The development of social media applications has made it an important part of students' personal lives. In this article, we aim to determine whether social media usage is beneficial or harmful to college students through academic performance. Through a survey of biological undergraduates, we found that boys use social media applications more frequently than girls, and that GPA is inversely related to the number of social media applications that students subscribe to. In addition, we found that using more social media applications is positively related to the amount of time spent on social media per day. Our research shows that social media may have a negative impact on undergraduates’ study habits and academic performance. © 2019 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 47(6):615–619, 2019.

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生物学本科生的社交媒体使用和学业成绩

社交媒体应用的发展使其成为学生个人生活的重要组成部分。在本文中，我们旨在通过学习成绩来确定使用社交媒体对大学生是有益还是有害。通过对生物本科生的调查，我们发现男孩比女孩更频繁地使用社交媒体应用程序，并且 GPA 与学生订阅的社交媒体应用程序数量成反比。此外，我们发现使用更多社交媒体应用程序与每天花在社交媒体上的时间呈正相关。我们的研究表明，社交媒体可能会对本科生的学习习惯和学习成绩产生负面影响。© 2019 国际生物化学与分子生物学联盟，47(6):615–619，2019。