CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

A divorce is a legal action that terminates a married couple’s marriage relationship. It can

be referred to as dissolution of marriage and is basically, the legal action that ends the marriage

before the death of either spouse (Meyer, 2017). Julia T. once stated on Student Edge (2016) that

anyone might have been from a broken family and just did not know that they are in that kind of

situation.

Despite some factors that hinder the Filipinos from terminating their marriages, surveys

show that a growing number of Filipinos would sought to have their marriage terminated or

dissolved (Abalos, 2011; Emery,2013). And with the influence of religion, Philippines abstain to

practice divorce, aside from the Vatican City. Disregarding the fact that Philippines do not have

divorce laws yet, 53% of Filipinos agree to legalize divorce as per the results of a Social Weather

Station that was released on March 9, 2018. Last March 19, 2018, the House of Representatives

approved on the third and final reading of a bill which seeks to legalize absolute divorce and

dissolution of marriages in the Philippines. Voting 134 for and 57 against, with two abstaining,

the law makers approved House Bill No. 7303 “An act Instituting Absolute Divorce and

Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines” (Roxas, 2018). It also gives the opportunity to

spouses in irremediably failed marriages to secure absolute divorce under limited grounds, as

well as judicial procedures to end dysfunction of a long-broken marriage; save the children from

the pain, stress, and agony consequent to their parents' constant marital clashes; and grant the

divorced spouses the right to marry again for another chance to achieve marital bliss (House of

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Representatives, 2018). It is also through this project way that as young as the students are right

now they have an idea about divorce, the House Bill, and other Marital Dissolutions in the

Philippines as it is based on the study conducted by the Grade 12- Beryl students of Iligan City

National High School, only 46% of Grade 11 HUMSS students are aware about the House Bill

7303 as per the year 2018.

The researchers aim to disseminate information about the House Bill no. 7303 or the

proposed “An Act Instituting Absolute Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines”

through the use of Youtube to the public. This project aims to construct, develop and utilize an

infographic video output regarding the House Bill no. 7303 or “An Act Instituting Absolute

Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines” to Youtube viewers in the Philippines.

1.2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

PROJECT OUTCOME
Perception of Iligan

City National High The development,

Uploading and
School Humanities validation, testing,
Feedback
and Social Sciences and revision of
Evaluation of the
towards the Divorce Project DDLB
Project DDLB
Legalization Bill

Figure 1. Conceptual Framework

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 The figure 1 shows the conceptual framework of the Research Project with regard to the

dissemination of the Divorce Legalization Bill through Youtube viewers of the Philippines. The

research project is inclined to a study entitled Perception of Iligan City National High School

Humanities and Social Sciences towards the Divorce Legalization Bill. The project proposed by

the researchers involves the usage of an infographic video output to disseminate information

about the House Bill no. 7303. The project has to undergo development, validation, testing,

publishing, revision, and publishing. Feedback validation will then follow. With the infographic

video output, the researchers will be able to come up with the desired result of the subject

whether the project is successful or unsuccessful.

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The following are the main objective and specific objective of this research project:

 The main objective of this project is to construct, develop and utilize an infographic

video output regarding the House Bill no. 7303 or “An Act Instituting Absolute Divorce

and Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines” to Youtube viewers in the Philippines.

 This project is made to be able to disseminate the Divorce Legalization Bill to public and

to be able to evaluate their feedbacks about the Bill. Hence, the project also encompasses

to impart some information about Divorce.

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

This project seeks to examine the dissemination of the Divorce Legalization Bill to the

Philippines.

1. How did the infographic video develop?

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 2. What are the problems encountered upon making the infographic video?

3. What is the readability of the infographic video?

4. What are the feedbacks and comments of the viewers upon watching the infographic

video?

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The results of the project will have a great significance to the following:

Students. The results will provide the students new accumulated knowledge,

understanding and be able to gather their individual ideas about the Divorce Legalization Bill in

the Philippines.

Community. The project would give knowledge and guide to the community about the

House Bill no. 7303 or “An Act Instituting Absolute Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage in the

Philippines”. The community would be able to understand its importance and the changes it

might bring to the people if ever implemented to the Philippines.

Parents or Young Adults. To be able to understand what the House Bill and divorce is

and can somehow relate it to the growing number of broken families in the society. This project

would also help the young adults to plan for their later relationships at hand.

Future Researchers. The project would become a handy data and reference especially

for researchers whose research is inclined to Marital Dissolution in Philippines and Divorce.

1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

The research project aims to spread information about the House Bill no. 7303 in the

Philippines to Filipino Youtube viewers. The project is not necessary limited to Iligan City

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vicinity, but rather available to every Filipino and in every area of the Philippines. The

researchers will use infographic video output to address the information about Divorce and the

House Bill no. 7303 of the Philippines. This research project needs to use both qualitative and

quantitative research approach to gather data and results of the project.

