CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION

Modern life has become easier to the people because of the contribution of the
internet technology to communication and information sharing. The internet has made
our life become easier and more convenient. We can use internet to communicate to
the people that are far from us to get information and make new friends.

The spread of technological tools across the world has immensely influenced the
large amount of people especially students.

According to Bashir, MahMood and Shafique (2008), they found that for the most
university students the internet is a functional tool, one that has greatly changed the
way they interact with others and with information selection, presentation, organization
and provision. As the internet becomes increasingly popular, more information and
services are available on the internet; the demand for use of the internet from the
general public also increases dramatically (Liu.1996)

Internet use is spreading rapidly into our daily life, and directly affecting people’s
ideas and behavior. Internet has an impact in many areas, including the higher
education system. The internet is inseparable part of today’s educational system. The
academic community increasingly depends on the internet for educational purposes.
Majority of academic and research institutions provide internet service to students,
researchers, and teachers. (Bashirs, Mahmood and Shafique, 2008)

Increasingly, university students are using the Internet as an information resource

while in search of information for academic assignments. The emergence of the internet
has had profound impact on society in general and on library and information services in
particular. The use of the internet has been growing vividly in recent years. (Liu, 1996)
 The use of internet in the educational environment has enabled easy access to many
resources and information sharing has, therefore significantly increased. Moreover the
prevalence of this sharing has brought additional benefits in that, these resources can
be used in any location and time (Sahin,BaHa, and Erran, 2010) Usun (2008) states
that the internet is appealing to the higher education for a number of reasons, it reduces
the time lag between the production and utilization and exchange of opinion, it extends
the sharing of information and it promotes multidisciplinary research.

In having on access in internet connection, we must know what are the advantages
and disadvantages of it especially to the HUMSS students. Although now a days,
internet connection is part of our daily life.

This aims to inform people especially HUMSS students about the advantage and
disadvantage of having an access in internet connection ad to know how does internet
connection help the HUMSS students to widen their knowledge and to improve their
achievements.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The research study determined the advantages and disadvantages of having an

access in internet connection to all HUMSS students. Especially, it seeks answers to
the following questions.

1. What are the advantages of having an access in internet connection to all

HUMSS students, in terms of;
1.1 Studies
1.2 Communication

2. What are the disadvantages of having an access in internet connection to all

HUMSS students, in terms of;
1.1 Studies
1.2 Communication
 3. What are the reasons in using the internet?
1.1 Entertainment
1.2 Information
1.3 Communication

HYPOTHESIS
The null hypothesis is tested in the study.

(1) There is no significant difference in the academic performance of the students with
internet access and those without internet access.
(2) There is no association between education of the students and usage of internet.

IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will be a great help to the Researcher, Future Researcher
and especially to HUMSS Students.

For the Researchers.This study will help the researchers to broaden their knowledge
about the advantages and disadvantages of having an access in internet connection to
all HUMSS Students.

For the Future Researchers. This study will serve as a useful reference especially
those who will conduct related study and also this study will help them to provide
additional information.

For the Students. This study will help them to know the advantages and disadvantages
of having an access in internet connection to all HUMSS Students.
SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This study focuses in the advantages and disadvantages of having an

access in internet connection to all HUMSS Students. We will limit this study by given
information about internet connection, until we came up in the advantages and
disadvantages of having an access in internet connection and at last we will give our
recommendation to help the HUMSS Students. As the instrument of this study, Survey
Questionnaire will be used by the researcher.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

This study will undergo in systematic process using the following input
which stated on the table (Figure 1). The researcher would apply the following process
of course to have a reliable and useful result for the study, to obtain good outcome and
meet the expectations of the researchers. OUTPUT
PROCESS
I. To evaluate
I. Distribution of the awareness
the of the
questionnaires respondents
for the target
respondents II. To educate
everyone
Gathering data
II.
about the
on the results advantages
of and
PARADIGM OF THE STUDYquestionnaires
INPUT disadvantages
of having an
I. Opinion of
access in
the III. Analysis of the
internet
respondents gathered data
connection
on the topic
IV. Interpretation
and evaluation III. For everyone
II. The research
of the to be literate
methodology
information enough about
and
Humanities
instrument of
V. Summarization and Social
the study
of data Science.
DEFINITION OF TERMS

Immensely - to a great extent; extremely

Prevalence- the fact or condition of being prevalent; commonness

Profound- very great or intense

- having or showing great knowledge or insight

Provision- the action of providing or supplying something for use

Theoretical- an amount or thing supplied or provided.

- concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather
than its practical application

Vividly- in a way that produces powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind
- in an intensely deep or bright manner
 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF LITERATED LITERATURE

Chapter Overview

This chapter represents the literature and studies will be direct to the
present study. This study produced the background of the study on how some students
will know the advantages and disadvantages of having an access in internet connection
to all HUMSS students.

HISTORY

The Internet has become an important part of many people’s lives. In fact, so
many of us have become so accustomed to high speed Internet connections that we
often forget the days of struggling to get a solid 14.4 kbps connection over our
telephone lines. And for younger people, those days never existed. They always had
access to DSL, cable, and satellite as well as mobile devices that are even faster and
more capable than entire computers were decades ago.

The internet was established in the early 1960’s and subsequently became a
mainstream communication vehicle ( Moschovitis, Polle, Schyller & Senft 1999;
Schneider, et al., 2006). Since that time, there has been remarkable growth in the
internet’s functionality, capacity, accessibility, and convenience. These improvements
have encouraged more people to use it more often, and it has more become powerful
application in the modern. As of 2010, 28.7% of the world’s population used internet
services (Internet World Stats, 2016).

CONCEPTUAL LITERATURE

Internet use is spreading rapidly into daily life, and directly affecting
people’s ideas and behavior. Internet has an impact in many areas including the higher
education system. Internet heralded the development and implementation of new and
innovative teaching strategies in higher education institutions. Educators who advocate
technology integration in the learning process believe it will improve learning and
prepare students to effectively participate in the 21st century workplace. Internet use
has become a way of life for the majority of higher education students all around the
world. For most students the Internet is a functional tool, one that has greatly changed
the way they interact with others and with information as they go about their studies.
They use computers to accomplish a wide range of academic tasks. Many students
prepare course assignments, make study notes, tutor themselves with specialized
multimedia, and process data for research projects. Most exchange emails with faculty,
peers, and remote experts. They keep up to-date in their fields on the Internet,
accessing newsgroups, bulletin boards, list serves, and web sites posted by
professional organizations. Most access library catalogs, bibliographic databases, and
other academic resources in text, graphics, and imagery on the World Wide Web (Asan
& Koca, 2006). Usun (2003) mentioned that Internet is appealing to higher education for
a number of reasons: it reduces the time lag between the production and utilization of
knowledge; it promotes international co-operation and exchange of opinions; it furthers
the sharing of information; and it promotes multidisciplinary research.

Internet addiction is described as an impulse control disorder that does not

involve the use of an intoxicating drug and is very similar to pathological gambling. One
of the reasons why people become computer addict is because of Social Networking
Sites. Everyone in the society needs social networking sites because it is useful in our
daily life. Facebook and Twitter are the most popular networking sites wherein people
share, upload videos, photos, and communicate to other people. Social Networking
sites can also help to update on what is the news around the society, it can help them
giving knowledge in different ways like thesis, journals and articles. Social Networking
sites still have negative effects because of over usage. There is an increasing rate of
anxiety about risks that internet may bring as youngster spend a lot of time online such
as pastime influences relationship with family and friends, low grades and bad
performance, it can cause of losing their self-control and become computer addicts.
Some students are also addicted to online games that may cause to block their focus to
their studies.

The Internet now is becoming an important research topic in various fields,

including communication, sociology, psychology, public health, political science,
education, computer science and so on. Then, what are the distinctive characteristics of
the Internet as a new medium and how is it different from the old media, such as
television, radio, and newspaper? The Internet has several distinctive features. First, the
Internet is an active and interactive medium. In other words, the Internet is a two way
medium. We call a person who uses the Internet “user,” not a viewer or listener. “User”
suggests activeness and controllability. Internet users can create information by
themselves or actively search and reach the information on the web. Further, people
evaluate the given information and set forth their view so that other people can see
them. Interaction with other users is another feature of interactivity of the Internet.
Opinions and views flow freely on the web. Even though television viewers can watch
television actively by means of choosing a channel, television watching is still a passive
activity compared to Internet use. Second, the Internet transcends time and space.
Internet provides an easy way to connect to people who live far away. In fact, many
children keep in touch with foreign friends, or friends they made in camp, every day and
even know what they’re up to (Wolcott, 1999). The Internet is a globalized place in that
people can easily meet new people from all over the world, which was not possible
before the introduction of the Internet. Also, the Internet changes our sense of time. We
neither have to wait for the morning or evening newspaper nor wait for the program on
television. We simply go to the Internet and get what we need whenever we want. 10
Third, the Internet is a revolutionary communication tool. We mainly have used mail or
phone as a communication tool until e-mail spread. Now, we have a new
communication tool-the Internet -- that provides an easy way to keep in touch with
people.

