Technology Use Among College Students: Implications for Student Affairs Professionals

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Have You Facebooked Astin Lately? Using Technology to Increase Student Involvement (2008, background): “Three-quarters of college students spend between one and three hours per week using the Internet for social communication; the remaining one-quarter spend three or more hours per week communicating socially online (Gemmill and Peterson, 2006).”
College students' academic motivation, media engagement and fear of missing out (2015, background): “These technologies might play a key role in keeping college students connected to family and friends to obtain social support (Gemmill & Peterson, 2006).”
Students’ Wellbeing, Fear of Missing out, and Social Media Engagement for Leisure in Higher Education Learning Environments (2016, background): “Students attending college today seem to get benefits from social media tools by exchanging information, connecting with family and friends, and other activities (Gemmill and Peterson 2006).”
Facebook® and academic performance (2010, background): “Socializing via the Internet has become an increasingly important part of young adult life (Gemmill & Peterson, 2006).”
Online and Offline Social Networks: Use of Social Networking Sites by Emerging Adults (2008, background): “One difference from prior reports is that instant messaging was not that common an activity in our sample (Gemmill & Peterson, 2006; Jones, 2002).”