1.7. OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS

To have a better understanding of the project, the terms were defined both conceptually

and operatively.

Disseminate- means to cause something, such as information, to go to many people

(Merriam Webster, 2018).

It is referring in the project as an action to to impart information about the House

Bill no. 7303 and other topics related to it (e.g Divorce and other Marital

Dissolutions in the Philippines).

Divorce- is the action of legally dissolving a marriage (Merriam Webster, 2018).

It is used in the study as one of the turning point of long-broken spouses that is

mentioned in the House Bill no. 7303.

Effectiveness- it means to produce a result that has an intended effect (Merriam Webster,

2019).

In the study, it will measure and evaluate whether the said project is effective or ir

has accomplished the researchers’ objectives.

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Infographics- (a clipped compound of "information" and "graphics") are graphic visual

representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present information

quickly and clearly.

It is used as a method to reintroduce the topic about Divorce to Filipino people.

Infographic Video- is a visual representation of data and knowledge in the form of an

online video. It's content marketing in a unique, high impact form.

In this study, it is used as a tool to be able to reinforce the Project RDLB to mass

media.

Marriage- is a ceremony in which two people are married to each other (Meriam

Webster, 2018)

In this project, it serves as one of the underlying details of the House Bill and

Divorce.

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 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

The literature and studies cited in this chapter tackle the different concepts,

understandings, and ideas, generalizations or conclusions and different developments related to

study of the enrollment from the past up to the present and which serves as the researchers’ guide

in developing the project. Those that were also included in this chapter helps in familiarizing

information that are relevant and similar to the present Project DDLB.

2.1 RELATED LITERATURE

House Bill no. 7303 or “An Act Instituting Absolute Divorce and Dissolution of

Marriage in the Philippines”

Last March 19, 2018, The House of Representatives approved on third and final

reading House Bill 7303, or the proposed “An Act Instituting Absolute Divorce and

Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines,” by a vote of 134-57 with two abstentions (House

of Representatives, 2018).

The bill declares that while the State continues to protect and preserve marriage as a

social institution and as the foundation of the family, it also gives the opportunity to spouses

in irremediably failed marriages to secure absolute divorce under limited grounds, as well as

judicial procedures to end dysfunction of a long-broken marriage; save the children from the

pain, stress, and agony consequent to their parents' constant marital clashes; and grant the

divorced spouses the right to marry again for another chance to achieve marital bliss (House

of Representatives, 2018).The measure refers to absolute divorce as "the separation between

married couples that is total and final where the husband and wife return to their status of

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being single with the right to contract marriage again. “The approved measure includes the

Omnibus committee amendments presented last week by Rep. Edcel Lagman.

According to the House of Representatives in the Philippines (2018), the assets shall

be equally divided between the spouses. Also provided is the option for delivering the

presumptive legatine if the spouses are still living. A petitioner who is not gainfully

employed shall be entitled to support from the respondent until the petitioner finds adequate

employment, provided that the support shall not exceed three years from the finality of the

divorce decree. Moreover, the amount of support shall be in proportion to the resources or

means of the giver and necessities of the recipient. The petitioner may opt for a one-time or

on monthly basis alimony (CMB Engracia, 2018).

Divorce

Divorce is the legal breakup of a marriage. Like every major life change, divorce is

stressful. It affects finances, living arrangements, household jobs, schedules, and more. If the

family includes children, they may be deeply affected (MedlinePlus, 2016). Divorce

laws vary considerably around the world, but in most countries divorce requires the sanction

of a court or other authority in a legal process, which may involve issues of alimony, child

custody, child visitation/access, parenting time, child support, distribution of property, and

division of debt (The Covenant Divorce Recovery Leader's Handbook, 2008).

Divorce is associated with diminished psychological well-being in children and adult

offspring of divorced parents, including greater unhappiness, less satisfaction with life,

weaker sense of personal control, anxiety, depression, and greater use of mental health

services. A preponderance of evidence indicates that there is a causal effect between divorce

and these outcomes (Amato, 2001).

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 Children of divorced parents are also more likely to experience conflict in their own

marriages, and are more likely to experience divorce themselves. They are also more likely to

be involved in short-term cohabiting relationships, which often dissolve before marriage

(Amato, 2001). There are many studies that show proof of an intergenerational transmission

of divorce, but this does not mean that having divorced parents will absolutely lead a child to

divorce. There are two key factors that make this transmission of divorce more likely. First,

inherited biological tendencies or genetic conditions may predispose a child to divorce as

well as the "model of marriage" presented by the child's parents (Emery, 2013).

