AT ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, BAGANGA
A Research Proposal Presented to the
Faculty of St. Mary’s College
Baganga, Davao Oreintal
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in
Basic Research
By
Jenelyn Orada
Saint Mary’s College
Baganga, Davao Oriental
October 2012
ABSTRACT
Social Networking Sites are increasingly popular nowadays. Many SNSdevelopers like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and others are competing to give the best features in terms of socialization, interaction, privacy and even entertainment. It is not surprising that many people are hooked on with these sites since it is free and easily accessible with the use of a computer connected to the internet and even with the use of a mobile phone that enables SNS applications or internet browsing. However, does SNS usage affect interpersonal relationships? Do people rely too much on the fastest way communicating on the internet despite the lack of face-to-face interaction?
This research aims to determine the effects of SNS to the interpersonal relationships. It also focuses on analyzing the level of interpersonal relationship after using SNS. The research will then consider how social networking sites impact interpersonal relationship in the real world. This research is based on a survey of ____ purposively a third year and fourth year education student respondents that use social networking sites everyday with the status of their interpersonal relationship with family, friends, teachers and others as they use social networking sites.
Chapter I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
A. Introduction
Social Networking Sites (SNS) are one of the most popular topics being talked about by the students in St. Mary’s College. Examples of social networking sites are Friendster, Facebook, Twitter and Plurk. Social Networking Sites help us to communicate with our friends, classmates, and