Humss Research - Title Proposal-2

RESEARCH TITLE PROPOSAL
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON SELF-ESTEEM
Name: Permejo, Manuel John M section: 11 - Humss cayabyab
Instruction(s):
1. Input the RESEARCH TITLE and its respective THREE (3) RESEARCH QUESTIONS
in the table. Write each RESEARCH TITLE in CAPITAL LETTERS.
2. PRINT this template and submit on AUGUST 12, 2024 (Monday).
Early 21st century marked the emergence and growth of social networking
sites in the whole world. Since then these sites have become a major part
of people’s lives, specially the lives of the youth. Many teenagers are using
social media, especially Facebook, to build relationships, connect with the
world, share and gain knowledge and information, build stronger
personalities and have better social lives (Boyd, 2007). Mitchell (2002)
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European Scientific Journal August 2017 edition Vol.13, No.23 ISSN: 1857 –
7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431
claimed that social networking sites are used by youngsters to get engaged
in romantic and casual online relationships. It has been observed by the
changing behavior of the people that social media has many negative
repercussions on people. Social networking sites help people to make
social comparisons which increase the psychological distress of individuals
and as a result lower the overall level of self-esteem (Chen & Lee, 2013).
Many observers and researchers believe that due to increase in the usage
of social networking sites, people have become the victims of lower self-
esteem and self-growth
Social media has gained
immense popularity in the last decade and its power has left certain long-
lasting effects on people. The upward comparisons made using social
networking sites have caused people to have lower self-esteems. In order
to test the hypothesis 150 students from institute of business management
were surveyed through questionnaires and interviews. This research was
limited to the students of IoBM and Facebook, being the most popular
social networking site was used as the representative of social media.
Correlation and regression model was applied to the data with the help of
SPSS statistics to test the relationship between social media and self-
esteem. The major findings suggest that approximately 88% people engage
in making social comparisons on Facebook and out of the 88%, 98% of the
comparisons are upward social comparisons. Further this research proves
there that there is a strong relationship between social media and self-
esteem. Increase in social media usage causes the self-esteem of
individuals to decrease. One hour spent on Facebook daily results in a
5.574 decrease in the self-esteem score of an individual
The major objective of this research is to highlight a clear impact

of Facebook; as a most popular and frequently used social media
sight on the self-esteem of youngsters. A mix method approach
adopted therein would further enhance our study design and
would provide clear insight towards direction of such relationship.
This study would divert the attention of individuals & help them
analyze their over indulgence on social media with in the most
precious hours of their life and its possible consequences on
lowering their social esteem. It
While social media may help to cultivate friendships and reduce loneliness,
evidence suggests that excessive use negatively impacts self-esteem and
life satisfaction. It's also linked to an increase in mental health problems
and suicidality (though not yet conclusively
1.6 Hypothesis
H0: there is no relationship between social media and self esteem Ha:
there is a relationship between social media and self esteem
3.0 How often do you use social media?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Always
3.1 Do you compare yourself to others on social media?
Yes
No
Sometimes
3.2 Which social media platforms do you use? (Select all that apply)
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Snapchat
Primary data was collected for this research. Questionnaires were
distributed and filled out by the participants of the sample which asked
some basic questions about their attachment with and time spent on
social networking sites. Certain interviews were also conducted to know
how people view other people’s profiles and whether they make
comparisons or not. Apart from this, Rosenberg self-esteem scale
(Rosenberg, 1965) was used to identify the level of self-esteem of the
participants. Questionnaire is given in the appendix 1 at the end of the
report. In order to quantify the data level of satisfaction of the
respondents was measured on a likert scale of 1-4. The division of points is
mentioned in appendix 2.
Research Questions
Does any relationship exist between time spent on Facebook and self- esteem of
individuals?
What is the nature of such relationship?
What factors of social media are responsible for lowering self-esteem of individuals?
What solutions could be offered to solve this dilemma?

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RESEARCH TITLE PROPOSAL

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON SELF-ESTEEM

Name: Permejo, Manuel John M section: 11 - Humss cayabyab

The major objective of this research is to highlight a clear impact

3.0 How often do you use social media?

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