首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Forget the widely unloved redesign. Facebook has committed a greater offense. According to a new study by doctoral candidate Ary
Forget the widely unloved redesign. Facebook has committed a greater offense. According to a new study by doctoral candidate Ary
admin
2014-12-18
67
问题
Forget the widely unloved redesign. Facebook has committed a greater offense. According to a new study by doctoral candidate Aryn Karpinski of Ohio State University and her co-author Adam Duberstein of Ohio Dominican University, college students who use the 200 million-member social network have significantly lower grade-point averages(GPAs)than those who do not.
The study surveyed 219 undergraduate and graduate students and found that GPAs of Facebook users typically ranged a full grade point lower than those of nonusers—3.0 to 3.5 for users versus 3.5 to 4.0 for their non-networking peers. It also found that 79% of Facebook members did not believe there was any link between their GPA and their networking habits.
Karpinski says she isn’t surprised by her findings but clarifies that the study does not suggest that Facebook directly causes lower grades, merely that there’s some relationship between the two factors. "Maybe Facebook users are just prone to distraction," said Karpinski.
John Kamin, a student at Hofstra University in New York who uses Facebook, says it’s "absurd" to associate the social network with poor grades. "It’s a networking tool for people," says Kamin, who adds that he spends about an hour a day on Facebook, far less time than he spends playing the addictive game Brick Breaker on his BlackBerry—there’s that question of users’ distractibility. But, Kamin says, "I don’t think someone is more or less intelligent because they sign up for it."
Karpinski and Duberstein’s study isn’t the first to associate Facebook with diminished mental abilities. In February, Oxford University neuroscientist Susan Greenfield cautioned Britain’s House of Lords that social networks like Facebook and Bebo were "infantilizing(使幼儿化)the brain into the state of small children" by shortening the attention span and providing constant instant excitement. And in his new book, iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind, UCLA neuroscientist Gary Small warns of a decreased ability among devotees of social networks and other modern technology to read real-life facial expressions and understand the emotional context of subtle gestures. Young people are particularly at risk for these problems, he writes, because "young minds tend to be the most sensitive, as well as the most exposed, to digital technology."
Some experts dismiss all studies of Internet use as flawed, since there is no reasonable way to control the countless variables that may affect such research. For its part, Facebook declined to address the specific findings of the new study but issued a statement on Monday, April 13, saying that Facebook isn’t the only diversion around; TV and video games can be just as distracting as online social networks. The company also pointed to a study released earlier this month by researchers at the University of Melbourne showing that personal Internet use at work can help focus workers’ concentration and increase productivity.
Karpinski and Duberstein find that ______.
选项
A、Facebook users are inclined to be distracted
B、Facebook users get lower GPAs than non-users
C、distraction is the major cause of students’ low GPAs
D、students’ low GPAs are resulted from Facebook using
答案
B
解析
原文这两句以数据说明Facebook的学生用户平均成绩分数普遍低于非Facebook用户,B与此内容相同,故为本题答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Glm7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Ifyou’rehappyandyouknowit,maybeyoureallyshouldclapyourhands.That’sbecausebeinghappymightmakeyoulivelonger.
Thecontinuouspresentationofscarystoriesaboutglobalwarminginthepopularmediamakesusunnecessarilyfrightened.Evenw
舞龙(Dragondance)是中国文化中一种传统的舞蹈与表演形式。它起源于汉朝并且由信仰并尊敬龙的中国人所开创。人们认为舞龙一开始是农耕文化的组成部分,起初也是治病和防病的一种方法。舞龙在宋朝(SongDynasty)就已成为一项流行的活动。舞龙是中
Airpollutiontriggersmoreheartattacksthanusingcocaineandposesashighariskofsparkingaheartattackasalcohol,cof
Forthoseanxiousaboutcommittingtoamastersdegree,thereisthepost-baccalaureate(学士后)certificate.Usuallyafour-tosev
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledMarriageUponGraduationfollowingtheoutlinegivenb
A、Tohelpherhusbandtowintheelection.B、Toencouragehealthyeating.C、Tocallonpeopletobevegetarian.D、Totelltheki
A、Theclassificationofclimateonthebasisoftemperature.B、Theadaptiveabilityofplantsandanimals.C、Thegrowingconditi
Economicsandweatherhavealotincommon.Knowingwhatconditionswillbelikeinthefutureweeksormonthsisnoteasy.One
TheStateBoardofRegentswillconsiderlettingalternativeteachertrainingprogramscertifyteachers,expandingtherolethat
随机试题
临床上较常见的肺部良性肿瘤有
对会计制度健全,会计核算准确真实、纳税意识较强,并设有专门办税人员的纳税人,税务机关应当采取的税款征收方式为()。
任楠与夏祎都是新时代的年轻人,非常在意享受高品质的生活,并打算过一辈子的两人世界。作为高品质生活的需要,他们要求至少要有高品质的住宅、经济型的私家轿车、体面而舒适的服装、丰富的文化娱乐生活、适量的体育保健活动以及经常的旅游休闲安排。一、案例成员二、收
预提所得税应由扣缴义务人于每次扣缴税款后( )内缴入国库,并向当地税务机关报送扣缴所得税报告。
下列选项中,关于税收执法监督的表述错误的是()。
按照立体货架货格内的货位数,可将立体货架分为()。
主张学生来自于自我实现的学派是()。
微生物在我们的生活中有着广泛的用途。下列关于微生物的使用,错误的一项是()。
下列有关信息和数据的说法中,错误的是()。
SoonafterstartinghisjobassuperintendentoftheMemphis,Tenn.,publicschools,KrinerCashorderedanassessmentofhisne
最新回复
(
0
)