{"539431":{"#nid":"539431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"5 Things We Know About College Students in 2014","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E1. They love Apple.\u003Cbr \/\u003ELove, love, love it. Possibly more than you thought they did. Asked to name the first brand they could think of, 25 percent of students said Apple. That\u2019s twice as high as the second-place brands, Nike and Coca-Cola.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. Print is not dead to them.\u003Cbr \/\u003EToday\u2019s college students, much like most professionals, feel comfortable in front of a screen. A majority said they preferred a digital format when reading, studying, taking notes, and doing problem sets. That said, a substantial portion of students said they preferred to do those course-related activities with paper and ink\u2014about 40 percent, depending on the activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. They\u2019re not that into Twitter.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you\u2019re one of those people who worry that young people are being numbed to complexity by Twitter\u2019s 140-character limit, you can stop worrying now. Only 26 percent of respondents said they used Twitter. Among social-networking sites, that\u2019s miles behind Facebook (90 percent) and Instagram (64 percent).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. They think libraries and computer labs are swell.\u003Cbr \/\u003EStudents are concerned about the cost of going to college. Two-thirds of survey respondents said the cost of college was \u201cexcessive,\u201d and nearly that many identified it as one of the biggest problems on the campus. But among the campus buildings and services that contribute to that cost, students believe libraries and computer labs are giving them the most for their buck.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E5. They have not ditched scholarly works for Wikipedia.\u003Cbr \/\u003EProfessors might not disdain Wikipedia as much as they used to, but some might still worry that students are relying on the free, user-edited encyclopedia. Good news for them: Only 49 percent of respondents said they had used Wikipedia. A smaller group, 28 percent, said they visited the site regularly.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Here are five observations of college students."}],"uid":"30687","created_gmt":"2016-05-24 11:40:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:46","author":"Nathaniel Barnwell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"542121":{"id":"542121","type":"image","title":"Stamps placeholder image","body":null,"created":"1465333200","gmt_created":"2016-06-07 21:00:00","changed":"1475895329","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:29","alt":"Stamps placeholder image","file":{"fid":"90679","name":"logo_gt_shs.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo_gt_shs.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo_gt_shs.png","mime":"image\/png","size":29036,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/logo_gt_shs.png?itok=CUPSm7t9"}}},"media_ids":["542121"],"groups":[{"id":"428961","name":"Health and Well-Being"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"172062","name":"5 things"},{"id":"172063","name":"college students"},{"id":"172060","name":"health blog"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}