Open AccessSocial Networking, Etiquette and Social Relationships in Teens’ Interpretive Communities
Author(s) -
Andrea Concepcion A. Gongora,
Rose Ann G. Casem,
James Matthew M. Chua,
John Paul B. Dacanay,
Tae Young Park,
Seung Yeon Pi,
Joy Ann S. Radaza,
Joshua B. Valdriz,
Jerald U. Saculles
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
proceedings journal of interdisciplinary research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2423-298X
pISSN - 2423-2998
DOI - 10.21016/irrc.2015.se01ef110o
Subject(s) - popularity , etiquette , upload , social media , social network (sociolinguistics) , internet privacy , feeling , advertising , cyberpsychology , psychology , world wide web , business , political science , computer science , social psychology , law
Social network penetration is incredibly high in the Philippines, reaching 95%. Facebook is the country’s most popular website, more so than Google, and has a penetration rate of 93.9%. The Philippines is also the eighth most popular country for Twitter use on a global scale, with a penetration rate of 16.1%. The popularity of photo sharing has increased by 46% in the country in one year, largely due to Facebook. In this light, this study aimed to identify the behavior of social media users as to the use of social networking sites. The researchers made use of a descriptive method in the conduct of the study. The respondents of the study interviewed students of Lorma Colleges, Urbiztondo, San Juan, La Union. A questionnaire based on the perception of teens using different social networking sites was used to gather the data. The researchers concluded that teens could still manage to browse, read and like posts, upload photos, and videos, share links, and the like during weekdays despite the busy schedule since social networking sites already have an application ready to install on mobile phones, students can just easily open their Facebook accounts right after their class was dismissed. Social networking sites became a way of expressing a person’s feelings through words or pictures. Social networking sites serve as a blog site for users to share with their friends their experiences. Code-switching is prevalent in their status updates. Instead of sticking on one language, they will also use other languages for other people to understand more about what the person wants to express. As for privacy, most of the users have inhibitions or privacy issues when dealing with their parents or relatives who have SNS accounts.