86% Students in US Text While in Class

A typical college student uses his smartphone or tablet an average of 11 times a day while in class — mostly for texting, checking emails or tweeting — according to a new US study. Nearly 86 per cent of the students surveyed said they text during a class, while 68 per cent said they check emails, and 66 per cent admitted to using social networks. Thirty-eight per cent said they surf the Web and eight per cent said they play a game during classes, found researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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