Social Networking nowadays was a huge influence among the internet system. For
some people, computers are considered vital on a daily basis. This had cause to many
people become computer addicts to this great service. Now, we see almost in every
social places providing Wi-Fi service. Also, with all the great technology now days we
no longer have to carry a laptop to places to use the internet, phones have immense
technology access. Currently, people can use their phones to update their social page.
Also people who have some level of social addiction like or find pretty interesting and
getting to know everything about their friends through the monitors of their computers
and cell phones. Hanging out with friends was not often considered by teens. Many
people became addicted to social networks due to the fact that it is very popular among
not only young people but adult people too. It is also an easy access to communicate,
and it is entertaining. Although, its important purpose to people is to keep in touch with
their family, friends, and old friends that one may have lost touch with. Addiction to
these internet websites became a problem once it starts to affect their daily life.
According to Pamaoukaghion (2055-2010) Social Network Addiction was first known as
a psychological disorder around the world, also internet addiction lead to social network
addiction.

RELATED LITERATURE

The most important need of people since the ancient times has always been
communication. As the days went by many forms of communication have been
developed. The motivation behind each new form of communication was basically either
to make it possible for more data or information to be sent by increasing the data rate,
to enhance the transmission accuracy, or to increase the transmission distance
between different relay stations.

The internet is a massive computer linked network system used globally to

access and convey information, either by personal or business computer users; it is also
used for communication, research, entertainment, education, and business transactions
(Kraut, et al., 1998; Schneider, et al., 2006). Today, the Internet can link all online
computers so that people can use it to communicate throughout the world (Schneider,
et al., 2006)
 According to Haidei, E (2007) “High internet used was related to high levels
of emotional loneliness, but low levels at social loneliness” which means people who
suffer from emotional distress lend to be addicted in social network because it serves
as their connection between other people.

Internationally, there are many surveys on the use of the Internet, and nearly
all find that Internet use is most prevalent among younger, more educated people.

According to Korgen, Odell, and Schumacher (2001) investigated Internet

use among students, focusing on whether or not there are differences by race/ethnicity.
They reported that use is affected by presence or absence of a computer in the home of
origin.

According to DiMaggio, Hargittain, Neuman, and Robinson (2001), the Internet

is defined as the “electronic network of networks that links people and information
through computers and other digital devices allowing person-to-person communication
and information retrieval.” The advent of the computer and the Internet has brought a
whole new world in terms of gathering, disseminating, creating, and criticizing
information and communicating with people. Since the Internet became popular in the
early 1990s, many people log on the web and search for information instead of going to
the newspaper or television to get information. As the number of people who use the
Internet is growing, most people now accept that Internet is a revolutionary new medium
that has changed our life style completely. However, nobody can exactly tell how the
Internet changes our lives.

According to Kubey (2000) argued, the Internet as new media technology

may enhance and help our lives or do harmful things to people.

