Name: Ferrer, Liaa Jucelle M. Section: 12 STEM E Group no.

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1. GENERAL TOPIC. 2. Readings about the topic. (2 or more) 3. What specific part of 4. List a few possible 5. Choose one to be your 6. Make your question as 7. State your working
What topic, problem, or the topic are you questions about your main research question. clear and specific as thesis. The working
issue are you interested Article title & Bibliographic Information interested in? Break specific topic area. Ask: Why or How questions possible. Specify who, thesis should summarize
in? Abstract: down the general topic. What? Who? When? are best. what, where, when you the answer to your main
Where? Why? How? are talking about. research question, and
Clarify any vague will likely change after
words. you do some research.

Topic no. 1 Article no. 1

Tiktok is the fastest Why can individuals Every user could
What can users learn Why can individuals
Using TikTok in Education: A Form of Micro- growing social media on TikTok even just learn lots of learn lots of access TikTok as a
information regarding content creator so it
TikTok as a learning or Nano-learning. application. Every user through short length information regarding
hundreds or even allows the public to
Khlaif, Z. & Salha S.(2021). Interdisciplinary Journal could be a content videos? different topics
platform for of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences, 12(3), 213- creator or content through short length thousands of different post any content on
delivering and 218. browser and very Why can individuals videos on TikTok? topics through just the app by fitting it
topic you can think of learn lots of watching 60-second into a 60-second
designing Social media platforms have influenced could be presented on information regarding videos through this video. The videos are
effective and pedagogical practices, and given rise to new the platform through different topics platform? easy to watch and
theoretical approaches that prioritize connected 60-second visually through short length with the algorithm or
innovative learning with the aim of improving the learning engaging videos. In videos on TikTok? the hashtag feature,
learning outcomes. Social media applications have raised turn, this made me there is an even more
the popularity of short videos which were interested on how exposure to different
contents originally created in accordance with micro- TikTok could be an videos of the same
learning principles. The proliferation of social effective e-learning single topic. Because
media and e-learning has led to the emergence of platform for of this, people acquire
two overarching concepts: micro-learning and everyone. plenty of knowledge
nano-learning. Nano-learning refers to the just by watching short
condensing of microcontent into small units that length videos.
are controlled and delivered by learners to achieve
a single learning objective. In this respect, the
social media application TikTok can be a potential
educational tool in future since it enables the
delivery of small learning units in a short timespan
(less than 60 seconds). Designing and delivering
creative learning content using TikTok can benefit
pedagogical methodologies based on nano-
learning principles, thereby facilitating the
creation of high-quality e-learning content.
Article no. 2
The contents posted What are the social Why do the youth use Why do the youth use People use TikTok as
TikTok social networking site empowering youth on TikTok, as an or political issues do TikTok as a platform TikTok as a platform to it reaches and gathers
civic engagement. interactive app, the youth know to voice out social or voice out and raise millions of people of
Burns-Stanning, K.(2020). ranges from small through the use of political issues awareness regarding different culture, race
[Link] personal matters to TikTok? surrounding or world? social or political issues and nation, thus, it is a
the matters of the around the world? way of spreading
Young teens are embracing the video looping world as a whole. I am How much do the much more
mobile application TikTok as a creative way of interested on how the youth know about the information regarding
engaging themselves and their peers in political youth also maximizes social or political one’s issues around
issues and debates. Users of TikTok are using the this platform to voice issues of the world the world. It doesn’t
potential power of weak ties within the social out on social issues through the use of only open thousands
network to reach a wider audience which has the around the world. TikTok? of minds but also raise
ability to promote democracy. TikTok enables May this be about awareness, help solve
teens to network and collaborate with its socio- racism, gender How do the youth the problems, and
technical features by creating a Third space for equality or any use TikTok as a even present
teens to negotiate and articulate their social significant issues that platform to voice out advocacies through it.
values and subvert from hegemonic narratives are experienced by social or political With this effect, the
regarding these values. Both impression
people of different issues? youth could at least
management and Identify performance support
race, culture and contribute in changing
activism in both online and offline contexts
nation. Why do the youth the world into a
provided the individual’s identity aligns with their
use TikTok as a better one.
social values consistently. A study by Lane & Dal
platform to voice out
Cin (2018) found public sharing of prosocial
behavior leads to more participation in activism social or political
both online and offline worlds. This supports the issues surrounding or
Marxian and Tonniesian sociologists’ theory of a world?
collective and cooperative collaboration in forming
communities that has the potential to transcend
capitalism and social hierarchies if it wasn’t
commodified. Whilst space by realizing how to
reach to a wider audience and to draw strength
from those that “follow” and “like” their videos
about their political views and actions in the hope
that others will to.
Name: Ferrer, Liaa Jucelle M. Section: 12STEM E Group no. 1
1. GENERAL TOPIC. 2. Readings about the topic. (2 or more) 3. What specific part of 4. List a few possible 5. Choose one to be your 6. Make your question as 7. State your working
What topic, problem, or the topic are you questions about your main research question. clear and specific as thesis. The working
issue are you interested Article title & Bibliographic Information interested in? Break specific topic area. Ask: Why or How questions possible. Specify who, thesis should summarize
in? Abstract: down the general topic. What? Who? When? are best. what, where, when you the answer to your main
Where? Why? How? are talking about. research question, and
Clarify any vague will likely change after
words. you do some research.

