  The present paper examines the relationship between the students personality,
use of social media and their academic performance and engagement. In specific,
the aim of this study is to examine the relationship of students facebook (fb)
use and personality characteristics using the Big Five Personality Test with
(a) student engagement, (b) time spent preparing for class, (c) time spent in
co-curricular activities and (d) academic performance. Results illustrate that
fb time was significantly positively correlated to student engagement and time
spent preparing for class. Finally, some of the facebook activities and the
students personality characteristics are significantly positively related and
some others significantly negatively related to each one of the dependent
variables of the study. The implications of the study both for instructors and
the students, are also discussed.
