Young People Are More Likely to Use a Cell Phone While Driving Chaveli Lopez Keiser University Abstract Driving is one of the skills that require full attention to control the vehicle and respond to the events happening on the road. Use a cell phone while driving involves visual‚ manual and mental distractions (NHTSA‚ 2005). Several studies have found that young people are more likely to use cell phone than older people. Young drivers are almost five times more likely than older drivers
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THE popularity of the internet and online communication in Nigeria and the world at large has grown exponentially. Social networking websites enable users to remain connected. The popularity of social networking websites such as facebook‚ my space‚ twitter‚ 2go etc with millions of users accessing these websites is rising daily. Research proves that it is safe to assume that majority of people taking the survey were infact university level college students with no bias towards gender or race.
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adolescents on the Internet: A quantitative content analysis of MySpace Sameer Hindujaa‚Â Justin W. Patchinb a Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice‚ Florida Atlantic University‚ 5353 Parkside Drive‚ Jupiter‚ FL 33458-2906‚ USA b Department of Political Science‚ University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire‚ 105 Garfield Avenue‚ Eau Claire‚ WI 54702-4004‚ USA Abstract Many youth have recently embraced online social networking sites such as MySpace (myspace.com) to meet their social and relational
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Page 1 Communication and professional relationships with children young people and adults Good professional relationships can be a rewarding way for two or more people to work together and help each other after moving on to other opportunities. A lack of a professional relationship on the other hand‚ can lead to lost productivity and hard feelings at work. Many people don ’t think that they have the skills necessary to build professional relationship‚ but with
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communication skills‚ and expectations of maturity. She posited three types of parenting styles: authoritarian‚ permissive‚ and authoritative (Berger 2001). Parents are the major influence in their children ’s lives. Thus their perception of how children think‚ and should be raised is crucial in determining children ’s behavior. Other factors‚ such as genes‚ peers‚ culture‚ gender‚ and financial status‚ are of lesser importance. Studies reveal a correlalion between parenting styles and school competence
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Internet usage is increasing rapidly among the general population but even greater among college students‚ leading to pathological use‚ or Internet addiction‚ for some students. Internet addiction is defined as a psychological dependence on the internet and is characterized by; anxiety‚ depression‚ emptiness when offline‚ an increasing tolerance to the effects of being online‚ and denial of the challenging behaviors (Kandell‚ 1998). College students are more vulnerable to developing internet addiction
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aims to discuss the negative impacts that social networking sites pose on today’s media savy generation. It is apart of my study for the unit ‘Internet Communications and Social Networks’ and fits into the social networking stream. A social networking site can be defined as an online service that is based around the building and reflecting of social relations among individuals with common interests or social ties (Boyd & Ellison‚ 2007). Social networking sites such as Friendster‚ Linkedin‚ Spoke
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the internet became so popular‚ people would look through their local paper if they were looking for a car for sale‚ a house for rent or sale‚ or used furniture and appliances to try to get a deal; Now people just sign on to sites like EBay and Craig’s list to find people selling things that they are interested in purchasing. Although there are many benefits to using sites like those or even to be able to look into local sales online‚ but there are also some down sides to this type of buying and
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Mobile or cell phones have revolutionized our lives since many years. In past people had to wait for days or even weeks to get reply to their letters. Then with time and technological advancements things started getting easier with the invention of telephone and then finally it got a lot easier with the introduction of cell phones. Cell phones provide us the opportunity to converse‚ figure out and access content. Mobile phones have redefined connectivity and communication. But high-end mobile phones
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Social Networking Kristie Morton Ashford University INF103: Computer Literacy (ABD1248A) Instructor: Kim Marshall January 12‚ 2013 When you say the word social web most of us know what you are referring to but if you lived under a rock for last 10 years I will explain it. Social web is a means for individuals to socialize or interact with each other through the internet. It is a way for companies or groups to promote their business or interest. Social web has increased ways that families
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