An Examination of the Relationships among United States College Students' Media Use Habits, Need For Cognition, and Grade Point Average

Autor/inn/en	Turner, Jacob Stephen; Croucher, Stephen Michael
Titel	An Examination of the Relationships among United States College Students' Media Use Habits, Need For Cognition, and Grade Point Average
Quelle	In: Learning, Media and Technology, 39 (2014) 2, S.199-214 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-9884
DOI	10.1080/17439884.2013.777349
Schlagwörter	Correlation; College Students; Grade Point Average; Student Surveys; Multiple Regression Analysis; Predictor Variables; Cognitive Style; Information Technology; Internet; Social Networks; Technology Uses in Education; Questionnaires; Reading Materials; Television Viewing; ACT Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Collegestudent; Schülerbefragung; Prädiktor; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Informationstechnologie; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Fragebogen; Fernsehkonsum; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	The current study uses survey methods to understand how US college students' use of various types of social media, such as social networking websites and text messaging on smart phones, as well as consumption of traditional media, such as watching television and reading books for pleasure, is (or is not) related to intellectual cognitive processing and performance in school. The current results, which were based on a number of multiple regression analyses, revealed college students' use of traditional media appears to be a significant and viable predictor of both college students' grade point averages (GPAs) and their levels of need for cognition (NFC). On the other hand, college students' use of socially interactive technologies appears to be wholly unrelated to college students' GPAs and their levels of NFC. Implications of these findings, both in terms of the relationships among social and traditional media use and success at school as well as relationships among shifts in young people's media use habits and possible related shifts in their levels of cognitive processing, are explored. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10