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Internet Use and Collegiate Academic Performance Decrements: Early Findings
Abstract
Recent research at colleges and universities has suggested that some college students’ academic performance might be impaired by heavier use of the Internet. This study reviews the relevant literature and presents data from a survey of 572 students at a large public university. Heavier recreational Internet use was shown to be correlated highly with impaired academic performance. Loneliness, staying up late, tiredness, and missing class were also intercorrelated with self-reports of Internet-caused impairment. Self-reported Internet dependency and impaired academic performance were both associated with greater use of all Internet applications, but particularly with much greater use of synchronous communication applications such as chat rooms and MUDs, as opposed to asynchronous applications such as email and Usenet newsgroups.
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“The academic performance of dependent students (lonelier) compared to other students on the internet was four times lower than non-dependent students’ performance (63).”
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“Additionally, the amount of time spent on the Internet also predicted students' learning performance (Chen & Peng, 2008; Kirschner & Karpinski, 2010; Kubey, Lavin, & Barrows, 2001).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kubey, R. W., Lavin, M. J., & Barrows, J. R.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- St. Bonaventure University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Communication
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2001-06-01
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 366-382
- ISSN
- 0021-9916 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2466
- OpenAlex
- W2024372620
- Cited by
- 612
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 35 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 41 · 2014: 31 · 2013: 34 · 2012: 36
- FWCI
- 23.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Communication (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- internet use, academic performance, university students, internet addiction, loneliness, sleep deprivation, missed classes, synchronous communication, chat rooms, mud, email, Usenet newsgroups
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