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower house of the Congress

of the Philippines. It is often commonly referred to as Congress and informally referred to as

Camara or Kamara. Members of the House are officially called as representatives

(Kinatawan) and sometimes informally called Congressmen/Congresswomen (mga

kongresista) and are elected to a three-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve

more than three consecutive terms. Around eighty percent of congressmen are district

representatives, representing a particular geographical area. There are 234 legislative districts

in the country, each composed of about 250,000 people. There are also party-list

representatives elected through the party-list system who constitute not more than twenty

percent of the total number of representatives. Recently, the House of Representatives are

able to approved on third and final reading House Bill 7303, or the proposed “An Act

Instituting Absolute Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage In the Philippines”.

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Marital Dissolutions of the Philippines

Legal separation is a judicial process where the marital obligations of the spouses to

live together as husband and wife as well as their property relations are terminated. Article 55

of the Family Code of the Philippines enumerates the different grounds for legal separation.

These are the following: 1) repeated physical violence or grossly abusive conduct directed

against the petitioner, a common child, or a child of the petitioner; 2) Physical violence or

moral pressure to compel the petitioner to change religious or political affiliation; 3) Attempt

of respondent to corrupt or induce the petitioner, a common child, or a child of the petitioner,

to engage in prostitution, or connivance in such corruption or inducement; 4) Final judgment

sentencing the respondent to imprisonment of more than six years, even if pardoned; 5) Drug

addiction or habitual alcoholism of the respondent; 6) Lesbianism or homosexuality of the

respondent; 7) Contracting by the respondent of a subsequent bigamous marriage, whether in

the Philippines or abroad; Sexual infidelity or perversion; 9) Attempt by the respondent

against the life of the petitioner; or 10) Abandonment of petitioner by respondent without

justifiable cause for more than one year. If any of the aforementioned grounds are present,

you may file a petition for legal separation before the Family Court of the place where you or

your husband has been residing for at least six months prior to the date of filing or in case

your husband is a non-resident, in the place where he may be found in the Philippines at your

election (Section 2(c), Rule on Legal Separation). If the court grants your petition, a Decree

of Legal Separation shall be issued by the court after you have fully complied with the

liquidation of your properties as provided under the Family Code. The effects of a decree of

legal separation are enumerated in Article 63 of the Family Code, to wit: “Art. 63. The

decree of legal separation shall have the following effects: (1) The spouses shall be entitled

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to live separately from each other, but the marriage bonds shall not be severed; (2) The

absolute community or the conjugal partnership shall be dissolved and liquidated but the

offending spouse shall have no right to any share of the net profits earned by the absolute

community or the conjugal partnership, which shall be forfeited in accordance with the

provisions of Article 43(2); (3) The custody of the minor children shall be awarded to the

innocent spouse, subject to the provisions of Article 213 of this Code; and

(4) The offending spouse shall be disqualified from inheriting from the innocent spouse by

intestate succession. Moreover, provisions in favor of the offending spouse made in the will

of the innocent spouse shall be revoked by operation of law.” (106a)

Annulment

An annulment of marriage annuls or declares no longer valid the marital union

between a husband and a wife. This is different from a declaration of nullity, which applies to

marriages that are void from the start, such as a marriage between parties below 18 years of

age (even with parental consent), bigamous or polygamous marriages, lack of authority of the

solemnizing officer, of the absence of a marriage license. Annulments are also different from

legal separation, which allows the couple to live apart and separate their assets, but does not

allow them to remarry — and they could still be charged with adultery or concubine if they

are caught with another partner. What are the grounds for annulment? According to Article

45 of The Family Code of the Philippines, there are 6 legal grounds for the annulment of a

marriage: lack of parental consent (if either party is at least 18 but below 21 years old)

psychological incapacity fraud consent for marriage obtained by force, intimidation, or undue

influence impotence / physical incapability of consummating the marriage serious sexually

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 transmitted disease how much do annulments cost in the Philippines? Of these, one of the

most common grounds used is psychological incapacity.

Marriage

According to Haviland and Prins (2011), marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock,

is a socially or ritually recognized union between spouses that establishes rights and

obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or

adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage). Marriage is also

the process by which two people make their relationship public, official, and permanent. It is

the joining of two people in a bond that putatively lasts until death, but in practice is

increasingly cut short by divorce. Over the course of a relationship that can last as many as

seven or eight decades, a lot happens. Personalities change, bodies age, and romantic love

waxes and wanes. And no marriage is free of conflict. What enables a couple to endure is

how they handle that conflict (“All about marriage”, 2018).

