Posts Tagged ‘social networking among college students’

May 27 - College Students Unplugged: 24 Hours without Media Brings Feelings of Boredom, Isolation, Anxiety

By: Mary Bart in Trends in Higher Education

College students who abstained from using media for 24 hours describe their feelings in terms more commonly associated with drug and alcohol addictions: In withdrawal, Frantically craving, Very anxious, Extremely antsy, Miserable, Jittery, Crazy.


December 30 - Do College Students Spend Too Much Time on Facebook, YouTube and Other Social Networking Sites?

By: Mary Bart in Trends in Higher Education

If you want to start a lively debate with your colleagues, just say one word: Facebook. You’re likely to hear many different arguments and at some point someone will declare that if students would spend less time on Facebook and other social networking sites they’d get better grades. Maybe, maybe not.