Internet Use and Collegiate Academic Performance Decrements: Early Findings

By R. Kubey, M. Lavin, John R. Barrows. 2001

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Subfields: Communication, Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science

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The impact of social media use on academic performance among university students: a pilot study (2013, background): “According to [40] impairment of educational performance and internet dependency are correlated by utilizing synchronous communication programs including internet sites and forums.”
Problematic Internet use and psychosocial well-being among MMO players (2009, background): “As Lo et al. (2005) describe them, ‘‘players interact with others anonymously and instantly and even form virtual interpersonal relationships and organize virtual communities” (p.”
Theory and measurement of generalized problematic Internet use: A two-step approach (2010, background): “As a consequence, deficient self-regulation of one’s Internet use may eventually result in difficulties in one’s personal relationships, at work, and in school (e.g., Kubey et al., 2001).”
Beyond Excessive Use: The Interaction between Cognitive and Behavioral Symptoms of Problematic Internet Use (2006, background): “In another study, Kubey, Lavin, & Barrows ( 2001 ) found the amount of time college students spent on recreational and personal Internet use was associated with self report measures of negative outcomes.”
Internet Use, Social Skills, and Adjustment (2004, neutral): “14 On the other hand, a replication of the study by Kraut with colleagues 13 revealed that usage was not related to a lower level of psychological well-being.”
A Social Skill Account of Problematic Internet Use (2005, background): “Results from a number of studies support the claim that psychosocial problems such as loneliness and depression are associated with PIU (Amichai-Hamburger & Ben-Artzi, 2003; Caplan, 2002, 2003; LaRose et al., 2003; Kubey et al., 2001; Morahan-Martin, 1999; Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 2000, 2003; Sh”
Smartphone Addiction among University Undergraduates: A Literature Review (2015, background): “Many studies correlated Smartphone addiction with a decrease in academic achievement [7,5,24,37,42,75,41,38,43,8,44].”
The Effect of Synchronous and Asynchronous Participation on Students' Performance in Online Accounting Courses (2012, background): “Finally, higher online presence, such as synchronous communication, can in fact be detrimental to academic performance due to the quantum of late night online activity (Kubey et al. 2001).”
Problematic internet and cell-phone use: Psychological, behavioral, and health correlates (2007, background): “Additional negative consequence of heavier Internet use in college students is impaired academic performance (Kubey et al. 2001; Niemz et al. 2005), although there is no agreement in the literature (Pawlak 2002).”