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The Effects of Social Networking Sites to the Studies of Grade 8 Morning Session of
Balibago National High School
Good Day, We are the Third Year Students of the university conducting a
study on how social networking sites affects the study / behavior of the students.
Through this brief survey, your answer wil be helpful for us in fulfilling this study.
Thank you very much for your time and cooperation.
NAME (optional) __________________________________________
GENDER
: Male
Female
AGE: __________
YEAR & SECTION: ___________________
Part I.
Direction: Read carefully and answer it truthfully. Put check () or supply the
following information needed.
1. Do you use social networking sites?
Yes
No
2. Which of the following social networking sites are you a member of?
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Tumblr
MySpace
Youtube
Others, please specify:
3. Roughly how long have you been using social networking sites?
Less than a month
1-6 months
6-12 months
1-2 years
2-4 years
4+ years
4. Roughly how many hours a week do you spend on social networking sites.
0-5
6-10
11-20
21-30

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31-40
41-50
51+
5. Please indicate what information include on your social networking sites
You may select more than one option
Email address
Home town / City
Mobile number
Photo of others
Photos of yourself
Political views
Real name
Relationship status
Sexual orientation
Other, please specify:
6. Roughly how many friends / followers in total do you have in all of your social
networking sites?
0-10
11-50
51-100
101-250
250+
7. How often do you generally update your social networking sites?
Never / almost never
Once a day
Two or more days
Once every few weeks
Two or more times a week
Once every few months
8. What are your overall privacy settings?
Public
Friends
Friends of friends
Yourself
Customized

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9. What features that is not currently available on social networking sites would you
most like to see?

10. What features of social networking sites do you most dislike?

Part II.
Directions: Put a check () on the column that corresponds to your answer.
Questions
1. In general,
how actively
do you
participate
in class?
2. Do you use
your social
networking
sites on
doing your
homework?
3. Do you use
a laptop for
unrelated
activities
during
class?
4. Have you
ever used
social
networking
sites when a
parent or
teacher has
told you not
to?

Not at
all

Rarely

Sometime
s

Often

Always

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5. Have you
ever ignored
a
responsibilit
y like
homework
or chores
because of
social
networking
sites?
6. Do you feel
that the
privacy of
your
personal
information
is
protected?
7. Do you
accept
strangers
who try to
friend you in
social
networking
sites?
8. Do you visit
your social
networking
sites with no
goal or
specific
purpose in
mind?
9. Do you ever
stay up late
or get up
early to
spend more
time on
social
networking
sites?

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10. Do you have
more friends
on your
social
networking
sites than
you do in
your real
life?