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B-ROLL OF STUDENTS ON COMPUTERS USING FACEBOOK

VO: MORE COLLEGE STUDFENTS THAN EVER ARE USING FACEBOOK. BUT IS IT BECOMING A TIME-WASTER THAT COULD HURT THEIR STUDIES?

CUT TO SHOT OF STUDENT RYAN GRIGGS.

“I FOUND THAT WHEN I USED FACEBOOK A LOT IT DEFINITELY HURT MY GRADES….”

CUT TO MORE B-ROLL OF STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE LIBRARY.

VO: EXPERTS SAY COLLEGE STUDENTS NEED TO STUDY AT LEAST FIVE HPURS A WEEK FOR EVERY THREE-CREDIT COURSE THEY TAKE.

CUT TO B-ROLL OF A COMPUTER SCREEN SHOWING FACEBOOK, THEN GO TO WIDER SHOT SHOWING STUDENT USING THAT COMPUTER.

VO: BUT SOME BUCKS STUDENTS SAY THEY’RE ON FACEBOOK AS MANY AS 20 HOURS A WEEK OR MORE.

CUT TO SHOT OF STUDENT SALLY SMITH.

“AT FIRST I THOUGHT USING FACEBOOK WOULDN’T HURT MY GRADES, BUT THEN MY FALL GRADES CAME OUT AND I WAS SHOCKED…”

CUT TO B-ROLL OF STUDENTS LAUGHING AND SOCIALIZING IN THE CAFETERIA, THEN ON THE CAMPUS OUTSIDE.

VO: WHAT’S THE ALTERNATIVE TO FACEBOOK? SOME STUDENTS ARE FINDING THAT INSTEAD OF SOCIALIZING ONLINE, IT’S BETTER TO DO IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY, FACE-TO-FACE.

CUT TO SHOT OF STUDENT JANET JONES.

“IN ADDITION TO GETTING BETER GRADES, I JUST FEEL IT’S HEALTHIER TO GET AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER AND GET OUT AND MEET PEOPLE…”

CUT TO SHOT OF JONES TALKING WITH FRIENDS.

VO: WITH THE VIEW FROM BUCKS, I’M TONY ROGERS.