Facebook Addiction Has No Effect on Grades

Log into Facebook and you’re bound to be inundated with (mostly unwanted) updates about how Jenny bought 3 trillion more acres of tillable land or how Tommy is now a made man and wants to recruit you. And you wonder to yourself how these people get any work done, given the amount of time and energy they spend on this social networking site. You might assume these students’ grades must suffer, much like the unfortunate stories of teenagers whose lives have been put on hold because of role-playing games like World of Warcraft.

Well, you know what they say about people who assume (Oh you don’t? Don’t worry, neither did this person)… A new study from the University of New Hampshire has revealed that heavy users (defined as those logged on for more than 61 minutes a day) do not do fare worse academically than the light users (those logged on for less than 31 minutes a day) do.

Surprising, no? Especially when you also subscribe to Lamebook’s RSS feed and see gems like this. (These kids are our future, people!)

-Kelly