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Appel, Markus – Computers & Education, 2012
Adolescents spend a substantial part of their leisure time with playing games and using social media such as Facebook. The present paper examines the link between adolescents' computer and Internet activities and computer literacy (defined as the ability to work with a computer efficiently). A cross-sectional study with N = 200 adolescents, aged…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Adolescents, Media Literacy, Internet
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Marker, Caroline; Gnambs, Timo; Appel, Markus – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
The popularity of social networking sites (SNSs) among adolescents and young adults has raised concerns that the intensity of using these platforms might be associated with lower academic achievement. The empirical findings on this issue, however, are anything but conclusive. Therefore, we present four random-effects meta-analyses including 59…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Correlation