Social Media Influence on the Academic Performance of Senior High School Students in Borongan City

This study aimed to investigate social media’s influence on the academic performance of senior high school students. Specifically, aimed to identify the social media platforms that may influence the academic performance of senior high school students; determine the extent of influence of social media on the academic performance of senior high school students in terms of communication; social skills; and time management; determine the academic performance of senior high school students on their second semester of academic year 2024-2025 and assess the significant relationship between the extent of influence of social media to the academic performance of senior high school students. This study utilized a descriptive and correlational research design. The study was conducted in seven secondary public high schools offering senior high school programs in the Schools Division of Borongan City. Respondents of the study were chosen through stratified random selection. The researcher adopted a questionnaire with reference to the previous studies of Alomari (2019). Findings of the study revealed that Facebook shows the highest usage among senior high school students both for academic and social purposes. It is being followed by TikTok, Messenger, YouTube and Instagram. The study revealed the influence of social media to the academic performance of senior high school students in terms of communication, social skills and time management. From the result it shows that there is a high influence of social media to the academic performance of senior high school students in both communication and social skills. On contrary, average influence was evident to social media and academic performance of students in terms of time management. On the distribution of respondents in terms of academic performance, results show that most of the respondents belongs to Outstanding level (60.3%), followed by Very satisfactory level (33.5%) and Satisfactory level (6.2%). The results of the test of relationship between the extent of influence of social media and the academic performance of senior high school students reveal significant correlations that highlight the multifaceted role social media plays in education