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
Naomi, ask Rich ling at <richard-seyler.ling@telenor.com>. He did extensive research on the use of text messaging with Norwegian pupils. Concerning the use of mobile phones before the arrival of text messaging I know from the Law and the Management faculties of Cologne University that the fact of having a mobile with you during written exams meant that you were invited to redo the exam the following term. I guess the same will be true with text messages. When mobiles invaded class rooms in Germany there was quite a public discussion on the issue and schools established rules on when to allow to sent and to recive phone calls. Again this will also hold for text messaging. /Frank Thomas Naomi Susan Baron wrote:
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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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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