On Mon, 25 May 2009 22:02:04 -0400, Christopher D. Green wrote:
Generally speaking, I am skeptical of the popular
computers-are-killing-our-children genre of news report. However,
American teenagers sent and received an average of *2, 272 text
messages per month* in the fourth quarter of 2008!!
I had two other reactions to the article. First, I'm also skeptical of the new
technology will make us all go to hell media coverage. I'm sure there are
teenagers who will abuse (to detrimental psychological effects) any activity
(technological or otherwise). I do think cell phones and texting
Hi
It would be interesting to see the data on which some of these statistics are
based. What is the distribution of uses like? Does a mean of several
thousand suggest some people have extremely high numbers (i.e., skewed
distribution like RTs)? I'm not sure what the implication (if any) is
Once again, my bookshelves are overflowing with older textbooks, teachers'
manuals, etc. I think the Florida school system is probably overwhelmed
with all of the books I sent there a couple of years ago.
Does anyone have any use for them, or know somewhere that would be grateful
for them?
On Tue, 26 May 2009 06:20:12 -0700, Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote:
I had two other reactions to the article. First, I'm also skeptical of the
new technology will make us all go to hell media coverage.
Oh, it's just another sign of the impending apocalyse (2012?) ;-)
I'm sure there are teenagers
Mike - my daughter reminds me of that very point quite frequently!
Marie
[snip]
PS. My parents were driven insane by my non-stop talking on the phone
when I was a teenager (in part because no one could call us or use the
phone when I was using it). Teenagers always seem to find ways to do
And if it's the Dr. Laura I'm thinking of, her PhD is in physiology.
All the more reason to ignore her -- as if there weren't already a dozen good
ones...
--
Marc Carter, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
College of Arts Sciences
Baker University
--
The story made the morning news in SanDiego, so I guess this is going to get
around rather widely to the public.
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
619-260-4006
tay...@sandiego.edu
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Interesting twist...
http://tinyurl.com/ojymyt
Carol
Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Psychology
St. Ambrose University
518 West Locust Street
Davenport, Iowa 52803
Phone: 563-333-6482
e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu
web:
On one of my lists, someone in the past week or so had requested a source
for clips of classic research in psych. I wasn't sure of the name of the
source when I read the email, and now that I have the info, I can't find the
email.
For anyone who wants to know, Worth Publishers used to
You might want to look into the Books for Africa program in Minnesota.
http://www.booksforafrica.org/
Bill Scott
Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.com 05/26/09 9:43 AM
Once again, my bookshelves are overflowing with older textbooks, teachers'
manuals, etc. I think the Florida school system is
On Tue, 26 May 2009 09:02:28 -0700, Carol L DeVolder:
Interesting twist...
http://tinyurl.com/ojymyt
To quote from the article:
|Missouri University Makes Apple iPhone a Course Requirement
|
|According to the website for the Missouri University School of
|Journalism, Effective Fall 2009,
Title: tag
Hi All
Chris and Joan make good points. My perception is colored by the fact
that most of the journalists I know are independent war correspondents
or report in genocide ravaged areas. Not work for the faint of heart
but work
Is anyone aware of any attempt to do a n degrees of separation
experiment using cell phones?
Given the widespread of such mobile units and texting, it may be
possible, within the span of a 3-hour class, to get a final answer
rather quickly... say, How many of you students can a link to
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