Study: Freshmen Women Use Media 12 Hours per Day

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<p>Research links media use to poor academic performance:

[Texting</a>, social networking and other media use linked to poor academic performance](<a href=“http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130411131755.htm]Texting”>Texting, social networking and other media use linked to poor academic performance | ScienceDaily)</p>

<p>While media use in general correlated with low GPAs, listening to music and reading news were linked to better academics.</p>

<p>One cautionary note - media use was determined by asking students, rather than actual measurement using the media devices.</p>

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<p>Weird how I use social media like 12 hours too and I’m not even in college. I guess I need to stop before I get to college this August</p>

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<p>As is stated, it probably depends a lot on what kind of media you’re using. I could easily be using media 12 every day, but that doesn’t mean eight of them are spent playing candy crush saga.</p>

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<p>I think that’s misleading for example, I could be texting throughout 12 hours everyday, but that doesn’t mean I’m focusing all my time on texting for 12 hours. If someone listens to their ipod a lot for background music, that doesn’t mean they’re completely immersed in it- a lot of my friends have their music quietly on and an earplug in for hours straight.</p>

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<p>The article seems to say listening to music is a good thing.</p>

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<p>How do they measure it?</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure I don’t spend that much time using media. For the most part, I only text in the evening, and then only for two hours on and off while hanging out with people. </p>

<p>I really don’t know anyone who spends THAT much time glued to a screen.</p>

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<p>I spend 8 hours a day staring at a computer for work, another 4 for homework at least, probably a half hour or so of television (while doing homework), some games on my phone, and posting. Yeah, I could easily see a total of 12 hours of screen time especially if you’re double counting (3 hours of music while also studying could be 6 hours of media time in only technically 3 hours, depending on how it’s counted). </p>

<p>As with everything, correlation does not imply causation. </p>

<p>It’s also interesting that GPAs continue to rise despite more screens competing for our attention. </p>

<p>And where is the male study?</p>

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<p>I may have just come close trying to get past this dang level I’m stuck on! :o</p>

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<p>it’s so true. its hard to find a lass at my uni who is not texting her heart out at given time</p>

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<p>They needed to do a study to prove this?</p>

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<p>Does that mean the girls are talking less? Halleluiah!</p>

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<p>I dont know how much stock I put in the time estimates on surveys like these, because whenever I’ve taken one they ask me to estimate how much time per week I watch tv, use facebook/social networking, use Skype, etc, but I’ve never seen questions that seek to ascertain how many of these things (in my case, all) I am doing simultaneously.</p>

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<p>I think there are too many variables here to make this too accurate, as others have stated. I’ll frequently listen to music while I’m doing homework. If I’m on my laptop typing a paper, does that count as using media? </p>

<p>I do see a lot of people at my school using media constantly though. I’m a little older than the average student at my school (I’m 26) and I see many of the younger kids texting constantly. I don’t know how many times I’ve walked past a table full of people…and every single person has their nose buried in their phones. I don’t get it. I’d rather talk to the people that I’m with.</p>

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<p>Ok… and Freshmen Men?</p>

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<p>That’s a point I forgot to mention. I honestly don’t see much difference in this behavior between the sexes. They’re both on their phones texting all the time…or sitting in groups with virtually all of them on their laptops…usually on facebook.</p>

<p>I don’t get the appeal. Yes, I use texting…yes I’m on facebook…but neither of them are my dominant forms of socialization. I think it’s rude as hell to sit in a group of people constantly texting or sitting there browsing facebook.</p>

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<p>girls mostly text or call guys, so that probably means both freshman women and men are wasting too much time :P</p>

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<p>But we aren’t on facebook or other social media as much…</p>

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<p>Yes how to the statistics for men compare? I would suggest they are the same.</p>

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<p>Probably a bit lesser than women. Unless you include other things</p>

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