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Direct linkPowell, D.; Dixon, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
The recent increase in short messaging system (SMS) text messaging, often using abbreviated, non-conventional "textisms" (e.g. "2nite"), in school-aged children has raised fears of negative consequences of such technology for literacy. The current research used a paradigm developed by Dixon and Kaminska, who showed that exposure to phonetically…
Descriptors: Spelling, Adults, Error Patterns, Error Analysis (Language)
Download full textLenhart, Amanda; Purcell, Kristen; Smith, Aaron; Zickuhr, Kathryn – Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2010
Since 2006, blogging has dropped among teens and young adults while simultaneously rising among older adults. As the tools and technology embedded in social networking sites change, and use of the sites continues to grow, youth may be exchanging "macro blogging" for microblogging with status updates. Blogging has declined in popularity among both…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Young Adults, Adolescents
