Hi There, Obviously not all will apply but these are some I found interesting when looking into something similar: Bugeja, M. J. (2006). Facing the Facebook. *Chronicle of Higher Education.* 52(21). C1-C4. Farrell, E. (2006). Judging Roommates by Their Facebook Cover. *Chronicle of Higher Education*. 53(2). 66. Lemeul, J. (2006). Why I Registered on Facebook. *Chronicle of Higher Education.* 53(2). 113. Lin, C., Sun, Y., Lee, Y., Wu, S. (2007). How Instant Messaging Affects the Satisfaction of Virtual Interpersonal Behavior of Taiwan Junior High School Students. *Adolescence*. 42(166). 417-430. Maushak, N. J., Ou, C. (2007). Using Synchronus Communication to Facilitate Graduate Students' Online Collaboration. *Quarterly Review of Distance Education.* 8(2). 161-169. Whiteman, E. (2007). Just Chatting: Research Ethics and Cyberspace. *International Journal of Qualitative Methods*. 6(2). 1-9. -Gordon Carlson -PhD Student, RA -University of Illinois at Chicago On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Andrew Herman <aherman@wlu.ca> wrote:
Friends-
I have two 4th year undergraduates who are doing term research projects on online dating and the grammar (broadly construed) of SMS and its effect on "communication skills" of Gen Y. Any suggestions on where to turn for either theporetical or empirical analysis into tthes topics would be most appreciated.
Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693
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