They found that 65% of Facebook users accessed their account daily, usually checking it several times to see if they had received new messages. The amount of time spent on Facebook at each log-in varied from just a few minutes to more than an hour. The Ohio report shows that students who used Facebook had a \u201csignificantly\u201d lower grade point average – the marking system used in US universities – than those who did not use the site.
\n \u201cIt is the equivalent of the difference between getting an A and a B,\u201d said Karpinski, who will present her findings this week to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.She has not yet analysed whether a student\u2019s grades continue to deteriorate the longer he or she spends on Facebook. Some UK students have already spotted the potential danger. Daisy Jones, 21, an undergraduate in her final year at Loughborough University, realised the time she was spending on Facebook was threatening her grades – prompting her to deactivate her account. \u201cI was in the library trying to write a 2,000-word essay when I realised my Facebook habit had got out of hand,\u201d she said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t resist going online.You do that, then someone\u2019s photo catches your eye.
\n Before you know it, a couple of minutes has turned into a couple of hours and you haven\u2019t written a thing. \u201d Jones is among the few to have recognised the risks. According to Karpinski\u2019s research, 79% of Facebook-using students believed the time they spent on the site had no impact on their work. Facebook said: \u201cThere is also academic research that shows the benefits of services like Facebook. It\u2019s in the hands of students, in consultation with their parents, to decide how to spend their time. \u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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