2.2 FOREIGN STUDIES

A study compared the attitudes about divorce between young adults (college students)

who had experienced parental divorce in their childhood and those from intact homes. While

there were no overall group differences, a significant two-way interaction was found for parents'

marital status and sex of their respondent. In the intact group, females had a slightly more

positive attitude, but in the divorced group, males were considerably more positive in their

attitudes towards divorce. The only relationship between the two groups that was near

significance in terms of their readiness to marry was the divorced group's more favorable attitude

towards pre-marital cohabitation. These young adults were also significantly more actively

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dating than the intact group. Intergenerational marital instability was also greater for college

students who experienced parental divorce (Black and Sprenkle, 2008).

As per the study about Parental divorce: Effects on individual behavior and longevity in

1997, the authors studied associations among parental divorce occurring during participants'

childhood, adult psychosocial mediators, and mortality over the life span of a subgroup of

participants (N1,261) in the Terman Life Cycle Study (1921–1991). Children from divorced

families grew up to show a higher risk of premature mortality across the life span. The higher

mortality risk for men was explained, in part, when 3 mediating factors were controlled: Men

who had experienced parental divorce were more likely to have their own marriages end in

divorce, obtained less education, and engaged in fewer service activities. Women who had

experienced parental divorce smoked more and were more likely themselves to divorce, both of

which predicted higher mortality risk. The findings extend previous work on the negative

sequelae of parental divorce to long-term effects on personality and longevity.

The Australian Institute of Family Studies, Parents and Children after Marriage

Breakdown Study which tracked family changes and household income in the five to eight years

after parents had separated, enables the relative impact of these factors on children's lives to be

examined. Children in both one parent families and stepfamilies were included in the study.

Among the findings are: the importance of household income before separation in terms of its

effect on children's wellbeing five to eight later; current household income or even living below

the poverty line did not affect children in terms of the indices of wellbeing examined, and further

children in the poorest families in the study - those of sole mothers and children fared somewhat

better than stepfamilies where children seemed not so happy with life at home and somewhat

lower self esteem (Divorce, change and children, 1991) . Thus indicates that the advantages and

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disadvantages about legalizing divorce are a tricky trade-off or incentives to families, couples

and children. This only implies that divorce would change the viewpoint of the State as well as

the Filipino Nation with regards to cultural, filial and religious beliefs.

2.3 LOCAL STUDIES

A thesis entitled “Reintroduction of Divorce into Philippine Law” by Jihan Jacob in 2013

discussed about the nullity, annulment, and legal separation in the Philippines and gave some

reasons why it is not enough. Hence, he discussed about divorce and how it is different to nullity,

annulment and legal separation in the Philippines. His thesis is more into statistics in order to

support his idea when it comes to legalizing divorce in the Philippines and some comparison

between the four processes to legally end one’s marriage. He then concluded that spouses cannot

be obliged to remain in a marriage that neither nor both of them want. Keeping spouses in

already failed and hopeless marriages does not solve marital problems. Maintaining the

permanency of marriage is not always significant to protecting the family. The problems arising

out of the three available remedies - nullity, annulment, and legal separation - are amplified his

next chapter through the arguments supporting the need to reintroduce divorce into Philippine

law (Jacob, 2013).

Just like Jacob’s thesis, Jeofrey Abalos in his demographic research about divorce and

separation in the Philippines (2017) clarifies the concept of divorce in Philippines and its effect

with regard to some factors that are essential to one’s life like for example education. His study

also shows a glimpse of the religious oppositions with regard to legalizing divorce in Philippines.

The sources he used to collect data for this analysis is drawn from the two most recent rounds of

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the National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), conducted in the Philippines in 2008 and

2013. Each survey collected comprehensive information on women’s reproductive health,

marriage timing, contraceptive methods, and other sociodemographic characteristics (PSA and

ICF 2014).

As what Jihan Jacob’s thesis contains, this is relative to a previous study and this project

since it also concerns the other legal processes that are not enough when fixing the issue about

couple separation or splitting up. It also gives us, the researchers, the idea why divorce is needed

in the Philippines and how will Divorce help into marriage dissolution.

In a survey conducted in 2011, it has consistently shown that there are more people,

especially those broken couples, who want divorce legalized in the Philippines (Cornelio, 2018).

To Jayeel Cornelio (2018), a contributor in Rappler, said that our society treats the abiding

family as a source of happiness and meaning. This will make it difficult for divorce to become a

quick legal remedy, as others might fear. But ordinary Filipinos also know that not all marriages

are made in heaven. Violence and betrayal are realities on the ground. For these individuals’

divorce is needed not because they want to destroy families or their children's future. They are

simply aware that not all conflicts can be resolved in the context of marriage. She contradicted

the idea of the church against divorce.

