The Reluctance to be on a Facebook Sabbatical: How Facebook Promotes Students’ Academic Life

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

SN - 2296-0597

VL - 1

SP - 116

EP - 126

JO - 027.7 : Zeitschrift fuer Bibliothekskultur

JF - 027.7 : Zeitschrift fuer Bibliothekskultur

IS - 3

M1 - 1

ER -