Facebook is a widely utilized social networking site which was formally established in 2004. Initially, its membership was limited to Harvard students only until it was gradually expanded to other universities, further to most parts of the world, including the Philippines, and going beyond the academic walls. Utilizing Facebook includes connecting with relatives and friends, posting status updates, communicating and using Facebook groups.
For young people, Facebook is a popular form of communication. More than this, it serves as a platform for creatively expressing oneself. According to Solis (2010), social media spark a revelation that we, the people, have a voice, and through the democratization of content and ideas we can once again unite around common passions, inspire movements, and ignite change.
Aside from the liberty on the content of Facebook posts, this “democratization” being mentioned can include the freedom of creativity in writing for the site. Creative writing can be defined as a writing of innovative structure with lack of restrictions to express oneself and it only requires a well-defined grammatical organization. Creative writing fosters a full range of artistic and literary diversity.
There is freedom of writing in this subject unlike in other forms where everything is under rules supervision. Writers are encouraged to write freely whether in poetry or other narrative forms. One can write without restrictions. It only requires correct use of grammar arrangements.
This study was aimed at determining the students’ utilization of Facebook, students’ attitude towards creative writing and students’ skills in creative writing among Grade Eleven Students of Aplaya National High School. The researcher utilized the descriptive – correlational method of research that describes the nature of the situation, as it exists at the time of the study and correlation method of research (Bermudo et al. 2010).
Based on the data gathered and results obtained, the researchers had come up with the following findings:Students’ Facebook Utilization, the findings showed that majority or 65.2% of the respondents utilize Facebook every day. Students’ Attitude Towards Creative Writing, the findings showed that students’ attitude towards creative writing obtained an average weighted mean of 2.71. Students’ Creative Writing Skill, the students’ skills in creative writing in terms of creativity, 44.9% was able to meet the standard. In terms of effective use of elements of poetry, 52.9% was able to meet the standard. In terms of word choice, 47.8% was able to meet the standard. In terms of fluidity, 50.7% was able to meet the standard. In terms of organization and development, 46.4% was able to meet the standard. For the relationship between the students’ utilization of Facebook and their attitude towards creative writing, a Pearson r value of 0.079 was obtained. A p value of 0.359 which was higher than the 0.05 level of significance shows that there is no significant relationship between the students’ utilization of Facebook and their attitude towards creative writing. For the relationship between the students’ utilization of Facebook and their skills in creative writing in terms of creativity, effective use of elements of poetry, word choice, fluidity and organization and development, Pearson r values of 0.081, 0.108, 0.115,0.117 and 0.044, respectively, were obtained. P values of 0.345, 0.207, 0.180, 0.170 and 0.605, respectively, which were higher than the 0.05 level of significance shows that there is no significant relationship between the students’ utilization of Facebook and their skills in creative writing in terms of creativity, effective use of elements of poetry, word choice, fluidity and organization and development. For the relationship between the students’ attitude towards creative writing and their skills in creative writing in terms of creativity and effective use of elements of poetry, Pearson r values of 0.069 and 0.045, respectively, were obtained. P values of 0.422, and 0.603, respectively which were higher than the 0.05 level of significance shows that there is no significant relationship between the students’ attitude towards creative writing and their skills in creative writing in terms of creativity and effective use of the elements of poetry. The students’ skills in creative writing in terms of creativity and effective use of the elements of poetry is not dependent on their attitude towards creative writing.
Based on the salient findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn:
The respondents always utilize Facebook. The respondents had positive attitude towards creative writing. The respondents’ creative writing skills met the standard. the students’ attitude towards creative writing is not dependent on their Facebook utilization. the respondents’ skills in creative writing in terms of creativity, effective use of elements of poetry, word choice, fluidity and organization and development are not dependent on their Facebook utilization. the students’ skills in creative writing in terms of creativity and effective use of the elements of poetry is not dependent on their attitude towards creative writing.