Does Facebook Lead to Bad Grades?
Spending too much time on Facebook may help a college student’s social life but it may not be so great for their grades, according to a new study presented today. Aryn Karpinski of Ohio State University surveyed 219 Ohio State students in 2008, including 102 undergraduates and 117 graduate students. At the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association in San Diego this week, Karpinski reported that 148 of the students said they had an account with the popular social networking website. Eighty-five percent of the undergrads had accounts and 52 percent of the grad students had accounts. Students who spent more time working at paid jobs were less likely to use Facebook, while those who were involved in extracurricular activities at school were more likely, the survey showed. So were younger and full-time students. Science, technology, engineering, math and business majors were more likely to use Facebook than students majoring in the humanities and social sciences, the sur
