Posted on April 13th, 2009 by AZ
Category: facebook, Tags: facebook, ohio university, research, students, uk students
Researchers at Ohio University has found that students who spend most of their time on Facebook, adding friends, chatting and “poking” others are more likely to perform poorly in exams.
Aryn Karpinski, one of the Ohio State education department researchers, was quoted in the Times of London as saying, “Our study shows people who spend more time on Facebook spend less time studying. Every generation has its distractions, but I think Facebook is a unique phenomenon.”
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Posted on January 6th, 2009 by AZ
Category: facebook, Tags: abuse, facebook, myspace, research, safety, security, teenagers, teens, US
More than half of teenagers who use the social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace have posted information about sexual behavior, substance abuse/violence and other risky behaviors on their publicly available profiles. And that may attract unwanted attention from sexual predators or jeopardize their future employment prospects
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