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Wilfred W F Lau - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effects of social Media Usage and social Media multitasking on the academic performance of university students
Computers in Human Behavior, 2017Co-Authors: Wilfred W F LauAbstract:In today's society, social Media have become an almost indispensable part of daily life, particularly among university students, who are generally heavy social Media users. Social Media multitasking has also been increasingly prevalent. Little, however, is known about how social Media Usage and social Media multitasking influence the academic performance of university students. This study examined whether and how these two behaviors predict academic performance among university students. From a sample of 348 undergraduate students at a comprehensive university in Hong Kong, this study found that using social Media for academic purposes was not a significant predictor of academic performance as measured by cumulative grade point average, whereas using social Media for nonacademic purposes (video gaming in particular) and social Media multitasking significantly negatively predicted academic performance. Effects of social Media Usage and social Media multitasking on cumulative GPA were examined.Participants were 348 undergraduate students at a comprehensive university in Hong Kong.Academic use of social Media did not predict cumulative GPA.Video gaming and social Media multitasking negatively predicted cumulative GPA.
Qian Liu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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mental health toll from the coronavirus social Media Usage reveals wuhan residents depression and secondary trauma in the covid 19 outbreak
Computers in Human Behavior, 2021Co-Authors: Bu Zhong, Yakun Huang, Qian LiuAbstract:This study investigates the possible association between social Media Usage and the mental health toll from the coronavirus at the peak of Wuhan's COVID-19 outbreak. Informed by the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Model and Health Belief Model, it proposes a conceptual model to study how people in Wuhan - the first epicenter of the global COVID-19 pandemic - used social Media and its effects on users' mental health conditions and health behavior change. The results show that social Media Usage was related to both depression and secondary trauma, which also predicted health behavior change. But no relation was detected between health behavior change and mental health conditions. As the virus struck, social Media Usage was rewarding to Wuhan people who gained informational, emotional, and peer support from the health information shared on social Media. An excessive use of social Media, however, led to mental health issues. The results imply that taking a social Media break may promote well-being during the pandemic, which is crucial to mitigating mental health harm inflicted by the pandemic.
Sophia Alim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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impact of social Media Usage on students academic performance in saudi arabia
Computers in Human Behavior, 2015Co-Authors: Esam Alwagait, Basit Shahzad, Sophia AlimAbstract:The quantitative study to explore the most popular amongst Saudi students.The study establishes relation among the social Media Usage and academic grades.Poor time management and football also have negative impact on academic grades.Normality tests are to find relationship among social Media Usage and GPA scores.The hypothesis about existence of relationship among GPA and SN is not satisfied. Social Media is a popular method for communication amongst university students in Saudi Arabia. However excessive social Media use can raise questions about whether academic performance is affected. This research explores this question by conducting a survey on university students in Saudi Arabia in regards to social Media Usage and their academic performance. The survey also explored which social network is the most popular amongst Saudi students, what students thought about their social Media Usage and factors besides social Media Usage which negatively affect academic performance.The survey received 108 responses and descriptive statistics including normality tests i.e. scatter plots were used to examine the relationship between the average number of hours students spent of social Media a week and GPA scores of the students. The results demonstrated that there was no linear relationship between social Media Usage in a week and GPA score. Students highlighted that besides social Media use, time management is a factor which affects students 'studies negatively.The findings of the paper can be used to propose the effective plans for improving the academic performance of the students in such a way that a balance in the leisure, information exchange and academic performance can be maintained.
Melissa Hoover - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the bigfoot initiative an investigation of digital footprint awareness in social Media
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, 2018Co-Authors: Kevin Koidl, Owen Conlan, Wessel Reijers, Mark Farrell, Melissa HooverAbstract:Social Media has become an important part of modern-day communication. Advantages span from instant communication via direct messages to sharing and consuming content and experiences. Lately, social Media applications have been criticized for assisting the spreading of harmful or fake news and distorting reality by enabling unauthentic self-representation. It is often argued, that social Media platforms are solely responsible for these challenges and for offering solutions. This research uses the notion of a digital footprint, a codified representation of a user's social Media engagement, to facilitate user reflection. This footprint, however, is mostly a product of the user's deliberate and conscious engagement. This paper argues that users also have a responsibility in addressing the above-mentioned challenges by increasing their awareness of their social Media Usage. This paper presents a study with close to 300 participants investigating if they are aware of their digital footprint in social Media. The paper presents the overall challenges, as well as experimental design and results, with the goal of motivating further debate regarding user awareness of their social Media Usage.
Ivano Bison - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Mobile social Media Usage and academic performance
Computers in Human Behavior, 2018Co-Authors: Fausto Giunchiglia, Mattia Zeni, Elisa Gobbi, Enrico Bignotti, Ivano BisonAbstract:Abstract Among the general population, students are especially sensitive to social Media and smartphones because of their pervasiveness. Several studies have shown that there is a negative correlation between social Media and academic performance since they can lead to behaviors that hurt students' careers, e.g., addictedness. However, these studies either focus on smartphones and social Media addictedness or rely on surveys, which only provide approximate estimates. We propose to bridge this gap by i) parametrizing social Media Usage and academic performance, and ii) combining smartphones and time diaries to keep track of users' activities and their smartphone interaction. We apply our solution on the 72 students participating in the SmartUnitn project, which investigates students' time management and their academic performance. By analyzing the logs of social Media apps on students' smartphones and by comparing them to students’ credits and grades, we can provide a quantitative and qualitative estimate of negative and positive correlations. Our results show the negative impact of social Media Usage, distinguishing different influence patterns of social Media on academic activities and also underline the need to control the smartphone Usage in academic settings.
