communication,
the less we communicate,”
claimed theologian and educator
Joseph Priestly.1 Born in 1733, Priestly
could hardly have imagined the Internet, e-mail, and instant messaging,
although his prophetic statement presaged a dilemma now faced on college
campuses worldwide. The popularity
of and reliance on emergent computermediated communication technologies
such as instant messaging, blogs, and
social networks have arguably widened
the generation gap between faculty and
traditional undergraduate…
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