CLSU students' level of exposure to LGBTQ+ content on social media and its effect on social acceptability
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Date
2023
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Maria Angelica B. Basa
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Social acceptance is one of the most potent forces in human society. It is involved in almost every thought we have and in decisions we make that have the potential to be exposed to others, whether on purpose or by accident. The power and desire to be accepted or viewed in a certain way comes in various manners like accepting particular values and ideas, especially on ways that were taught by the family and society to comprehend and identify with.
Generally, the purpose of this study is to determine the CLSU Students' level of exposure on LGBTQ+ content on social media and its effect on social acceptability. Specifically this study wil answe3r the following questions: What is the socio demographic characteristics of the respondets? ; What is the level of acceptance of CLSU students toward the LGBTQ+ community measured through knowledge, attitude and practice? ; and what are the effects being exposed to LGBTQ+ on social media on the social acceptance of CLSU students? The study used descriptive research design, utilizing a survey questionnaire executed using google form to achieve objectives of the study.
Based on the results of the study, women have the highest level of acceptance of LGBTQ+. This supports the study conducted by Fingerhut (2011), that women, professionals, and people who knew gay and lesbian people were more likely to identify as LGBTQ+ allies. The majority of respondents, who are consistent with the overall findings, are seen to concur with the claims made in the survey questionnaire. This shows that students at CLSU have a high level of understanding, acceptance and practice of LGBTQ+. Moreover, it is evident that the majority of respondents agree with the claims, and this is reflected in the overall findings.
From gathered data, the researcher concludes that CLSU students have high levels of social acceptability towards LGBTQ+. This can be attributed to the high levels of percentage in knowledge, attitude and practice. It can further be supported with the results where it showed that encountering LGBTQ+ contents on is frequent on is frequent with the participant's most used online platforms.