News Report #4 Again

"Facebook Makes You Fail, Twitter Makes You Callous"
4/15/09
http://www.von.com/news/facebook-makes-you-fail.html

According to a study done by the education department at Ohio State University, the use of Facebook leads to lower grades. The study polled 200 students with the results of students that use Facebook averaging GPAs of 3.0 to 3.5 ranges, while non-users averages are 3.5 to 4.0. Hours spent studying by non-Facebook users ranged 11 to 15 hours per week while users range from 1 to 5 hours per week. Obviously there is some kind of relationship there but there may be other factors involved in the study. Personality may become a major factor in the study as well. So people are more social and worried about what others are doing while other people worry more about their selves and school.

Is Facebook really the cause of lower grades? I feel it can be a factor in many cases. People who are looking for a distraction from school might find Facebook a good distraction. As soon as one longs on they can find out what all their friends are up to just by looking at their home page. As soon as you click on one friend it just leads to more friends and then more. This is a great time consumer or distraction from school work. Though others who are more consitrated in school work may avoid the use of Facebook or might not care what others are doing. I feel a lot has to do with a person’s personality when it comes to making a statement about Facebook causing bad grades. The studies going on at Ohio State University are trying to add a neuroscience group in the mix to see if social personalities play a part in the type of people using and not using Facebook. I feel this extra step may show more to the grade dilemma of Facebook.