Adverse Impact of Social Networking Sites

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AFFECT ONE‟S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ADVERSELY ________________________________ A Group Paper presented to the UST College of Nursing ________________________________

As a Partial Fulfillment of the requirements of the subject General Psychology ________________________________

Submitted to: Mr. Jose Ricarte B. Origenes

Submitted by: Kimberly Banquil Nicole Allyson Chua Gemeile Ann Leaño Monique Ann Rivero Charles Allen Burce Sittie Norhanisa Dianalan April Rose Matienzo Nikka Ursula Timog

October 19, 2009

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We extend our sincerest gratitude to Professor Jose Ricarte B. Origenes of the College of Nursing, for his constant support, guidance and motivation, who helped the group immensely in completing this project. The project provided us with an opportunity to understand the fundamentals of research methods in a better manner and apply them in everyday life. The insistence on taking up a socially relevant topic like the use of social networking sites helped us to understand the psychology of the people using these sites better and correlate the research to human behavioral aspects.

We also would like to thank our respondents for giving us their valuable time and providing us with the information needed to carry out the research successfully.

CONTENTS

I.

Introduction

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A. Objectives B. Significance of the Study C. Definition of Terms

2 3 4

II. III.

The Nature of Social Networking Sites and Low Academic Performances

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Data Supporting the Claim that Social Networking Sites Affect One‟s Academic Performance Adversely 11

IV.

Data Against the Claim that Social Networking Sites Affect One‟s Academic Performance Adversely 19 22 26 28

V. VI. VII.

Comparison of the Two Opposing Data Implications of the Study to Adolescents and the Society in General Conclusion

Appendices

20

Bibliography

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I. INTRODUCTION

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