Hanson, T. L., Drumheller, K., Mallard, J., McKee, C., & Schlegel, P. (2011). Cell Phones, Text Messaging, and Facebook: Competing Time Demands of Today's College Students. College Teaching, 59(1), 23-30. doi:10.1080/87567555.2010.489078
The article "cell phones, text messaging, and facebook: competing time demands for today's college students," by Trudy L. Hanson, Kristina Drumheller, Jessica Mallard, Connie McKee, and Paula Schlegel emphasizes that college students are not spending the amount of time studying for their classes that was recommended by their professors. College students today are more connected to the internet and having a lot of social interactions than previous students. The authors say that students today grew up with the technology that were using now a days and that they are more engaged with staying connected with friends and family. College students are more involved with social activities than they are with their academic life. With technology being a big part in people's lives, the authors found that students update their facebook status more than they download their homework assignments. There are two factors that contribute to student success which consists of the amount of effort students add to studying and how the college itself makes resources more available and organizes learning opportunities. The main thing that distracts students from having enough time to study is social activities, working and technology today, for example, cell phones, games and the internet. 
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