Study Finds Link BetweenFacebook Use, Lower Grades in College - The Diigo Meta page

• 07 Jun 09
  

  Deb Jackson

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• 22 Apr 09
  

  David Koppenhaver

  Ohio State researchers found in small study that Facebook users had lower grades than college students who don't use Facebook

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  Julie Lindsay

  College students who use Facebook spend less time studying and have lower grade point averages than students who have not signed up for the social networking website, according to a pilot study at one university.
  However, more than three-quarters of Facebook users claimed that their use of the social networking site didn’t interfere with their studies.
  
  “We can’t say that use of Facebook leads to lower grades and less studying – but we did find a relationship there,” said Aryn Karpinski, co-author of the study and a doctoral student in education at Ohio State University.

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• 20 Apr 09
  

  Kristina Hoeppner

  cf. http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,619583,00.html; for criticism cf. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124034974305240495.html; http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/05/01/facebook_and_ac.html

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• 16 Apr 09
  

  James Davis

  A subsequent report pooh-poohed this, so take it with a grain of salt.

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  • “There may be other factors involved, such as personality traits, that link Facebook use and lower grades,” she said. “It may be that if it wasn’t for Facebook, some students would still find other ways to avoid studying, and would still get lower grades.  But perhaps the lower GPAs could actually be because students are spending too much time socializing online.”
  • Students who spent more time working at paid jobs were less likely to use Facebook, while students who were more involved in extracurricular activities at school were more likely to use Facebook.
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  • • Science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and business majors were more likely to use Facebook than were students majoring in the humanities and social sciences.
    • no differences
    • racial and ethnic groups
    • The popularity of Facebook is evident in college lecture halls, Karpinski said.  Faculty members who allow students to use laptops in class have told her they often see students on the Facebook site during class.
• 15 Apr 09
  

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• 14 Apr 09
  

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  Chris Hill

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  Josh Charles

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  Ms. Rowley

  Research from Ohio State Univ. finds that students who use Facebook seem to have lower grades. I guess they are spending too much time working on their page.

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  wayne anderson

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