Three in 10 respondents from America and Canada and half of Latin American respondents said they used social media because “it’s interesting.”
Nearly four in 10 college students said they could not go 10 minutes without checking one of their mobile devices, “about the same amount of time it takes to walk to class,” according to a study released last year by CourseSmart, a leading eTextbook company based in California.
Almost every one of the 500 college students surveyed – 98 percent – said they own a digital device, and many said the technology made more time for their busy schedules.
Eighty-five percent of respondents said their devices save time while studying – an average of two hours a day.
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