A study entitled Perception of Iligan City National High School Humanities and Social

Sciences Students Towards the Divorce Legalization Bill (2019) by Grade 12 Humanities and

Social Sciences students in Iligan City National High School yield that majority of the students

agrees that they have knowledge about the different Marital Dissolutions in the Philippines. In a

survey, it shows that 46% of the students agree towards the legalization of divorce while only

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8% strongly agrees. The most common response the respondents gave to the researchers is that

they do not agree to legalize divorce due to their religious belief and the value of family in the

society. The other data that are collected by the researchers were also analyzed both

quantitatively and qualitatively. Researchers found out that religion is one a factor that affects

the perception of student with regards to the idea about legalizing divorce in the Philippines.

Researchers recommend that the House Bill 7303 should be known to all Filipinos not only to

students because public opinion is one of the bases in approving and officially legalizing divorce

in the Philippines.

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 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

In this chapter the research methodology used in the study is described. The geographical

area where the study was conducted, the study design and the population and sample are

described. The instrument used to collect the data, including methods implemented to maintain

validity and reliability of the instrument are described.

3.1 RESEARCH PROJECT DESIGN

The project uses an experimental research design. Experimental research design is any

research conducted with a scientific approach, where a set of variables are kept constant while

the other set of variables are being measured as the subject of experiment. Experimental research

design is also used by the researchers for this project because the research involves a production

of a project output. Quota sampling method is a non-probability sampling used by the

researchers and it can be defined as a sampling method of gathering representative data from a

group. Application of quota sampling ensures that sample group represents certain characteristics

of the population chosen by the researcher. The results are always open to question and to

different interpretations (Shuttleworth, 2018). The project will also be made possible through

some quantitative research elements to help the researchers throughout the instigation of the

project.

3.2 RESPONDENTS

The respondents for this research project are Youtube viewers, therefore it is not limited

to the Iligan City vicinity. The project aims to disseminate information to Filipino Youtube

viewers about reinforcing the House Bill no. 7303 through the Project DDLB.

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3.3 RESEARCH PROJECT INSTRUMENTS

The researchers will use the following instruments to make instigate the project

harmoniously and with precision:

Animaker- is the DIY video Animation software that the researchers used to create an

infographic video output.

Facebook- is a social media platform used by the researchers to share their uploaded

video output in Youtube to their friends.

Flesch-Kincaid- is a readability test instrument used to validate the contents of the video

made by the researchers.

Infographic Video Output- To propagate the research project through the mass public, a

video output will be considered as a temporary option for the researchers to

be able to disperse information about the Divorce Legalization Bill in the

Philippines.

Youtube- is used by the researchers as the app or site where the video was uploaded and

where the views, likes and comments are seen.

3.4 DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

These are the following guidelines that the researchers will follow:

Gathering
Planning Designing Validating
Uploading views,
the and the
of the feedback Evaluation
contents constructi contents of
video and of
for the ng of the the and
output comments feedback
video own video video
online from the
output output output
viewers

Figure 2. Flow of the Project

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 The figure above shows the guidelines that the researchers will follow in propagating

information of their project. Firstly, the researchers have to plan, construct and design, and

validate the video output needed for the research project and then they proceed to the uploading

of the video in Youtube. After uploading, the researchers will be able to gather feedbacks about

the House Bill no. 7303, the video and Divorce through the comments in Youtube. The

researchers can finally write an input about the project noting the feedbacks and reaction from

the Senior High School students. Lastly, the researchers will interpret the result of the project.

3.5 STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA

To interpret the gathered data, the researchers will use the following:

a. Frequency to categorize the feedbacks of the Youtube viewers regarding the project.

b. Interval is used to equate the number of views of the infographic video to its

corresponding response. The figure below shows the interval for every views of the

video.

Table 1. Score Interval

Number of Views Response

2250-3000 Exemplary

1500-2249 Very Satisfactory

750-1499 Satisfactory

1-749 Needs Improvement

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 CHAPTER IV

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

In this chapter the researcher will present the development of their research and the

feedback of the corresponding respondents both in qualitative and quantitative. The chapter

contains graphs, figures, analysis and interpretation in relation to the Project DDLB:

Dissemination of the Divorce Legalization Bill of the Philippines through Infographic Video.

4.1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT DDLB

The development of Project DDLB involves a lot of conceptualization and planning. The

researchers started from scratch. The information or context that is seen in the video also went

through a lot of proofreading, revising and validating.

Figure 3. Animaker

The researchers brainstormed about what the output should look like, hence the

researchers decided to make an infographic video regarding the reinforcement of the Divorce

Legalization Bill. The researchers searched for online infographic video maker in internet and

decided to make an infographic video output with the help of Animaker, a DIY Animation

software that lets people create infographics or video presentation. The researchers, upon making

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the Project DDLB, also determine the respondents or people who should view and evaluate it and

the significance it will bring to the said respondents.

