IMPACT OF THE MEDIA TRENDS CREATED BY MONEY HEIST AND SQUID GAME AMONG SELECTED COLLEGE STUDENTS

This study seeks to explore the impact of the media trends in Money Heist and Squid Game among selected students of MSEUF. Specifically, it will identify respondents’ level of exposure to Netflix; their reasons for following the media trends in Netflix; the perceived impacts of the media trends in terms of emotional and social aspects. The study will be a descriptive quantitative research that will use a survey questionnaire in the data gathering. The respondents will be the selected 100 students of Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation who are watching movies or series in Netflix. The questionnaires will be sent via Messenger together with the informed consent form. Statistical tools will be frequency, percentage and weighted mean. Results revealed that majority of respondents spend 2 to 3 hours watching movies or series which is very much exposed to spend watching on Netflix. Their reason for watching was to follow trends and fads in the series and also great source of entertainment which creates a family fun time. The respondents are strongly agree that the media trends in the movies or series in terms of Social aspect was It serves as topic for discussion among peers which improve their communication skills among others.