FACEBOOK CAPTION Weve seen how much UP Diliman students engage in information-seeking activities and selfexpression regarding social

and political issues. Now, lets take it to the next level! Just how involved is the academic community when it comes to mobilization-oriented activities? Check out UP Communication Research Societys 2010 study about the state of UP Diliman students engagement in university and national issues to find out (and for the full list of behaviors measured): *TUMBLR LINK* Kabaka ka pa ba?

TUMBLR WRITE UP 679 students of UP Diliman were surveyed from December 9-16, 2010 for UP CommResSocs Kabaka Ka Pa Ba? study, and based on the results of the 3rd level of engagement (Mobilization): The respondents very rarely joined and participated in socio-political demonstrations, campaigns, and the like. When compared with the overall level of involvement in level 2 activities (expression), the overall level of involvement in the level 3 activities (mobilization) dropped 1.16 points in difference, confirming the inverse relationship between the level of involvement of UP student respondents and the level of social and political activities. This relationship, though, has not been established to be statistically significant. More importantly, these findings do not represent the engagement of the entire UP Diliman student population, given the fact that activities on mobilization in the campus are still continuing. Methodology The organization used a quantitative-qualitative approach. Multi-stage sampling was employed for the quantitative part wherein a self-administered survey questionnaire was designed and distributed to 12 randomly selected colleges in UP Diliman. The four most populous colleges were automatically included (CSSP, ENGG, CAL, and CS) in the sample. The researchers opted to equally distribute the survey forms across year levels by convenience. Out of the 800 survey forms distributed, 679 were returned. For the qualitative part, focus interviews were facilitated in order to delve more on UP students motivations behind engagement or disengagement in social and political activities within and/or outside the university. Sixteen (16) informants coming from different social and political orientations (with levels of political engagements ranging from high to low) were interviewed from different colleges in the university.

The researchers divided UP students engagement in different activities into three levels depending on how much effort was spent on certain activities. Activities on Level 3 can be described as mobilization-oriented activities ranging from paraphernalia distribution, to boycotts and strikes, and to mass demonstrations. In this study, the researchers used the term social and political activities throughout the study in referring to levels 1, 2, and 3 activities. Respondents were asked to rate from 1 to 5 how often they engage in social and political activities described in the questionnaire. Data obtained from the survey questionnaires of 679 sampled respondents were encoded and analyzed using descriptive and crosstabs statistics through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Program. Meanwhile, data from the focus interviews were used to support findings from the quantitative part. For the purposes of this study, the researchers defined university issues as the most popular issues mainly concerning UP at the time. The same thing goes with national issues, which is the term the researchers used to refer to the most popular issues mainly concerning the country at the time. Among the university and national issues presented in the study, respondents were most knowledgeable about the Ampatuan massacre.