet. Her access to social media did not help her on doing her assigned works. Using social
media help her obtaining information because social media is composed of broad of information.
She find effectively on using the social media when communicating to her group mates because
their leader formulates a group chat when there’s a project to be done. Using social media can
interrupt her sleeping hours because she would be addicted on using the social media. She didn’t
experience bullying nor stress and anxiety when using the internet.

Miguel is a 17 year old male, grade 11 student of the Senior High School Department of
Central Philippine University. He was born on May 3, 2000 and currently living at Janiuay, Iloilo.
He religion is a Roman Catholic. He took up his Junior High School at St. Julian Academy. He is
an only child of Artemio and Imelda.
He uses Facebook, Instragram and YouTube as his social media platform. According to the
data, his parents tends to uphold strict rules. His parents allows on using the social media casually.
Their household have access to Wireless Fidelity and hold curfews on using the internet. He can
access internet through his phone on using the social media. He spent 1-3 hours on using the social
media. He did not find on using the internet on doing his assigned work. He using the internet to
obtain information. He find it effectively when communicating to his groupmates when assigned
a group task. Using social media cannot interrupt his sleeping hours. He didn’t experience bullyinh
nor stress and anxiety on using the social media.
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 APPENDIX

Appendix A

QUESTIONNAIRE/INTERVIEW GUIDE

Good morning/afternoon, we are the 11-STEM 3 Group 4 Researchers of Central

Philippine University. We are interviewers for the study entitled, “The Credibility of Social
Media in Senior High School Students” in Iloilo City. The result of this study will be used as a
major component for our research. We would like to seek your cooperation in answering some
questions for our study. We would greatly appreciate if you give us a little of your time. We assure
you that whatever information you shared will be held in confidentiality.

I. Personal Characteristics:
a. Name (optional): __________________________________________
b. Sex: Male _____ Female _____
 c. Age:_______
d. Religious affiliation: ________________
e. Grade and Section: _______________
f. Social Media used: ( check all that applies )
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Snapchat
Tumblr
Reddit
YouTube
Others, please specify: ___________________

II. Family Characteristics:

No. Name Age Relation to Years of Occupation Income
respondent schooling per month
completed (Optional)

III. Family matters (Describe the following)

1. Marital status of parents (relationship of parents to each other up and downs, quarrels,
misunderstanding, disagreements, etc.)
 My parents can easily resolve their quarrels and misunderstandings
My parents may take a long time to resolve their problems
My parents can be stubborn in reaching an understanding with each other
If other, please explain: ______________________________________
2. Check which best describes your parents’ parenting style (authoritarian, liberal, too lax,
too strict, indifferent)
My parents tend to uphold strict rules
My parents still uphold rules, but they also give me a considerable amount
of freedom on other matters.
My parents give me freedom to do almost anything.
If other, please explain: ______________________________________
3. Do parents allow respondents to casually use social media?
Yes
No
4. Does the respondent’s household have access to Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)?
Yes
No
5. Do your parents hold curfew when using the internet?
Yes
No
IV. Access to Internet
1. Do you use your mobile phone to access the internet?
Yes
No
2. How many hours do you spend time using social media?
Less than an hour
1-3 hours
4-5 hours
More than 6 hours
3. Does your household have access to Wi-Fi?
Yes
 No
V. Convenience of the Internet
1. Does the access to social media help you in doing your assigned school work or does
social media distract you from doing the actual school work?
Yes
No
If yes, explain: ____________________________________________________
2. Do you find social media useful in obtaining more knowledge?
Yes
No
If yes, explain: ____________________________________________________
3. Does social media help you communicate effectively with your group mates when
assigned a group task?
Yes
No
If yes, explain: ____________________________________________________

VI. Inconveniences of Social Media

1. Does social media interrupt respondent’s sleeping hours?
Yes
No
If yes, explain: ____________________________________________________
2. Do you experience bullying in social media?
yes,
No
If yes, explain: ____________________________________________________
3. Has social media caused stress and anxiety to you? In what way?
Yes
No
If yes, explain: _________________________________________________