How does the Facebook affect students' social life?

This questionnaire is set to investigate Facebook's effect on students' life. 1 Are you/ have you ever been a Facebook user? Yes No 2 What are your major purposes of using Facebook? Connect with friends Gain information about products Entertain myself by playing games/ apps Looking at people's things Liking pages and quotes Getting information about social issues/ news 3 How does using Facebook affect your social life? Meet new friends in real life whom I knew on Facebook Become online friends with strangers I added on Facebook More connection with real-life friends through Facebook Lose touch with my friends in real life as I spend more time on Facebook communication 4 After spending more time on Facebook, how is your habit in face-to-face conversation affected? I prefer not to talk face-to-face I become more outspoken 5 How do conversations between you and your friends change after using Facebook? More topics to talk because we receive the same news on Facebook More topics to talk because we interact more on Facebook Fewer topics to talk because we already talked a lot on Facebook 1111111111144-1111-% 111155-11-% 111-5% 23 15 2 111131-11112-30% 111111111111167-11-70% 12/40 28/40 1111111155-1-47.5% 11121-1-17.5% 111111111111165-11111-72.5% 111-7.5% 19/40 7/40 29/40 3/40 11111111111111188-11111-90% 111112-111-25% 111111113-11-32.5% 111132-1-25% 1111132-111-32.5% 1111111111152-111-52.5% 36/40 10/40 13/40 10/40 13/40 21/40 111111111111111198-1111111-100% 40

How does using Facebook affect your language ability observed from your academic results? Improvement in language use (such as spellings) as I communicate more with people through typing Improvement in language use as I could search through online dictionary very quickly in online communication Deterioration in using a language because I use cyber languages to communicate on Facebook, such as 'Taglish or Jejeneseetc.' 11111132-27.5% 10 1111113-11111-35% 13 111111155-11-47.5% 17

Is there a change in your social habit because of using Facebook? Participate more in social activities and public events because I could gain information of the events from Facebook easily Participate more in social activities and public events because I get more invitations from friends Participate less in social activities and public events because I would rather communicate with people on Facebook 111121-1-20% 6 111111111145-1111-57.5% 21 111111133-11-37.5% 13

Have you ever encountered the following situations due to the use of Facebook? (You may check more than one answer; go to Q9 if you have never encountered any of these situations.) Decrease in the number of times spent on going out Access to bad information (such as violence) Witness/ experience cyber bullying (such as harsh criticisms on a person/ spread of personal information on the Internet) Getting worse school results due to less time spent on studying 111-1-10% 4 111134-11-32.5 111154-11-37.5% 11112-15% 13 15 6

Do you think Facebook is now an essential tool in your life? Yes(Go to Q10) No(Go to Q11) 111111111111186-1111-77.5% 11112-111-22.5% 31 9

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If yes, what makes you think so? (You may check more than one answer.)

Need to follow up with friends' updates Have nothing better to do Need to update my own profile and upload things Cannot stop playing games and using applications Cannot stop liking quotes or pages Simply addicted to the whole website -- keep exploring new things To engage in discussions or debate on social issues/ hot topics To update myself with global news To update myself with information from foreign places 11

1111111111174-11-60% 11-1-7.5% 111111134-11-40% 12-30% 131-1-15% 11122-17.5% 1111111112-11-32.5% 111111111-22.5% 111111111-1-25%

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How would you restrict yourself from using Facebook when you think you have spent too much time on it? Allow myself to use Facebook only within a limited period of time Shut down my Facebook account when necessary Watch and read other things like TV and books I don't have to do anything, I am self-restraint Do homework/study Hang out with friends/ participate in social activities 111166-1 21-1-10% 1133-20% 111-1-10% 1-2.5% 1112-1-15% 9 4 8 4 1 9

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Overall, do you think the Facebook trend is beneficial to your ability in socializing with people? Yes(Go to Q13) No (Go to Q14) 11111111111111164-111-70% 134-111-1-30% 28 12

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If yes, what are the major reasons for you to think so? More updated information to talk with people Increase my language ability Know more friends through Facebook Able to get information of gatherings, balls, voluntary work etc. Increase the awareness of the internet users responsibility 1111111111111133-111-57.5% 11111111112-15% 111111111132-111-45% 11111112-1-25% 1111111121-1-30% 23 12 18 10 12

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If no, what are the major reasons for you to think so? (You may check more than one answer.) Facebook addiction It encourages cyber bullying Privacy problems Deteriorate ability of language use Deteriorate face-to-face communication ability 123-111-22.5% 12-7.5% 113-1-15% 12-7.5% 113-12.5% 9 3 6 3 5

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Gender Male Female 111111111123-111-45% 11111175-1111-55% 1-11-7.5% 11111111126-11-47.5% 11111151-11-35% 211-10% 18 22 3 19 14 4

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4th Yr 17 Age 14-16 17-19 20+

11-11-10% 1111111111111187-1111-82.5% 111-7.5%

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