A recent study was released that claimed social media is causing average grade point averages of college students to drop. Even more specifically, the study claims women's grades are more likely to fall because of social media use. As a female college student, I feel that I can give my input to these "findings."
While I do agree that us college students can be seen on their phones constantly...while walking to class, under the desks in class, or sitting at dinner tables at restaurants, I believe the complete opposite.
1. I believe that male college students are much more likely to let their grades become affected by social media use than females. Boys tend to have less of a desire to pay complete and total attention to lectures by teachers, so they spend time on their phones. They can almost always be seen on ESPN.com during football season, and their spring semester is spent on YouTube. Girls, in my opinion, feel more of an obligation to their teacher to at least pretend they are paying attention.
2. Social media sites have given us the opportunity to answer our confusions and questions almost instantaneously. When a Calculus problem it too confusing, a simple Google search can give step by step instructions on how to complete it. If there is a confusion while studying for a test, a Facebook message can allow you to ask classmates. In several of my classes, my professors allow the students to have access to their phones for examples and teaching-methods the professor may have.
Although I think we get distracted incredibly easy by everything that is around us and how fast our society is moving, I think social media sites can provide some great educational benefits.
For more information on this study: http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/12/social-media-use-may-harm-grades-of-college-freshman/53711.html
#BamaMC495
While I do agree that us college students can be seen on their phones constantly...while walking to class, under the desks in class, or sitting at dinner tables at restaurants, I believe the complete opposite.
1. I believe that male college students are much more likely to let their grades become affected by social media use than females. Boys tend to have less of a desire to pay complete and total attention to lectures by teachers, so they spend time on their phones. They can almost always be seen on ESPN.com during football season, and their spring semester is spent on YouTube. Girls, in my opinion, feel more of an obligation to their teacher to at least pretend they are paying attention.
2. Social media sites have given us the opportunity to answer our confusions and questions almost instantaneously. When a Calculus problem it too confusing, a simple Google search can give step by step instructions on how to complete it. If there is a confusion while studying for a test, a Facebook message can allow you to ask classmates. In several of my classes, my professors allow the students to have access to their phones for examples and teaching-methods the professor may have.
Although I think we get distracted incredibly easy by everything that is around us and how fast our society is moving, I think social media sites can provide some great educational benefits.
For more information on this study: http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/12/social-media-use-may-harm-grades-of-college-freshman/53711.html
#BamaMC495