[Air-l] Empirical Studies of Effects of IM on School Writing
Charles Ess
cmess at lib.drury.edu
Wed Apr 16 12:37:52 PDT 2003
Hey Naomi:
Just now catching up with my e-mail...
Ylva Hård af Segerstad <ylva at 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
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> From: "Naomi Susan Baron" <nbaron at american.edu>
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:45:19 -0400
> To: air-l at 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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