We analyze how Facebook use and students’ social network positions within it relate to their academic performance. We use a unique data set obtained from a survey of students’ perceptions, actual Facebook connections to measure social network positions, and objective grades provided by the university registrar to measure academic performance. We find that Facebook activities during class relate negatively to academic performance, that students located in densely connected subnetworks earn better grades, and that in contrast to female students, male students benefit from a general use of Facebook, particularly if they are highly connected.

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社交媒体和学术表现：Facebook活动的强度与好成绩有关吗？

我们分析了Facebook的使用方式以及学生在其中的社交网络位置与其学业成绩的关系。我们使用从学生的感知调查，实际的Facebook连接来衡量社交网络位置以及大学注册服务商提供的客观成绩来衡量学业成绩的独特数据集。我们发现，课堂上的Facebook活动与学业表现负相关，位于紧密连接的子网络中的学生获得更高的成绩，与女生相比，男生则受益于Facebook的普遍使用，特别是如果他们之间的联系紧密。