Using the Internet to Foster Literacy Growth in Developing Nations

McKenna, Michael C.; McKenna, Beverly A.; Stratton, Beverly D.; Vassel, Marjorie

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“…However, those individuals tend to have fewer Facebook friends rather than more. These findings are inconsistent with McKenna’s (1998) study, which found that socially anxious individuals are more likely to form relationships online. In our case, the types of people who are involved in online relationships tend to be those who are willing to communicate in real life rather than the opposite.…”

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“…Online relationships provide minimized social risk, as one does not have to meet other participants face-to-face (Curtis, 1997). McKenna (1998) also found that socially anxious individuals were more likely to form relationships online. Yet other studies found that anxiety and loneliness were not in fact indicators of who is more likely to form an online relationship (Bonebrake, 2002; McCown, Fisher, Page, & Homant, 2001; Peter, Valkenburg, & Schouten, 2005).…”

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The Relationship Between Unwillingness-to-Communicate and Students’ Facebook Use

Sheldon

2008

Journal of Media Psychology

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A survey with 172 students was conducted at a large southern research university to examine how unwillingness-to-communicate in interpersonal communication influences gratifications sought and gratifications obtained from Facebook use. The study investigated the relationship between two dimensions of unwillingness-to-communicate (approach-avoidance and reward) and different motives of Facebook use. In addition, it examined the relationship between unwillingness-to-communicate and the behavioral and attitudinal outcomes of Facebook use (e.g., the number of hours spent on Facebook, duration of use, the number of Facebook friends, satisfaction with Facebook). Results of multiple regression analysis revealed that respondents who felt anxiety and fears in their face-to-face communication used Facebook to pass time and feel less lonely more than other respondents, but they had fewer Facebook friends. Overall, this paper finds evidence that people who are involved in online relationships are those who are willing to communicate in real life, rather than the opposite. Such results seem to justify the rich-get-richer hypothesis, which states that the internet primarily benefits extraverted individuals. Our results are in contrast to findings that socially anxious individuals are more likely to form relationships online.

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The Relationship Between Unwillingness-to-Communicate and Students’ Facebook Use

Sheldon

2008

Journal of Media Psychology

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Investigation of Functional Hemispheric Asymmetry of Language in Tinnitus Sufferers.

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Chéry‐Croze²,

Bougeant³

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Neuropsychology

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The authors tested functional hemispheric asymmetry through word dichotic listening and lateralized lexical decision tasks in tinnitus patients and controls stimulated by a continuous tinnitus-like noise to test the influence of a tinnitus-like external stimulation. A classic right-ear advantage was shown in the auditory task for all but right-ear tinnitus patients, who performed as equally badly when the stimuli were presented to the right and left ears. Concerning the visual task, all participants demonstrated the expected right visual field advantage for word stimuli. Moreover, those who submitted to external stimulation demonstrated normal asymmetric patterns. These data suggest a specific effect of tinnitus on central processing and provide evidence for a functional reorganization induced by this auditory phantom perception.

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Using the Internet to Foster Literacy Growth in Developing Nations

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The Relationship Between Unwillingness-to-Communicate and Students’ Facebook Use

The Relationship Between Unwillingness-to-Communicate and Students’ Facebook Use

Investigation of Functional Hemispheric Asymmetry of Language in Tinnitus Sufferers.

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