CHAPTER I

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Korean Dramas more popularly k-dramas are television series in the Korean
language, made in South Korea. Korean dramas are popular worldwide, partially
due to the spread of the Korean popular culture (The Korean Wave) and their
widespread availability via streaming services which often offer subtitles in a
multiple language. Over the years the Korean wave has swept throughout the
Philippine media industry. Everyday we can see a lot of Korean dramas aired on
television even in social media, its rapid spread made it even more popular.
Korean dramas where subject can be contemporary comedy, Romance, Actions,
Science Fiction, Medical and impact Historical.

The popularity of Korean Dramas in the country brought with it a new form of
trends that made an and influence a lot of Filipino people especially the
teenagers of the present generation. As a result, many among the Filipino
teenagers nowadays trends to sacrifice their time for sleep, foods,
communication, family bonding, and school stuff just to watch Korean Dramas.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study was conducted in order to find out the impacts of Korean dramas
among the Filipino teenagers especially the Senior High School Student of
Hinigaran National High School

Especially it attempts to answer the following:

1.Whatisthe socio democratic profile of the student?

1.1.Age

1.2.Gender
1.3.Frequency of watching Korean drama per day

2.How the students manage their time in watching Korean drama?

3.What are the effects of watching Korean drama to the students academic
performance.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will serve as a basis to the teachers that was concerned to their
student sleeping habits and for them to monitor the changes that their students
experiencing because of watching Korean dramas out of limit.

THE STUDENTS

This study will benefits the Senior High School Grade 12 HUMSS students
because they are the main focus of this study and also lead them an advice if
there’s something negative impact.

THE TEACHERS

This study with be very beneficial to the teachers purpose of having a knowledge
about the Korean dramas and its impact on sleeping habits. Teachers are
responsible to give an advice to their students to minimize watching the Korean
dramas segment.

THE PARENTS

This study benefits the parents of the students in their situation, to control and
have some rules on the sleeping habits of their children after the negative impact
affects to their students.

THE FUTURE RESEARCHER

The research will benefits the future researchers of them to have references and
ideas related to the studies of literature to the future studies or researchers.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

Sleep habits were defined as that behavior pertaining to time to bed, time to
rise, drinking coffee at night, duration of night sleep and consumption of
sleeping pills.

Korean drama or k-drama refers to televised dramas in Korean language, made

in South Korea, mostly in a ministries format, with distinctive features that set it
part from regular Western television series or soap operas.

IMPACTS: the force of impression of one thing on another: a significant or major

effect a significant or major effect

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

INPUT PROCESS OUTCOME

Senior High School students The major impact of Korean

dramas among the Senior High
-Socio Demographic People Distribution of questionnaires School students

▪Age to the respondents

 Lifestyle and Behavior

▪Gender Factors and main reasons why they

attracted to watch Korean dramas

FIGURE 1

The input of the study focuses on the Senior High School students where in the
researcher includes the socio-demographic profile of the students which contains
the age and gender. Through the use of questionnaires encompassing close and
open needed information. The output of the study contained the major impact of
Korean dramas among the Senior High School students in terms of lifestyle and
behaviors. The output further contains the factors that influence the Senior High
School students to watch Korean dramas.
 THEORITICAL FRAMWORK

We should be smart in picking what to watch. Korean drama in our way of life
rolls out improvements throughout our life, however we should realize that
everything in our life is not the same as to Korean drama’s story. Korean show
can give us numerous effects to our life, positive effect and negative effect that
may create our way of life to do awful things or great things (Tobing, 2015).

Korean dramatizations demonstrate all the more engaging us for us visual and
the spots that appeared in the story. Korean makes some contacting lines that
the greater part of Filipinos like the most. Korean shows playing just in two hours
seven days contrasted with the Filipino day by day 20 minutes scenes. The
development of Hallyu everywhere (Abacan and Raymundo, n.d.).

Through the world, which Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter had help to advance
this sort of sensation. Youtube made the route for the spread of promotion of
hallyu, where the watchers witness the drifting video of Korean artist (Kocis,
2011).