According to the UCLA Internet study (2001) reported that users spent about
9.8 hours a week on the Internet. The primary reason for going online was to obtain
information quickly, for work, and access to e-mail. Sending and receiving e-mail is the
most common Internet activity among children.
 According to Pew Research Center (2001), 20% teens used instant message
as a way of contacting friends. Through e-mail and instant messages, teens extend their
relationship with friends outside of school. However, when it comes to the Internet,
several studies reported that older children use the Internet more than younger children.
According to Pew Research Center Internet project (2001), 17 older teens were likely to
use the Internet more than younger teens. According to Pew Research Center project
(2000a), ‘Internet veterans,’ or those who have used the Internet for more than three
years are more likely younger and more educated. Also, Internet veterans do more
things; use the Internet more frequently and longer. This study also reported that
Internet use patterns seemed to change over time from fun, to information seeking, to
more important things like job searching, to more difficult things like online banking and
shopping. The UCLA Internet study (2001) also confirmed that very experienced
Internet users (five or more years on the Internet) used the Internet for e-mail,
professional work, reading news or trading stocks, whereas people who had experience
with the Internet less than one year reported that they spent a large portion of time
online surfing the web, playing games, or chatting. Another study by Pew research
center (2001) indicated that teens with years of online experience were more likely use
the Internet more. A Stanford study (2000) also reported that the amount of experience
with the Internet was positively related to the amount of hours on the Internet and the
number of online activities that people engaged in. the Pew Internet & American Life
project (2001) reported that about 83% of teenagers aged 12 to 17 logged online from
home, even though most teens said they access the Internet from multiple locations,
such as, school, library, Internet café and friend’s home. Gumpert and Drucker (1998)
claimed that home environment after the introduction of a new technology or a new
media development was very important because this space could be influenced by the
changes in societal and communication ways. They argued that the new domestic
technologies could affect social interaction in the home environment in two ways:
facilitate the interaction or substitute for the interaction between people. Especially for
children, the home media environment may be a crucial factor in predicting children’s
media use. Since children less than 18 years old are still in the developmental stage in
general, their media use may need guidance and mediation from adults. Whether
children use the Internet in a separate place where mediation by adults is not easy
should not be overlooked when studying children’s 19 general Internet use. Thus, the
ownership of a personal computer or Internet access would be an important factor in
predicting children’s Internet use. Irving defined “digital divide” as a concept that
represents the inequality of Internet access regarding social, economic and geographic
level. DiMaggio redefined the digital divide as “digital inequality.”(University of Maryland,
2001). Also, DiMaggio et al. (2001) defined the “digital divide” as “inequalities in access
to the Internet, extent of use, knowledge of search strategies, quality of technological
connections and social support, ability to evaluate the quality of information, and
diversity of uses.” When we suppose that the Internet might play an important role in
children’s development and future success generally, Internet connectivity would be an
essential factor.

Social networks gave a big help to everyone, especially among the students
businessman and other members of the society. Social networks has different features
that may enjoy by the people all around the world, what the problem is, people loses
their self-control in using them. Facebook is the most popular social networking site
today wherein people may share and upload videos, pictures, messages and chat.
Twitter is also famous to every people nowadays wherein people can share their
feelings, thoughts and ideas.
 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH, METHOD AND PROCEDURES

This chapter will indicate the research design that was used, the location
of the study, the respondents needed for the data collection procedure, the research
instrument used, and data collecting procedure.

TABLE

The Respondents

Number of HUMSS Percentage

Gender students
Male
Female
Total

It is reflected in Table 1 the number of respondents of this study who are the
HUMSS students in St. Augustine School of Nursing.

There are 100 total numbers of HUMSS students as respondents.

It this section, it could be seen that there are males than makes who’s been a
part of the sample.

Data Gathering Instrument

The respondents were given up to 15 minutes to complete the answer in

the questionnaire. After collecting the questionnaire, the response will be tallied,
computed, analyzed and recorded.
 The research subjects were asked to choose their preferred response by
checking the number option based on their personal feeling and perception along that
given area.

The questionnaire had questions that relates to the study and these
questions were answered consequently.

Option Scale Verbal Interpretation

4 3.50-4.00 Strongly Agree
3 2.50-3.49 Moderately Agree
2 1.50-2.49 Agree
1 1.00-1.49 Disagree

Research Designs

The descriptive method was used in the study to determine the

advantages and disadvantages of having an access in internet connection to all
HUMSS students among senior high school students.

Gathering data were treated objectively and critically analyzed to provide

a clearer presentation of the subject

Subject of the study

The respondents of the study were 100 students in senior high school from
St. Augustine School of Nursing. All the students were selected through random
sampling. This sampling method is conducted where each member of a population has
an equal opportunity to become part of the sample. As all members of the population
have an equal chance of becoming a research participant, this is said to be the most
efficient sampling procedure.

“THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING AN ACCESS IN

INTERNET CONNECTION TO ALL HUMSS STUDENTS”
 Learning Content Mean Verbal Rank
Interpretation
1. Internet was useful in my 3.84 Strongly Agree 1
studies
2. Internet is a convenient tool as 3.13 Moderately Agree 7
a reference guide
3. Internet help me to broaden 3.27 5
my knowledge about the
Moderately Agree
subject that I am taking
4. Internet have a good impact to 3.54 Strongly Agree 3
my education
5. Using internet will enable me 3.16 6
to accomplish tasks more
Moderately Agree
quickly
6. All information in internet are 2.09 Agree 9
valid and reliable
7. My ideas on the strand that I 3.62 2
am taking increased because
Strongly Agree
of the information that I
gathered in the internet
8. When I am using internet it 1.77 10
gives me more time to spend
Agree
with my family
9. Having an access in internet 3.51 4
can lead to distraction in
Strongly Agree
academic performance as a
HUMSS students
10. Most students learn how to 2.31 8
cheat because of having an
Agree
access in internet

In the table, it clearly knows that in question no.2; the question has the highest
answers of moderately agree with a mean of 3.27 followed by question no.5 with a
mean of 3.16, then followed by question no.2 with a mean of 3.13. In addition, in
question no.10, it has highest answers of agree with a mean 2.31, followed by question
no.6 with a mean of 2.09 and question 8 with a mean of 1.77. Lastly, question no.1 has
the highest answers of strongly agree with a mean of 3.84, followed by question no.7
with a mean 3.62, question no.4 with a mean 3.54 and question 9 with a mean 3.51.

Description of the Research Instrument

The main research tool used in the study was a test questionnaire. The test
instruments were subjected to validity and reliability test. Mr. Lester M. Carandang, our
subject teacher validated the instrument by using his validation criteria. Test items
which failed to meet the above criteria were removed and changed.

Statistical Treatment of Data

The following statistical tools were employed in this study:

 SOLVING FORMULA. This was used to get the total size of respondents.
WEIGHTED MEAN.

WM fx/n
= represents the summation
x= frequency
n= numbers of respondents

“THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING AN ACCESS IN

INTERNET CONNECTION TO ALL HUMSS STUDENTS
Name (optional): ______________________ Age: ___________

Gender: ___________ School: ______________________

Year/Grade: ______________

INSTRUCTION: Please rate how strongly you agree or disagree with each of the
following statements by placing a check mark (✔) in the appropriate box.

Strongly Moderately Agree Disagree

Agree Agree
1) Internet was useful in my studies 84 16 0 0
2) Internet is a convenient tool as a 45 23 32 0
reference guide
3) Internet help me to broaden my 49 29 22 0
knowledge about the subject that I am
taking
4) Internet have a good impact to my 57 40 3 0
education
5) Using internet will enable me to 31 54 15 0
accomplish tasks more quickly
6) All information in internet are valid and 6 9 73 12
reliable
7) My ideas on the strand that I am taking 62 38 0 0
increased because of the information
that I gathered in the internet
8) When I am using internet it gives me 0 29 19 52
more time to spend with my family

9) Having an access in internet can lead to 56 39 5 0

distraction in academic performance as
a HUMSS students
10) Most students learn how to cheat 6 27 59 8
because of having an access in internet

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

 The researchers have followed certain procedure in the conduct of this study.

1. Choose a certain title. It is a most that we choose a title for our study and defend
it to panelist until it was approved.
2. Securing permit to conduct the study. The permit to conduct the study was
requested and filled to the office of school parents.
3. Preparation of the instruments. Questionnaire is a principal tool gathering the
data. The first draft of the instrument was made in coordination with the adviser
so that the survey tool is reliable and valid.
4. Administering the questionnaire. The research personally distributed the
questionnaire to the respondents in St. Augustine School of Nursing Lipa
Campus during meeting. Here, a clear explanation of the purpose and objectives
of the study was been indicated. Confidentially was given in order to assure
cooperation and to avoid inhibitions from the respondents in accomplishing the
questionnaire.
5. Validating the instrument. After the distribution is the validation of the
questionnaire. It is analyzed and interpreted through the data gathered and
formulate the conclusions and recommendations of this study.

“THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING AN ACCESS IN

INTERNET CONNECTION TO ALL HUMSS STUDENTS”
 A Research Paper
Presented to

MR. LESTER M. CARANDANG

Research Adviser

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Course Subject
Practical Research 2

By:
De Castro, Jiselle D.
Garcia, Eunice D.
Kaibigan,Jerry C.
Mendoza, Sheena E.
Sunga, Jesse L.
Tagalag, Mon G.

November ,2017