The relationship between Facebook™ activity and academic performance among African American students
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This non-experimental, regression study examined the relationship between FacebookTM activity and academic performance for an African American sample population. The study was conducted at a large, four-year, private university in the Mid-Atlantic. All undergraduate, African American students enrolled in the College of General Studies, School of Health Sciences, and School of Education comprised the sample population. Volunteer participants completed a FacebookTM Activity Survey, which is an instrument used to collect semester grade point averages (GPAs), time-use of FacebookTM, multitasking information, type of FacebookTM activities, and demographic information. The results of the survey were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression statistics. The analysis showed the strength of the relationship between the predictor variables (average daily minutes of using FacebookTM, demographic data, academic data, daily minutes of multitasking, and types of FacebookTM activities used while multitasking) and the criterion variable (semester GPA). The results of the study suggested that FacebookTM activities did not have a statistically significant contribution on the participants' semester GPAs.
Author: Eric V. Brubaker
Institution: Liberty University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W22167269