The supporters continually belittling to watch a show on account of the impact of

Korean music in the western world. They went to alternate places just to watch a
show of their most loved artist. The supporters who seek the show were French
as well as other individuals from the diverse nations like Spain, Germany,
Sweden, Italy, Great Britain, and numerous others (Kocis 2011)

In the study conducted by Fu and Chang (2016), they discovered that the female
undergraduate of Taiwan won’t assemble fantasy on Korean dramas; rather they
see the Korean dramas as a diverting excitement and contrasting option to the
real world. Korean dramas are not just source that female school watchers get th
thoughts of affection ideas.

Based on the study conducted by Agatep et.al (2014), it demonstratd that the
third and fourth year understudies of Lorma Collages special Science High School
addressed that K-pop music thought not be separated in this way ought to be
regarded and also it fans. Likewise measurements demonstrate that K-pop music
doesn’t impact much on the social communication or identity of non-fans.
This investigation suggest that K-pop music appreciation for individuals is high.
K-pop music assumes a critical part in the lives of understudies. It gives
motivation. We live in the time of information where a question living inside our
heads has a tendency to be answered, obviously with the utilization of the most
prevalent remote medium of correspondence the internet. The internet gives all
that we have to know, beginning from the most essential to the most
sophisticated information we can ever get.

The modernization that is continuing occurring in the general public is a decent

indication of advancement and improvement in the communication and
technology of the different nations around the world. Also, the development of
television is one of the evidence in these imaginative circumstances. From being
a medium of communications and source of communications and source of
information, it has been additionally a shape as a medium for entertainment
locally and international too, that drove individuals to be enamored with sitting in
front of the television arrangement as a component of their day by day schedule.
Also, up to now individuals been belittling neighborhood and global television
programs using diverse advancements, for example workstation or net books
driving them to locate later and approaches to watch their most loved film and
show arrangement at whatever they need to and turning into a medium for a
nation to impact another nation.

Korea’s persuasions are frequently watched now to Filipinos not just by their
design styles, Korean foods, music and dance moves, yet in addition by their
everyday common schedules, most particularly the viewing of Korean movies or
drama. Korean shows are loaded with entertainment with sensational plots,
lovable and great looking male-on-screen characters, both primary and
supporting, and always have a pretty woman.

A Korean show intimate to television arrangement, it was created in Korean

dialect for Korean crowds and it is additionally accessible with English captions
for different watchers. A considerable lot of these shows end up well known all
through Asia, particularly in the Philippine and have added to the general
uniqueness of the Korean waves. Most Korean drama series has likewise turned
out to well known all through East Asian nations, for example Japan, China, and
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand. (Tapulgo, 2012)

We should be smart in picking hat to watch. Korean drama in our way of lire rolls
out improvements throughout our life, however we should realize that everything
in our life is not the same as to Korean dramas story. Korean show can give us
numerous effects to our life, positive effect and negative effect that may create
our way of life to awful things or great things (Tobing, 2015).

Korean dramatizations demonstrate all the more engaging as for us visual and
the spots that appeared in the story. Korean makes some contacting lines that
greater part of Filipinos like the most. Korean shows playing just in two hours
seven days contrasted with the Filipino day by day 20 minutes scenes. The
development of hallyu everywhere (Abacan and Raymundo, n.d).
 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF THE RELATED STUDIES

This chapter present related literature and studies which significantly contributed
to further deepen the understanding of the study.

EVOLUTION OF KOREAN DRAMAS

The south Korean TV networkers began airing dramas regularly in the early
1960’s. at the time most dramas were made to to educate the public and support
the military government. More ever, TV Korean dramas began to become
popular form of a family entertainment. However, with the boom of the Korean
dramas, the military government began imposing tighter controls over the “poor
taste” content and required the networks to allocate more broadcasting time to
news and educational programmers, later on, in the year 1980’s the variety of
Korean dramas increased, the Korean TV networks began offering trending
dramas, focusing on the lies and love stories of the younger generations to
attract young viewer (Kalbi, 2016).

Over the years Korean dramas have endue immensely, but we can all agree what
it has been for the better. The reach and impact they have today is so much
greater than back in the day (Nanse, 2017).

