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Lynn Banister

E-mail Users Jumping from the Web to Mobile - 0 views

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    This article dovetails with the PEW study on internet useage. It gives data of age groups and the change in the amount of time they use online email versus the time they spend on mobile email. As you would think, age 12 to 17 has moved from the web at a very high percentage.
Burks Oakley

Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the Digital Age - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Good article about plagiarism in the digital age
Lynn Banister

The Internet and Our Aging Population - 0 views

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    This is an interesting article on one particular demographic and internet useage. The article suggest that encouraging the elderly to go online could help relieve some of the depression and isolation that some feel. It also mentions that women over the age of 55 are the fastest growing group on Facebook.
Lynn Banister

Teens Take Elders to Tech Bootcamp - 0 views

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    This is a Wall Street Journal article from January 12, 2011. It is a refreshing view of teenagers doing something wonderful as we always seem to read of the pitfalls of being a teen. The article references our PEW readings on technology useage by age group.
Randy Knuppel

Study: Twitter users are mobile, urban, and engaged online - Ars Technica - 0 views

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    Study done on amount of Twitter users, and their general profile, as well as other internet studies.
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    Study done on amount of Twitter users, and their general profile, as well as other internet studies.
erika webb

Digital Divide Opens Up in Patient Use of Online Medical Records - iVillage - 0 views

  • That said, less than 10 percent of Americans appear to be using electronic medical records, with almost half saying they're not even clear if their doctor actually offers access, according to a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey of more than 2,000 American adults
  • blacks and Hispanics were only half as likely to sign up for personal health record access compared with white patients, the authors noted, and the wealthiest patients were 14 percent more likely to initiate personal health record use than the poorest patients.
  • Older patients, between the ages of 51 and 65, constituted the largest slice of the high-user group, they found, accounting for four in 10 among such patients.
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    Article regarding the disparity in use of online medical records.
Tiffany Downey

Quinn Signs "Sexting" Law - 1 views

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    This article from the Illinois Statehouse News talks about how Govener Pat Quinn signed the new "Sexting" law. It states that under this law minors under the age of 18 who have been caught "sexting" have to go before a judge and could face community service, supervision, and counseling.
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