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THE USE OF FACEBOOK: HOW DOES IT SERVE ITS PURPOSE AMONG THE STUDENTS AND LECTURERS IN ED220 PROGRAM IN FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Table of Contents
Chapter 1.0: The Introduction 1.1 introduction 1.2 The Statement of the Research Problem .1 1.3 The Research Objectives .1 1.4 The Research Questions ..2 1.5 The Research Hypotheses 2 1.6 The Definition of the Terms .2 1.7 The Limitation of the Study 2 Chapter 2.0: The Literature Review 2.1 The discussion on the sub-topics related to the study 3 2.2 The discussion on the previous researchers 4 Chapter 3.0: The Research Methodology 3.1 The Research Design .....5 3.2 The method of data collection 5 3.3 Sample and Sampling ..5 3.4 The methods of data processing 6 The Bibliography
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Background of The Study
Recently, there has been a growth of social networking sites right before the societys eyes. Sites like Friendster, My space, High5 and the latest, Face book, have users glued to the computer screen typing away comments and messages to friends and relatives. The term social networking site brings the meaning of a medium in the World Wide Web that connects anyone wi t h t he purpose t o so ci al i z e. The users ra nge from p ri m ar y s chool chi l dren t o even seni or citizens of 50 years and above. Throughout the years, other than to socialize, it has been proven useful in so many ways, catering to health, social, and now even for education al purposes. There have been studies done to test and see whether the social netwok i n g s i t e , Facebook correlates to students grades and performance in their academic achievement. Some of these studies are proven true, that there is a connection between students grades and their usage of Facebook but researchers are unsure whether it is a good correlation or not. And as of late, it is seen that nowadays, not only students use the social networking site, Facebook, but their lecturers as well. Some of them use for personal reasons; while others and m ost of t hem t oo, use Facebook as a wa y t o c onne ct t o t hei r s t udent s onl i ne. Le ct ure rs and students meetings are now held in the virtual world, no longer practiced in the real world. This way is of course easier and faster and much more interesting, but that is not all Facebook has to offer. It provides users with games to play, and socializing purposes are believed to be the main r eason wh y st udent s have a Fac ebook a ccount . Thus, havi ng an ac c ount can be useful f or education purposes but it can cause a big distraction. Students can get easily addicted to it, which leads to the act of procrastination and later, delay of submission of assignments. Moreover, this research not only focuses on the students point of view, but the lecturers as well. There are lecturers who are known to use Facebook regularly with their students and as educators; the researcher would like to find out their personal views on this issue, as they are the ones who are responsible in shaping their students to become better and responsible students. This research on such issue may seem unimportant, but addiction to Facebook may lead to unnecessary bad consequences, and students and educators need to see this and address this problem before it gets worse.
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This study will mainly focus on investigating whether there are significant effects of the usage of Facebook on students and lecturers performance in the education environment.
3 . To s eek t he r at e of i m port ance o f t he soci al net worki n g si t e t owards t he s t udent s and lecturers.
Center for Internet and Society said that they have not found any evidence that Facebook use correlates with lower academic achievement. The study was conducted on three different groups, which were a sample of more than1,000 undergraduates from the University of Illinois, Chicago; a nationally representative cross sectional sample of 14- to 22-year-olds; and a nationally representative longitudinal panel of American youth aged 14- to 23. They were unable to detect a significant negative relationship between grade point averages and Facebook use.
Nonetheless, using Facebook excessively does not necessarily bring good outcomes on acad em i c per form an ce. S t udent s m ust know how t o l i m i t t hem sel ves when us i ng t he so ci al networking site or else, their performance in class might deteriorate. But it is just the same as spending excessive time on another activity, said Hargittai. Students performance will decrease ei t her w a y, not onl y be cause o f F aceb ook. Howeve r, h e added t hat t he y ne ed t o do m or e research with more nuanced data to better understand how social networking site usage may relate to academic performance."research with more nuanced data to better understand how social networking site usage may relate to academic performance."
total utilization of them (Bromley,1998; Gunders on and And erson, 1999; Hart sc huh, 1999; Mui r -Herzig, 2004). Facebook can easily be used without having any concrete activity of the usage, thus lecturers need to think of ways on how they can in corporate such medium in the classroom. Other than using it as a medium to teach, the lecturers can use Facebook as a way to help assist students in their learning by having forums and such on Facebook.
students of Semester 7 and 8 are not chosen as they are considered seniors and are engaged with practicum and their thesis.
The Bibliography
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