Statement of the Problem

1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:

1.1 Age;

1.2 Gender;

1.3 Grade in CSS;

1.4 Year of account created and;

1.5 Activeness of account?

2. What are the reasons why students use Facebook in terms of:

2.1 Academic Performance;

2.2 Social Relations;

2.3 Personal Development and;

2.4 Attitude behavior?

3. What are the positive impacts of using Facebook in terms of;

3.1 Relationship towards peers and friends;

3.2 Public relation;

3.3 Socialization and;

3.4 Business related?

4.What are the negative impacts of using Facebook in terms of;

4.1 Paperwork's;

4.2 Behavior and;

4.3 Time management?

5. Is there a significant relationship between the positive and negative impacts of

Facebook to academic performance?

Significance of the Study

The significance point of this study is to explore the relationships between Facebook

use and academic performance. This study investigate the specific ways in which

Facebook use could affect students’ performance in their social lives by asking

participants about factors including: extra curriculum activities, study habits, student’s

perceptions towards studies and Facebook use, procrastination and distraction

occurred by Facebook engagement. It is anticipated that the results obtained would add

to the wealth of information currently available on Facebook usage, its impact on Grade

11 ICT students’ academic performance as it is newly emerging and instantly advancing

technology which would be indispensable for policy makers, development practitioners,

service providers, current users, and potential users. Hence, the output of this research

can contribute to these endeavours by creating awareness at the grass root level. In

addition to the above mentioned, in the academic world, everyone viewed social media

as a distraction and lead the student to procrastination in their academics. Some

students, however, also claim that visiting social media sites during class time helps

them deal with the boredom they experience.

This study would provide information on the impact of Facebook to the Grade 11

ICT students and how it can be used in-relation with their academics. Specifically, The

unique point of this research is considering the social variables (extra curriculum

activities and student’s attitude towards studies) and their effect on academic

performance.
Definition of the Terms

Computer Mediated Communication in short CMC refers to human communication

via computer and includes many different forms of synchronous, asynchronous or real-

time interaction that humans have with each other using computers as tools to

exchange text, images, audio and video. CMC includes e-mail, network communication,

instant messaging, text messaging, hypertext, distance learning, Internet forums,

USENET newsgroups, bulletin boards, online shopping, distribution lists and video

conferencing (Webopedia, 2013).

Online social network site: A web-based network that allows individuals to create a

profile either public or semipublic within bounded system and provide the users different

features according to their groups and interests.

Elomake: Elomake is an online form generator utility which allow user to create,

manage and publish electronic questionnaire form online.

Drop-down list: In computer sciences it is called graphical user interface (GUI)control

element which allows user to choose one value from a list.

Radio Button: A radio button is also graphical user interface element that allows the

user to choose only one option among the two or more predefined set of options.

Comment Box: It is used to collect participants’ opinions.

Facebook: Facebook is a most popular free social networking website that allows users

to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with

friends, family and colleagues.

MySpace: MySpace drives social interaction by providing a highly personalized

experience around entertainment and connecting people to the music, celebrities, TV,

movies, and games that they love

Twitter: A social network service that allows users to send and read short messages

and posts each other’s walls these messages is called tweets.

Linked In: An online social networking site which has been designed particularly for the

professionals from any field, that they commercialize their professionsand abilities.

YouTube: YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and shareoriginally

created videos.