Social Science Journal 51 (2014) 57–69 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect The Social Science Journal journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/soscij Addiction to mobile text messaging applications is nothing to “lol” aboutଝ Abdullah J. Sultan ∗ Department of Management and Marketing, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5486, Safat 13055, Kuwait a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 3 December 2012 Received in revised form 5 September 2013 Accepted 5 September 2013
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out his cell phone and thumbs in a short message. "can u b @ sasaki @ 330," he asks. P3] Seconds later, Aaron, sitting at his desk at Saratoga High School, feels his cell phone vibrating in his pocket. He surreptitiously looks at the screen and quietly pumps in a response: "can b there @ 320." P4] Welcome to the future, where the family that texts together stays together. P5] Instant, fast, fun and cheap, texting — sending and receiving brief text messages on cell phones and other portable
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Messaging: The Effects on Our Society A Report By: Blake Hogan, Emily Gilbert, Megan Leckington, and Chris Morris 1 Abstract: In today’s day and age, most everyone in our society has and uses a cell phone. Most of those who use cell phones also use the SMS text messaging that these phones feature. This study takes a look at some of the effects and potential
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habits and media use of college students? by DEVCOMPAGE on APRIL 29, 2011 · 11 COMMENTS by Erlan D. Pasana BS Development Communication 2011 Thesis Visayas State University Students and social media. Photo credit: Febelle Dareen Rojas (VSU) As one of the media of communication, social networking plays an important role in people’s lives. Its usage may vary from one person to another depending on the benefits that this medium can provide for them. For students specifically, social networking
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(Online) Vol.5, No.6, 2014 www.iiste.org The Impact of Whatsapp Messenger Usage on Students Performance in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana Johnson Yeboah (Lecturer)*,George Dominic Ewur (Lecturer) School of Business, Marketing Department, Takoradi Polytechnic, P.O box 256, Takoradi, Ghana Email:gastybg@yahoo.com Abstract The perceived high level of usage of social networking applications amongst students of tertiary institutions in Ghana is inevitable. However, little is understood from empirical
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Microsoft Struggle for Your Internet Experience. Student names UniSA email ID 1. Kirrily Loring Lorky002@students.unisa.edu.au 2.Adrian Holmes Holai001@students.unisa.edu.au 3.Debra Evans Evady008@students.unisa.edu.au 4.Ana Irisari Iriap001@students.unisa.edu.au 5. Student Declaration We declare the work contained in this assignment is our own, except where acknowledgement of sources is made. We authorise the University to test any work submitted by us, using text comparison
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Communication Paper University of Phoenix CJA/304 Mrs. Palmer August 10, 2011 Technology and Communication Paper Technology has helped enhance communication between others and has especially helped with communication in the criminal justice system. Technology has affected the communication capabilities of specialized databases in the criminal justice system in many different ways. Many forms of technology are used to help with communication such as mobile data terminals and
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availability of smart phones, portable laptop computers and online courses, students have found a way to use these tools to their advantage. As we will discuss in this paper something as simple as a text message or photo message can allow the student the ability to easily complete an exam or assignment without putting in the necessary time to correctly learn the material. The reason cheating with technology has grown is because the actual meaning of cheating has changed in the eyes of new students. The actual
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What Marketing Tools do Mobile Phone Service Use; an Empirical Research Module code: PGBS0142 Submitted to the University of Plymouth as a dissertation for the degree of MSc. in Business and management in the Faculty of Plymouth Business School. Declaration: I certify that all material in this dissertation which is not my own has been identified and none has been submitted previously in support of any degree qualification or course. Signed: Shivender
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contains the gathered researches from different sources. These different studies will be used as a guide and support to the research. The related literature starts with the good and important effects of different gadgets used in learning areas and goes on with the possible effects that might happen to Students when technology is being used extensively. On the later part of the chapter are the gathered related studies and articles done by various researchers. Foreign Literature Jessica White (2005)
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