Instant Messaging Term Paper by cee-cee

Instant Messaging
This paper discusses the increased use of instant messaging among college students.
# 107698 | 752 words | 5 sources | APA | 2008 | US
Published on Sep 10, 2008 in Education (Higher) , Communication (Interpersonal) , Computer and Technology (Technology) , Education (Education and Computers)


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Description:

The paper explores why instant messaging (IM) services offer an increasingly appropriate alternative for college students, both in terms of leisure and academic purposes. The paper shows how with less time on their hands and more time spent in front of a computer and on the Internet, the typical college student will revert to instant messaging to communicate with friends, teachers and librarians.

Sample of Sources Used:

  • Hu, Yifeng, Wood, Jacqueline, Smith, Vivian, Westbrook, Nalova. Friendships through IM: Examining the Relationship between Instant Messaging and Intimacy. JCMC 10 (1), Article 6, November 2004. On the Internet at http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue1/hu.html. Last retrieved on July 10, 2007
  • Jones, Steve (September 2002). The Internet Goes to College. Per Internet and American Life Project. On the Internet at http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_College_Report.pdf. Last retrieved on July 10, 2007
  • Grudin, Jonathan, Tallarico, Shari, Counts, Scott (November 2005). As Technophobia Disappears: Implications for Design. GROUP'05. On the Internet at http://research.microsoft.com/users/scottlt/pubs/technophobia_group05.doc. Last retrieved on July 10, 2007
  • Boeninger, Chad (April 2006). Blogs, Wikis, and IM: Communication Tools for Subject Specialists. Higher Ed blog.. On the Internet at http://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/blogs-wikis-and-im-communication-tools-for-subject-specialists/. Last retrieved on July 10, 2007
  • Mitra, A, McCoy, T, O'Brien, M (2006). Developing a Profile of the Heavy User of Instant Messaging among American College Students. Computers and Advanced Technology in Education.

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APA Format

Instant Messaging (2008, September 10) Retrieved December 08, 2023, from https://www.academon.com/term-paper/instant-messaging-107698/

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"Instant Messaging" 10 September 2008. Web. 08 December. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/term-paper/instant-messaging-107698/>

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