College Students are Addicted to Social Media

STUDENTS LOVE While it's no secret that college students are addicted to technology, the specifics of their gadget usage have never been studied scientifically - until now. While the extent of students dependence on tech might be a tad alarming, there's good news too much of their screen time is spent learning. TECHNOLOGY 98% 27% Who We Think the Other 2%. Is: 54% Amish 22% Hippies of college students own a digital device of students say their laptop is the most important item in their backpack 15% Abacus Enthusiasts 9% Students from Middle Ages caught in time warP 10% of college students say their textbooks are the most important 38% say they can't go more than 10 minutes without using a digital device STUDY HABITS A Univerbity of Maryland study asked students not to use media for 24 haurs. A large percentage of the students experienced symaptanms Similar to drug and alcohol withdcawal. Scory Study 3 of 4 students say they wouldn't be able to study without technology DAILY TECH USE Average Minutes/Day 1 in 4 students uses videos of podcasts as study materials 181.43 say they'd be more likely to read an assignment if it was 131.35 101.93 58.68 54.18 19.54 IM facebook Facebook Cell Talking Cell Texting 8% of students use social sites to contact their teachers Update #BetterGradesAhoy! To: Students in classes that use Twitte to increase engagement have been found to average 5 grade paints higher than those [email protected] From: in normal classes. [email protected] Subject: 91% of students use email to seek extra help from teachers 82% 81% use devices to write papers use them for research 13% contact their teachers with cell phones 70% 65% use them for taking class notes use them for making class presentations Sophomore Slump College sophomeres spend the Bmóst time on Facebook of ay class aside from first-semester freshman. THE RISE OF TABLETS Nearly 3/4 of students who own tablets prefer them to traditional textbooks TIME SPENT ON FACEBOOK CAVE MINUTES PER DAN /15.3 Nearly 90% 15.7 of students think they help students study more efficiently 834 Almost 1/2 of all college students believe tablets will replace textbooks completely within 5 years. Ist Semester Freshman Freshman Semester 2nd Sophonore Junior Senior Created By: OnlineEducation.net References: http://www.educatednation.com/2011/06/15/coursesmart- research-reveals-college-students-lerve-their-digital-devices/ http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/downloads/PF_Tablet_Survey_Summary.pdf http://blog.reyjunco.com/students-spend-a-lot-of-time-facebooking-searchíng-and-texting http://voices.washingtonpost.com/campus-overload/2010/04/fighting_a_social_media_addict.htm BY NO ND This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Search O000 Email