The Reluctance to be on a Facebook Sabbatical: How Facebook Promotes Students’ Academic Life
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The Reluctance to be on a Facebook Sabbatical : How Facebook Promotes Students’ Academic Life. / Bröns, Pernille; Greifeneder, Elke Susanne; Støvring, Sonia.
In: Zeitschrift für Bibliothekskultur , Vol. 1, No. 3, 1, 2013, p. 116-126.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Reluctance to be on a Facebook Sabbatical
T2 - How Facebook Promotes Students’ Academic Life
AU - Bröns, Pernille
AU - Greifeneder, Elke Susanne
AU - Støvring, Sonia
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Several studies indicate negative effects of Facebook usage on academic performance. This article argues that there is more to the connection between students’ Facebook usage and their academic performance. Three independent studies were carried out: one study examined the effects of a Facebook sabbatical on students; two further studies explored the Facebook usage behaviour of students who felt that a sabbatical would affect them aversely. The results indicate that Facebook plays a more central role in student’s lives than that of a mere platform for procrastination. It is a place that combines education and work with a high degree of social interaction.
AB - Several studies indicate negative effects of Facebook usage on academic performance. This article argues that there is more to the connection between students’ Facebook usage and their academic performance. Three independent studies were carried out: one study examined the effects of a Facebook sabbatical on students; two further studies explored the Facebook usage behaviour of students who felt that a sabbatical would affect them aversely. The results indicate that Facebook plays a more central role in student’s lives than that of a mere platform for procrastination. It is a place that combines education and work with a high degree of social interaction.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Facebook
KW - User studies
KW - Information behaviour
KW - distraction
U2 - 10.12685/027.7-1-3-40
DO - 10.12685/027.7-1-3-40
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1
SP - 116
EP - 126
JO - 027.7 : Zeitschrift fuer Bibliothekskultur
JF - 027.7 : Zeitschrift fuer Bibliothekskultur
SN - 2296-0597
IS - 3
M1 - 1
ER -
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