Topic no. 2 Article no. 1 Although astrology What do individuals Why can individuals Some people believe In psychology, the
may not be 100 feel regarding zodiac use zodiac signs and in zodiac signs and Barnum Effect applies
Influence of What Makes Some People Think Astrology is percent proven in the signs and horoscopes horoscopes as a basis horoscopes, why can to individuals. It is a
astrological Scientific? scientific community, as the reflection of for their self- these concepts tendency for an
Allum, Nick (2010). Science Communication, pp. one’s individual signs their personality traits? perception? influence them on how individual to believe
predictions 1-26. represent different they reflect their vague or “barnum”
(zodiac aspects of the human Why do individuals personalities and their statements when told it
Citizens in both North America and Europe are apt personality. I am use zodiac signs and perception of their life applies specifically to
signs/horoscop to read horoscope columns in newspapers and interested on the horoscopes as a basis either in a positive or them or a group they
es) as a magazines. While some people read these casually beliefs or perceptions for their self- negative way? belong to. It gives
and purely for entertainment, some believe that of astrological concepts perception? them a sense of
reflection of astrology has scientific status and can provide real that includes zodiac identity, helping them
one’s insight into events and personality. Using data signs or horoscopes. How can zodiac signs to define who they are
from a European survey, this article explores some and horoscopes as individuals. It also
personality of the reasons why some people think that influence the gives them a sense of
traits astrology is scientific and how astrology is viewed relationship of an emotional balance
in relation to other knowledge-producing individual with guide as it gives them a
practices. Three hypotheses in particular are themselves or with feeling that they can
tested. The first is that some Europeans lack the other people? predict what will
necessary scientific literacy to distinguish science
happen in the future,
from pseudoscience. The second is that people are
Why do some people thus reducing anxiety.
confused about what astrology actually is. The
believe in zodiac signs Individuals may not
third is derived from Adorno’s work on
and horoscopes? necessarily believe in it
authoritarianism and the occult and postulates
but it gives them a way
that those who adhere to authoritarian values are
to look at themselves
more likely to believe in astrological claims.
Support is found for all three hypotheses. and to the world as a
whole.
 Article no. 2 Applying with What do individuals How can astrological Self-awareness, self- Individuals would
astrology related feel regarding zodiac predictions (zodiac belief, self-concept and verify the
The Effect of the Nature and Perceived Validity of information like zodiac signs/horoscopes as signs/horoscopes) self-verification is an characteristics that
Zodiac Personality Prediction on Logic Test signs, I am interested the reflection of their influence a important aspect on apply to them base on
Performance. about the influence of personality traits or performance of an how people act, how their self-awareness
Brown, R., Kisch, M., Miller, M., Pacera, N., Perrottet, these astrological self-perception? individual on any can astrological and self-concept. They
R. & Stevenson, J. (2015). Undergraduate Journal of predictions on an situation he/she is predictions such as would accept the
Psychology, 28(1), 46-54. individual’s personality How can astrological undertaking? zodiac signs and positive ones which in
and the possibility that predictions (zodiac horoscopes influence a turn make them
This study investigated the effect of priming on it could change the way signs/horoscopes) performance of an perform better as it
puzzle performance in 49 students. Subjects were they think about influence a individual on any uplifts their self-esteem
given fictitious Chinese Zodiac personality themselves, potentially performance of an situation? then find solutions on
descriptions and asked to complete a Sudoku altering behavior. individual on any how to oppose or
puzzle. Descriptions were manipulated based on activity he/she is prevent making the
nature (positive or negative) and perceived validity undertaking? negative ones come
(valid or not valid) of description. Subjects read true.
fictitious research statistics that either supported or
refuted the validity Chinese Zodiac Animal Signs in
order to manipulate perceived validity. It was
hypothesized that participants who received the
positive/valid horoscope and negative/invalid
horoscope predictions would perform best. Findings
supported previous literature that priming subjects
to think a certain way can affect behavior
(Gramzow, Johnson, & Willard, 2014). Subjects
primed to think positively about themselves
performed better than those primed to think
negatively about themselves. Additionally,
perceived validity of horoscope predictions had no
effect on performance. This study also discovered a
marginally significant trend for participants to reject
information that negatively affected their self -
perceptions. This research expands upon existing
knowledge on priming of positive or negative
personality traits in order to fully understand its
effect on performance.