Researchers have demonstrated that the relationship between social media use (SMU) and academic performance is mixed. This study extends those findings by examining how SMU for news predicts grade point average (GPA) for Hispanic, Black/African American, and White college students while controlling for gender. Students (N = 378) completed surveys where they reported how many times per week they used various social media platforms for news, whether or not they used those platforms to consume certain types of news, and demographic information. For Hispanic students, results indicated that using YouTube for entertainment news predicted lower GPAs, whereas using YouTube for news predicted higher GPAs. Black/African American students' use of Facebook for news predicted lower GPAs. SMU for news for White students did not predict GPA. Findings indicate that race/ethnicity should be considered when examining the relationship between SMU and academic performance and that minority students' GPAs are affected by their use of social media for news.

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社交媒体使用新闻对代表性不足的本科生学业成绩的影响。

研究人员已经证明，社交媒体使用（SMU）与学业成绩之间的关系是复杂的。这项研究通过检验 SMU 新闻如何在控制性别的情况下预测西班牙裔、黑人/非裔美国人和白人大学生的平均绩点 (GPA)，扩展了这些发现。学生 (N = 378) 完成了调查，报告他们每周使用各种社交媒体平台获取新闻的次数、他们是否使用这些平台来消费某些类型的新闻以及人口统计信息。对于西班牙裔学生，结果表明，使用 YouTube 观看娱乐新闻的 GPA 会较低，而使用 YouTube 观看新闻的 GPA 会较高。黑人/非裔美国学生使用 Facebook 获取新闻的情况预计 GPA 会较低。SMU 白人学生新闻没有预测 GPA。研究结果表明，在考察 SMU 与学业成绩之间的关系时应考虑种族/族裔，少数族裔学生的 GPA 会受到他们使用社交媒体获取新闻的影响。