Figure 4. Animaker Infographic Video Editing

The researchers did a lot of revisions in their video to achieve an accurate and organized

way of presenting the concepts of the House Bill no. 7303. After a lot of video and content

revisions, the researchers are able to come up an infographic video output that contains

information to reinforce the Divorce Legalization Bill. The Project DDLB was then validated

through Face Validation, Content Validation and Readability Test.

After the validation process, the project was finalized and prepared by the researchers for

uploading to Youtube. In March 08, 2019, the video was successfully uploaded to Youtube and

is ready for interested viewers.

4.2 TESTING

During the time the first infographic video was created, the researchers find it difficult to

manipulate the characters and embedded things in Animaker to produce the desired output since

Animaker is limited in terms of characters, time and slides. After making the first video, the

researchers tested its uploading speed in Youtube and its quality upon downloading. When the

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researchers uploaded the video in Youtube, the researchers put to test the downloaded copy of

the video and asked their fellow researchers to evaluate the video. Most of their fellow

researchers tend to ask for more information aside from what the video already explained. After

being given suggestions, the researchers changed its time duration, content and characters in the

infographic video for the quality improvement of the project yet every changes made in the video

is limited. Consequently, the third infographic video was produced and was again uploaded to

Youtube for testing. The researchers’ infographic video output was validated through its face

validation, content validation and readability test. The researchers change the time length of the

video and again rechecked the parts of the video that needs improvement. The final infographic

video output copy was given to Sir Chris, the researchers’ Research Project Adviser, through

Gmail.

4.3 VALIDATION

The Project DDLB: Dissemination of the Divorce Legalization Bill through Infographic

Video underwent the following validation:

a. Face Validity- The infographic video output was validated according to its

appearance, theme, video transition, font and font size, visual characters and color

scheme. Sir Chris Sagarino, a Research Project Adviser, evaluated and approved the

face validity of the Project DDLB.

b. Content Validity- The infographic video output was validated according to its

content, central focus which is the House Bill no. 7303 and Divorce, the correctness

and accuracy of the presented information about the Bill and Divorce, source of the

information and its significance to the society. Mrs. Riza Shella Telmoso, a

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 Humanities and Social Sciences adviser, validated the content of the video and

complimented the content of the video saying that it is not that long and it is able to

capture the essence of what the project really is. Ms. Mae Ann Limpangog had also

evaluated the video and gave an exemplary response.

Figure 5. Content Validation

c. Readability Test- The Readability Test tool Flesch-Kincaid was used to validate the

readability of the context in the infographic video output. The following below are the

results of the Flesch-Kincaid Readability tool:

Table 2. Readability Test Results

Flesch-Kincaid:
Flesch-Kincaid:
Context of the Video Percent of
Grade level readability result
Complex Words
Meaning of Divorce Grade 9 (14-15 years old) 13.98%

Divorce is not yet legalized in

Grade 16 (21-22 years old) 16.90%
the Philippines

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 The House Bill 7303, or the
proposed “An Act Instituting Grade 24
18.75%
Absolute Divorce and
(30 years old and above)
Dissolution of Marriage in the
Philippines”
The measure refers to
Grade 15 (20-21 years old) 5.56%
absolute divorce

Pros of the Bill Grade 11 (16-17 years old) 16.92%

Cons of the Bill Grade 9 (14-15 years old) 14.89%

TOTAL Grade 14 14.5 %

The average grade level readability of the video content is Grade 14 (19 or 20

years old). The average percent of complex words in the video is 14.5% or roughly 15%.

With this results provided by the Flesch-Kincaid Readability test, the researchers

concluded that the video is difficult to understand especially for those who are below 19

years’ younger viewers. And the researchers are also expecting for this Grade level result

since the topic or the focus of this research project is about a House Bill addressing the

legalization of divorce in the Philippines.

4.4 REVISION

The project has undergone a lot of revision by the researchers after conceptualizing,

testing, validating and upon uploading it to Youtube for 4 times. The first revision took place

when the first video happened to have a short time duration. The second revision was when the

video themes and characters were set to place. The third revision was adding, replacing, and

simplifying the information or context in the video. It is also in the third revision that the

evaluation of the infographic video took place with the help of the researchers’ fellow

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colleagues. The fourth infographic video is the last and final video output of the researchers after

undergoing a lot of editing, evaluation, and validation.

4.5 UTILIZATION

The Project DDLB: Dissemination of the Divorce Legalization Bill of the Philippines

through Infographic Video was made possible with the use of Animaker as an infographic video

editor. After the successful exporting of the video, it was then uploaded to Youtube to

accomplish the specific objective of the research project which is to make the Divorce

Legalization Bill of the Philippines known to the viewers.

