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1998 Volume
 
 

INTERNET ADDICTION DISORDER

Barbara L. Kennedy-Souza

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  More and more evidence is being gathered which affirms Internet Addiction Disorder, pathological use of the Internet, as a malady that is affecting many American college and university students. This study examined International students in an American college in order to assess whether they, too, as many American students seem to be, are showing pathological use of the Internet. The results show that a great majority of those International students surveyed are having frequent problems related to their use of the Internet. Implications for education are discussed  
 
 
 

THE COST OF COMPUTERS IN A SCHOOL: PAYING MORE THAN DOLLARS

Lowell Monke

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    There is no simple solution for infusing computer technology into a school system. This article describes some of the social and technological issues faced by the Des Moines Independent School district when it developed a technology plan and then tried to implement the plan in the school district.  
 
 
 

IN DEFENSE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Lance Strate, Fordham University.

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    This is a book about the evolution of digital media, from the alphabet to contemporary computer-mediated communication and education. Levinson takes an optimistic position on technology, and favors a laissez-faire approach to media regulation

A Review of "The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution" by Paul Levinson. London & New York: Routledge, 1997. ISBN 0-415-15785-4. $25.00 Cloth.

 
 
 
 

Editorial Board
 

PUBLISHER:

AECT - Association for Educational Communication and Technology

EDITOR:

Sue Barnes Department of Communication & Media Studies Fordham University

EDITORIAL BOARD:

Zane L. Berge Director, Training Systems, ISD Graduate Program, UMBC
  Gerry Santoro Center for Academic Computing,
The Pennsylvania State University 

MANAGING EDITOR:

Mauri Collins Instructional Designer, Center for Learning Technologies, Old Dominion University

 
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
 
Thomas Berner The Pennsylvania State University, Journalism & American Studies
Paulo A. Dasilva Military Institute of Engineering, San Paulo, Brazil
William Eadie Speech Communication Association, Associate Director
Sharmila Pixy Ferris The Willam Paterson College of New Jersey Department of Communication
Alice Horning Oakland University, English and Rhetoric
Vladimir Klonowski Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Donald Kraft Louisiana State University, Computer Science
Paul J. Lippert East Stroudsburg State University, Pennsylvania, Communications
Edward Mabry University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Communication
Rory McGreal Executive Director, TeleEducation New Brunswick, Canada
J. Michael Metz University of Central Florida, Department of Radio/Television
David Schroeder Valparaiso University, Business Administration
David Sims University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, Veterinary Medicine
Wendy Snetsinger The Pennsylvania State University, Instructional Systems
Lance Strate Fordham University, Communication and Media Studies

The Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal (IPCT-J) is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, published two/four times a year. The journal's focus is on computer-mediated communication, and the pedagogical issues surrounding the use of computers and technology in educational settings.

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