I have been investigating this issue in the literature from the perspective of the Big Five personality traits. What type of students would be most likely to use social media, and how does that type of student fair when it comes to learning in an online environment. So far the data seems to demonstrate a positive correlation between social media use and student engagement in online discussions (Hurt et al., 2014). For a fuller treatment of this topic look to Piotrowski, C. (2015). Emerging research on social media use in education: A study of dissertations. Research in Higher Education, 27.