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Introduction outline
a. State of social networking sites, particularly facebook in the Philippines
b. Delve into the age and reasons of facebook use
c. Relate it to using facebook for academic purposes
d. Recall previous studies done on this field
e. Mention Astons five tenants of student engagement
a. Thats where the research question comes in
f. Brief description of the scope and limitation of the study

The utilization of social media and social networking sites are on the rise. Popular
social networking sites like Facebook becomes more and more pertinent in everyday
dealings. Just recently, the Philippines entered the 20 million membership threshold
when it comes to Facebook. Statistics show that around **% of the Facebook users
in the country fall in the age group bracket of ** to ** years old. The Filipino youth
under this age bracket are more or less college level students.
To date, Facebook is viewed as a melting pot of *ideas/*activities/*uses. The rise of
With the variety of *uses that this social network provides, no wonder its use is
extending itself in the field of education. The popularity as well as the accessibility
of the site, especially to the youth, allows for the use of Facebook as an extension of
the formal academic setting by means of creating an avenue of learning and
interactions outside the classroom (see study learning/distraction).
There are a handful of studies conducted in the past regarding the use of Facebook
for academics. These studies were done in contexts outside the Philippines.

This particular study delves into the fifth tenant of engagement, a developing
theory proposed by Aston (1984). This states that. (insert verbatim tenant here).
In effect, (insert research question here).

This day in age, social media and social networking sites are evolving to become
the premier source of information as well as connectivity. Facebook, a social
networking site (SNS), is known

This day in age, social media and social networking sites are evolving in such a way
that they become more and more pertinent to everyday life. Recent studies done by
Wave7, a *insert brief description*show that there is an increase in the use of social
media and social networking around the world, reaching to a ___% increase in the
year 2013.
Among the various social networking sites, Facebook (FB) is known to be one of the
most popular in the field. The popularity*