Figure 6. Uploaded video in Youtube

With the use of intervals, views, likes and comments in Youtube are extremely important

to the researchers’ especially when gathering the viewers’ feedbacks. The researchers also shared

a video link to their Facebook contacts about the Project DDLB.

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 Figure 7. Link Sharing through Facebook and Messenger

The researchers are able to elicit a response from the contacts. Through the use of internet

and networking (sharing of link through Facebook Messenger), the project is able to reinforce

and impart new knowledge to the viewers with the matter concerning the Divorce Legalization

Bill.

4.6 EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK

The researchers are able to get the following evaluation and feedback from viewers and a

teacher evaluator:

Table 3. Teacher Evaluation

RATE

Content 4

Script 4

Content Organization 4

Quality 4
Comments: “Very Good”.

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 In addition to Ms. Limpangog’s evaluation, she asked the researchers where they made

the video and the objective of the researchers. She also asked the researchers about the

respondents of the study. In response to the question, the researchers told Ms. Limpangog

that the Youtube viewers are the project’s respondents.

Intervals: Number of Views

Number of Views: 219 views as per March 12, 2019 Number of Likes: 20 likes
Figure 8. Youtube Views and Likes
Table 4. Interval
Number of Views Response
2250-3000 Exemplary

1500-2249 Very Satisfactory

750-1499 Satisfactory

1-749 Needs Improvement

Referring to the views of the infographic video in Youtube, it is clearly shown above

that there are only 219 views and 20 likes as per March 12, 2019 thus the response for this

result base on its interval: The Project DDLB “Needs Improvement”. With this response, the

researchers are able to understand that the project was uploaded late therefore they cannot

expect to have a number of views reaching the “satisfactory” response.

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Frequency Table: Feedbacks of the viewers upon watching the video

Table 5. Frequency Table

In favor of Divorce Not in favor of Divorce Other relevant comments
1 5 6

There is one viewer, joyce mae bon, that commented about the video that she is in

favor with divorce because in her own perspective marriage is just a social construct. In

addition to her comment, she says that if the separation would make the broken couples

happy then so be it.

There are five viewers who are not in favor of divorce because they see divorce as

immoral, it is not an option to the growing violence against women and children, they value

the essence of sacred marriage and family, and bounded by their religious beliefs. A

comment of Pearl Antoinette Bacarisas says that marriage is one of the oldest cultural

institutions of the world and she believes that it must be respected.

Other comments about the video says that it has good graphics and information, one

must choose their life partners well so that they will not regret it in the end, the video made

someone realize something about the House Bill no. 7303, and a viewer commented that

some people do not know what the Divorce Legalization Bill is.

Upon reviewing the comments of the viewers of the Project DDLB, it clearly shows

that majority of the comments of the viewers are not in favor of divorce to be legalize in the

Philippines and roughly, only one viewer is in favor and took stand for the legalization of

divorce in Philippines.

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Youtube Viewers’ comments coding:

Sittie Asiah Amil:

“Choose the right one in the first place so one won't even bother to choose between staying or to

have divorce”

Traceless Stars:

“Good graphics and information you got there. Keep up the good work.”

Nicolyn Aragones

“This video made me realize a lot of things about the Divorce Legalization Bill of Philippines.”

Mark Arcel L. Pobre

“my parents are separated without any divorce happen, all of challenges in my life appear

because of that; and i think many people not yet have an idea about that bill.”

joyce mae bon

“Marriage is just a social construct. Even though marriage binds with contracts, legal agreement,

or consensual basis, you cannot foretell when a relationship lasts. Everything appears and

everything fades - just like love. You cannot determine when will love appear and so thus when

will love fades. That's why i agree with divorce. If separation makes both parties happy and free

again, then so be it.”

Wo Ai Ni Vic Zhou

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“As a Filipino , divorce is really a critical topic or issue for me especially marriage is influenced

by religion and cultural aspect. If divorce will be approved by the law in the Republic of the

Philippines, I am not thoroughly certain and expect that family problems will be truly resolved.

Marriage is such a sacred thing. Family is the most important foundation of ourselves. Hence,

divorce is a no for me.”

Celestine Prestige

“This video is such an eye opener to Filipinos. It gave us a much wider insight on divorce

because here in the Philippines it is considered as a taboo for our society.”

maricris etorma

“In my case, I came from a broken family and for a certain not in favor of Divorce Legalization

because even if my parents were separated in papers, I don't want them to cut their connections,

fully. I want them to still communicate with each other just for us, their children. Divorce is hell

thing. I mean they can achieve happiness without cutting their connections rights? Selfish but it's

true. That's it.”

