A quarter of first-year students reported their academic work was often or very often adversely affected by time spent on Facebook.¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? 25 per cent of respondents felt their academic work was often or very often affected by time spent on Facebook; only 17 per cent said it was never adversely affected. → Clare Madge 2008

Evidence¶

Clare Madge 2008¶

Clare Madge, Julia Meek, Jane Wellens, Tristram Hooley. (2008). Facebook, social integration and informal learning at University: 'It is more for socialising and talking to friends about work than for actually doing work'. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439880902923606

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Self-report survey data: "25 per cent of respondents felt that their academic work was often or very often affected by the amount of time they spent on Facebook" while only 17 per cent reported never being adversely affected.

"25 per cent of respondents felt that their academic work was often or very often affected by the amount of time they spent on Facebook while only 17 per cent of respondents reported that their academic work was never adversely affected ."

Discussion¶

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