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Findings from a few recently-published academic papers (email me if you want the specifics):
Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, or SNS, can impact self-perception in ways not unlike that of the media influencing celebrities, creating an odd blend of narcissism and insecurity. Publicly displaying of a few areas of one’s life (a theme song [...]
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Tags: Facebook, MySpace, personality, psychology, SNS, social
According to Newswise, a study recently published in the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication by researchers at Ohio State University and UC Irvine “found that workers who used instant messaging on the job reported less interruption than colleagues who did not.” The report goes on to say that using instant messaging was often used for [...]
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Tags: Behavior, Communication, IM, Instant Messaging, Technology, Work
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