CHAPTER 5

FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION

This chapter presents the summary of finding based on the two variables

treated in this study, the conclusions drawn based on the findings of the study and the

recommendations proposed by the researchers based on the results generated by the

variables.

Findings

The following were the findings of the study.

1. On the level of Social Media: The Effects on the Academic Performances of the

Selected PGMIT Students was conducted at President Garcia Memorial Institute

of Technology, Abu Street, Poblacion Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur we found out

that under the two variables compared and obtained the results of the Pearson “r”

of 0.044 this means that the results has a correlation of moderately low. Therefore,

if the students will increased their usage of social media they also increased their

academic performance.

2. We conclude that the relationship between social media and academic

performance does not really exist in the population.

3. There is no significant relationship between social media and academic

performance.
Conclusions

The following were formulated after the data were being gathered, analyzed

and interpreted.

1. The results from the findings of this study that, through Social Media their well be

a slight effect on the academic performance. Therefore, the PGMIT students have

reached the level of intelligence, in terms of their academic performance. Most of

them will productive in time and such like, they also have a benefit and that can

be used appropriately.

2. I conclude that they also balanced their time spending on social media and their

academic performance

3. The students, on a whole, gave a more scoring response to using online networks

to write their class assignments.. The observations drawn from empirical data

shows that student started using social networks for academic purposes. While

some students perceived Social Media as a distraction and were hesitant to share

their feelings, a high percentage of respondents found it an avenue to search for

information, join educational networks and look for career opportunities. The use

of Social Media gave them a sense of belonging to an academic community, as

their online friends were mostly met. According to the responses it can be

concluded that social networks if designed and tailored to the specific educational

needs of each student, related to each major in communication, Social Media can

be a useful instrument in improving academic performance of students in

President Garcia Memorial Institute of Technology, Abu Street, Poblacion Dinas,

Zamboanga del Sur.

Recommendations

From the findings and conclusions of this research, the following

recommendations were made:

1. Students should be better manage their time and prevent distractions that can

provided by the social media. It should be a balanced of spending their study and

surfing on the social media.

2. Social media is should be expanded a new pages, websites or any other that can

help the students to enhanced their academic activities and avoid setback in their

academic performance.

3. The use of social media it should on the academic relevance of those sites instead

of using them for nonsense purposes.

4. The students it should create a balance between chatting and academic activities,

it should more attention could directed to academic research.

5. Students should educate on the negative and positive influence of social media.

6. Other researches are advised to conduct similar or further study relating to social

media. Other researchers may use other question or inquire regarding on this topic

to get the negative effect of having a social media accounts.