In one study conducted by Fu and Chang (2016), they discovered that the
female undergraduate of Taiwan want assemble fantasy on Korean dramas,
rather they see the Korean dramas as adverting excitement and contrasting
option to the real world. Korean dramas are not just source than female school
watchers get the thoughts of affection ideas.
 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH DESIGN

In order to determine the general findings of Korean dramas among the Senior
High School students of Hinigaran National School, this research study utilized
aspects of both qualitative and quantitative research. According to Wilig (2001),
qualitative research is usually concerned with meaning, and in particular how
people make sense of the world and how participants experience events from
their perspective. In connection, the according to Jones (2006), both qualitative
and quantitative research is used in studies throughout many disciplines
including science and social sciences. Qualitative research is concerned with
complete and detailed description of events whereas quantitative research
creates statistical models o explain events. Through using mixed method, the
researchers will able to gather relevant and accurate information and findings
regarding the impact of Korean dramas among the Senior High School students
of Hinigaran National High School.

Furthermore, under this mixed method is a descriptive ex-post facto study and
basic qualitative studies. Researchers used descriptive method to help the
researchers describe the current phenomena or situation regarding the impact of
Korean drams among the students of HNHS. Joyson (2014) stated that, one of
the main benefits descriptive method is that fact that is uses both quantitative
and qualitative data in order to find the solution to whatever is being studied.
This turn can help to describe and give an answer to certain life experiences. Ex-
post facto is applicable in this study because it will helps the researchers to
identify the major factors of why most Filipino youths today specially the Senior
High School students are attracted to watch Korean dramas resulting to its
impact. According to answer.com (2017) es-post facto research is the process
beginning with a phenomenon and going backward in time to identify casual
factors. It measures the cause and effect relationship without manipulating the
independent variable.
This study further used basic qualitative studies because it will help the
researchers able to get the opinions and views of the students regarding Korean
dramas in their life.

SUBJECT AND RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

The researchers randomly choose 20 Senior High School students as respondents

of the study. They were the chosen respondents of the research tudy because
some of Senior High School begin to follow this trend ever since Korean Dramas
was introduced in the Philippines and watching Korean dramas been their stress
reliever.

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 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

Convenience sampling, a kind of non-random sampling, was utilized in this

research. This researcher made questionnaire to gather the data for the students
profile, the draft of the questionnaire was drawn out based on the researchers to
identify of the effects of watching Korean drama in Senor High School of the
respondent. A questionnaire which composed of 10 questions. In which
determines the effects of watching Korean dramas in Senor High School
respondent.

To know about the research paper, the researchers gathered some data and
information through internet and have looked for the related literature and study
to this topic. Through this the researchers have gathered some important details
and information related to this topic. The researchers also made some
questionnaires were in Dichotomous scale and Rating scale were used so that it
will make later of request and submitted it to school principal or teacher adviser
to allow the researcher to admitter the survey. After receiving the approved
permit the researcher will conduct the survey form of questionnaire to Grade 12
Senior High School students of Hinigaran National High School. The researcher
will give some time to the respondents to answer the questionnaire before
regaining it. The researchers will retrieve the questionnaire personally from the
respondents to make sure that the survey material was answered and returned.
Data gathered will be recorded, tabulated and analyze. The results of the data
will be interpreted and considered as findings of the researchers.
 DATA INSTRUMENT

I.

Name (optional):

Grade and Section :

II.

Instruction: Please answer the following question base on your experience.

- How old are you now?

Answer:

- How many hours do you spend in a day watching k-drama? Please check
your answer.

( ) 1 hour and below

( ) 1-3 hours

( ) 3-5 hours

( ) 5 hours and above

III.

Please answer the following question.

1. How do you manage your time in doing school works and watching k-
drama at home?

Answer:
 2. Can you tell us how k-drama affects your performance in doing school
works and your performance at school?

Answer:

DATA GATHERING

We will pick 5 students in every classroom that is watching Korean dramas. The
questionnaire will be answered online and we will send to the respondents the
link of this survey so that they can be able to answer it directly. The respondents
finish to answer the survey. After the respondents finish to answer the survey we
will gather all the data and make some analysis about it so that we could get
some information to finish our research about our topic.
MEMBERS:

JENNIFER PORNALES

JUDY ANNE VITO

JONABEL JAVIER

RIEZEL AMIDO

DAFNE ALEMAN

JEAN ANTOLO

RODELYN GALLO

ROSELLE MAE JAMERO

JENNIFER JAVA

DANIELA GEONAGA