MULTIFANDOM *Buddy*

“Actually I came from a broken family. They are separated but still Married in the paper, and

knowing of God. I may be came from a broken family, I'm not in favor of Legalizing the Divorce

here in the Philippines. It might be a solution at some point, but Divorce is not a proper solution

at all even if Divorce is not that expensive than Annulment.”

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heero yui

“This video is very helpful for us in providing a valuable information about one of the

controversial issues in our society. As a devoted Catholic, I adhere and believe on the sanctity of

marriage as the seventh sacraments in our doctrines. As the bible says in Mark 10:9 ,"What

therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” Thus, divorce is not an option to the

growing violence against women and children. It could only foster immorality and sexually

related diseases. Yes, there are benefits in having a divorce but the negative results outweighs the

positive.”

Ezra Godinez

“this made me realize a lot of things specially in relationships we should know our partners first

before marrying them.”

Pearl Antoinette Bacarisas

“As a sovereign Filipino of the Philippines, and as a devoted Catholic, I dissent the thought of

divorce because marriage is one of the oldest cultural institutions in the world and I believe that

it should be respected. Family is the basic unit of society, it is bounded by marriage. God made

man and woman to be united by his holy virtues. He didn't made them to be separated after the

sacred union. Moreover, it's doleful to see children seeking for a complete family from a broken

home. Marriage will always be a choice, so take a deep breath and think about it holistically.”

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 CHAPTER V

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This chapter presents the summary of the study, the conclusions drawn from the findings

and the corresponding recommendations.

5.1 SUMMARY

The researchers are able to construct, develop and utilize an infographic video output

regarding the House Bill no. 7303 or “An Act Instituting Absolute Divorce and Dissolution of

Marriage in the Philippines” for the Youtube viewers in the Philippines yet they have not

reached the target views for the infographic video, therefore the Project DDLB: Dissemination of

the Divorce Legalization Bill of the Philippines through Infographic Video needs improvement

to better propagate information to the public. Despite of this, the researchers are able to elicit

feedbacks from viewers about their thoughts about the House Bill no. 7303 as well as their stand

about it.

5.2 CONCLUSIONS

On the basis of the findings, the following conclusions are drawn:

a. Some viewers might not understand the Project DDLB is about because of its difficult

terms and its thought.

b. Few people only knew about what the House Bill no. 7303 really is and its segments and

specifications.

c. The infographic video was a great help for the people to understand and give importance

to their life plan decisions, especially after-marriage plans.

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 d. Divorce is not yet known and acknowledge or accepted by Filipinos because of their

religious beliefs, idea of family and the sacredness of marriage.

5.3 RECOMMEDATIONS

a. The infographic video transition of every slides or information is quite short and should

have been extend for a bit for the readers to fully comprehend and read the message in

the video.

b. The infographic video must have been prepared and uploaded earlier to be able to have a

desirable result, data and feedbacks.

c. More use of catchy characters in the infographic video and transitions.

d. Being fair to your audience, some audience might not have any idea about what divorce

is and how it works.

e. Some Marital Dissolutions in the Philippines might have been included as well, not only

Annulment, for the viewers to know that there are other Marital Dissolutions available in

the Philippines.

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 APPENDICES

A. DELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT: PLANNING

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B. DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT: INFOGRAPHIC VIEO EDITING

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 C. CONTENT VALIDATION

Content Validator 1 : Mrs. Riza Shella Telmoso

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 Content Validator 2 : Ms. Mae Ann Limpangog

D. FLESCH-KINCAID READABILITY RESULT:

Information 1

Information 2

Information 3

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Information 4

Information 5

Information 6

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E. INFOGRAPHIC VIDEO UPLOAD IN YOUTUBE

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F. YOUTUBE COMMENTS

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G. TEACHER’S EVALUATION

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H. FACEBOOK AND MESSENGER LINK SHARING

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 I. CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Ampatua, Janidah S.

Grade and Section: Grade 12- Beryl

Track/Strand: Academic Track HUMSS Strand

Contact no.: 09057160866

Motto in Life:There Is No Secret To Success because All you need Is

hardworking And Patient for you to Achieve your goals

Name: Aragones, Nicolyn A.

Grade and Section: Grade 12- Beryl
Track/Strand: Academic Track HUMSS Strand
Contact no.: 09060193904
Motto in Life: “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it

to do doesn’t mean it’s useless” –Thomas Edison

Name: Punay, Caryl Jade A.

Grade and Section: Grade 12- Beryl
Track/Strand: Academic Track HUMSS Strand
Contact no.: 09758535840
Motto in Life: "Be who you are and say what you feel because those

who mind doesn't matter and those who matter don't mind" - Dr.Seuss

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