Talking Stick - March/April 2009 - (Page 48) The Net Generation on Campus and Online PhoTo coUrTesy of The UniversiTy of oregon A classroom in Oregon’s Living-Learning Center. medium in nearly every context. However, compared to face-to-face communication, Facebook is a strong contender: • Facebook ranked first for staying in touch with people who do not live in the same residence. • Facebook tied as the best way to arrange social life with people who do not live in the same residence. • Facebook ranked a strong second for every other purpose, regardless of place of residence. As mentioned before, only group e-mail – the venerable and still useful residence hall chatlist – came close to Facebook for the purpose of sharing interests and opinions with fellow residents. theme house. Students in each house rated the most useful ways of communicating (e.g., face-to-face, Facebook, texting, e-mail, phone) with people who live in the same residence as compared to those who do not. They rated each medium for the following purposes: getting to know people (making new friends), staying in touch (maintaining relationships with people they already know), sharing interests and opinions, flirting, and arranging social life. Not surprisingly, face-toface communication is the preferred coNTINuES 56 Jardine Apartments REDEFINING EXCELLENCE 800 St. Louis Union Station St. Louis MO 63103 314-421-1815 mackeymitchell.com Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS http://www.mackeymitchell.com http://www.mackeymitchell.com
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