Exploring Screen Time Habits and the Life Empowerment Divide at an HBCU

Authors

Kim Smith, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityFollow
Tobin Walton, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityFollow
Alvin Keyes, North Carolina A&T State UniersityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

Spring 4-20-2018

Abstract

College students at a historically black university used their social media accounts to recruit 1,232 of their peers to take an online survey that explored digital screen time and social media habits at this HBCU. The study revealed that 51% devoted daily screen time to academic empowerment, 31% devoted it to leisure, and 11% devoted it to life empowerment. Sixty-six percent said they spent too much screen time on leisure and not enough on life empowerment, i.e., using resources in the digital world to improve their lives. The paper explored the divide, its implications, and how to narrow it.

Comments

This paper was presented at the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium in spring 2018. It has been recently updated in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Recommended Citation

Smith, Kim; Walton, Tobin; and Keyes, Alvin, "Exploring Screen Time Habits and the Life Empowerment Divide at an HBCU" (2018). Faculty Publications. 21.
https://digital.library.ncat.edu/facpub/21