Facebook® and academic performance
Computers in Human Behavior
Perceived academic effects of instant messaging use
Computers & Education
The impact of engagement with social networking sites (SNSs) on cognitive skills
Computers in Human Behavior
In-class multitasking and academic performance
Computers in Human Behavior
Advice for young Jedi knights and PhD students
Proceedings of the 5th Ph.D. workshop on Information and knowledge
Comparing actual and self-reported measures of Facebook use
Computers in Human Behavior
Facebook and texting made me do it: Media-induced task-switching while studying
Computers in Human Behavior
Making sense of multitasking: Key behaviours
Computers & Education
Computers in Human Behavior
The Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale: An empirical investigation
Computers in Human Behavior
When it comes to Facebook there may be more to bad memory than just multitasking
Computers in Human Behavior
Making sense of multitasking: The role of Facebook
Computers & Education
Responding to Hate Speech on Social Media: A Class Leads a Student Movement
International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education
Journal of Integrated Design & Process Science
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Because of the social media platform's widespread adoption by college students, there is a great deal of interest in how Facebook use is related to academic performance. A small number of prior studies have examined the relationship between Facebook use and college grade point average (GPA); however, these studies have been limited by their measures, sampling designs and failure to include prior academic ability as a control variable. For instance, previous studies used non-continuous measures of time spent on Facebook and self-reported GPA. This paper fills a gap in the literature by using a large sample (N=1839) of college students to examine the relationship among multiple measures of frequency of Facebook use, participation in Facebook activities, and time spent preparing for class and actual overall GPA. Hierarchical (blocked) linear regression analyses revealed that time spent on Facebook was strongly and significantly negatively related to overall GPA, while only weakly related to time spent preparing for class. Furthermore, using Facebook for collecting and sharing information was positively predictive of the outcome variables while using Facebook for socializing was negatively predictive.