Facebook use and academic performance among college students: A mixed-methods study with a multi-ethnic sample.

•A mixed-methods study of academic performance and Facebook among U.S.-based college students.•A qualitative account of how a U.S.-sample of college students conferred meanings to their academic lives on Facebook.•Academic performance may determine college students’ Facebook use, rather than the reverse.•Those with lower GPAs may disclose negative affective states in their academic disclosure on Facebook.