Study: Facebook ‘can lower exam results by 20 percent’

Is Facebook on the student social-media endangered list? A new study suggests it might be, undermining the theory that young people’s brains are better at multitasking on digital gadgets. The study found that “students who use Facebook while they study get significantly lower grades than those who do not,” reports the Daily Mail . This study could have a profound impact on not only parents but on communicators, too. — Adam Vincenzini

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