Hey Naomi: Just now catching up with my e-mail... Ylva Hård af Segerstad <ylva@ling.gu.se> presented her work on this at CATaC'02 last July. I'd suggest you contact her directly. Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23
From: "Naomi Susan Baron" <nbaron@american.edu> Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:45:19 -0400 To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Empirical Studies of Effects of IM on School Writing
Does anyone know of actual, empirical studies being done on the effects (purported or real) of instant messaging on the written school work of teens and college-aged students? In parts of the world where texting on mobile phones is pervasion, the same question goes for the effects of texting.
There's a lot of talk in the media on these issues, but it would be useful to know if anyone has gotten beyond the anecdote stage.
Thanks,
Naomi
Naomi S. Baron Professor of Linguistics American University Washington, DC 20016-8045
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