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Read your own citation before posting it, please.
:::: It took me less than 60 seconds to find a study documenting the correlation between Facebook and lower academic performance ... as well students' unpersuasive denials of such an effect. [http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/facebookusers.htm] --[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:30, 16 June 2011 (EDT)
:::: It took me less than 60 seconds to find a study documenting the correlation between Facebook and lower academic performance ... as well students' unpersuasive denials of such an effect. [http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/facebookusers.htm] --[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:30, 16 June 2011 (EDT)
::::: Maybe you should have taken another 60 to read it. I quote; "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." You have not found a study that links Facebook as the single force in reducing academic performance. I continue.
::::: "While this was a relatively small, exploratory study, it is one of the first to find a relationship between college students’ use of Facebook and their academic achievement." That tells me one of two things. Ether this is the first study done on this meaning that the information has not been proven repeatedly. Or this is the first of many studies that supports the claim, giving the impression that the case might be isolated.
::::: "Typically, Facebook users in the study had GPAs between 3.0 and 3.5, while non-users had GPAs between 3.5 and 4.0. In addition, users said they averaged one to five hours a week studying, while non-users studied 11 to 15 hours per week." One point? That's it? Big whoop. Its the difference between an A and a B, just be glad they got in college. And does 11 to 15 hours of studding really grant 1 point of GPA to every student? It would make me burn out and I might flunk out.
::::: "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." Giving the impression that Facebook is something that is used to fill in free time confirming what Conservative said above
::::: "Science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and business majors were more likely to use Facebook than were students majoring in the humanities and social sciences." Giving the impression that the more likely majors are ones that promote personal connections and the exchange of ideas while the less likely ones are not doing so or already have more physical connections though school clubs. Also; “Other research had indicated that STEM majors spend more time on the Internet than do other students, so that may be one reason why they are more likely to use Facebook,” Karpinski said.
::::: "Karpinski emphasized that the results don’t necessarily mean that Facebook use leads to lower grades. “There may be other factors involved, such as personality traits, that link Facebook use and lower grades,” she said. Don't blame the tool for the failures of the individual! People who use Facebook and have lower grades might already have a personality trait that makes them more keen to spend time on things that are fun than on things that aren't fun to them. We can do this study on ANYTHING and find almost similar results. (I say almost because people who do activities that are educational and that they enjoy might not be effected) And my statement is backed up by this; “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.” that was Karpinski, the one who did the study.
::::: Once again, you have not proven anything you have put on the page to be solid truth. [[User:MHarris|MHarris]]