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The goal of this study is to determine how gamers' reactions to male voices differ from reactions to female voices. The authors conducted an observational study with an experimental design to play in and record multiplayer matches ( N = 245) of a video game. The researchers played against 1,660 unique gamers and broadcasted pre-recorded audio clips of either a man or a woman speaking. Gamers' reactions were digitally recorded, capturing what was said and heard during the game. Independent coders were used to conduct a quantitative content analysis of game data. Findings indicate that, on average, the female voice received three times as many negative comments as the male voice or no voice. In addition, the female voice received more queries and more messages from other gamers than the male voice or no voice.

Guided by media multiplexity theory, this manuscript reports an empirical investigation of relational maintenance and closeness between friends who communicate via Microsoft's Xbox LIVE service. Attitudes toward self-disclosure and social connection across Xbox LIVE interacted to predict Xbox LIVE relational maintenance, with social connection attitude directly predicting offline communication frequency. Both Xbox LIVE relational maintenance and offline communication frequency interacted to predict relational closeness, with high closeness in the presence of either frequent Xbox LIVE maintenance or offline communication. These results suggest extending media multiplexity theory to account for individual attitudes toward new and existing media.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- PART 1 Overview -- 1 Overview -- PART 2 Challenges to Student Learning -- 2 Reducing Student Attention, Recall, and Note-taking -- 3 Problematizing the "Digital Native" -- 4 Digital Inequality and Digital Literacy Skills -- PART 3 Technology in the Classroom -- 5 The Active Classroom -- 6 From Hardcopy to e-Book and e-Textbook Platforms -- 7 Online Learning -- PART 4 Technology and Academic Audiences -- 8 Considerations for Teachers -- 9 Considerations for Administrators -- 10 Considerations for Students -- 11 Conclusion -- Index.

"This book examines key issues at the intersection of education and technology by addressing the question that most educators face - how do we use technology to engage students in the learning process and enhance learning? Problematizing the view that technology is the default solution to a host of problems facing education, while also recognizing that technology has an important place in a variety of education levels, the book provides readers with clear insights on technology and learning from a variety of perspectives from communication studies, education, and related disciplines. This volume is an essential read for scholars and teachers working in the area of elementary education. It will also be of interest to academics working in the area of education, postsecondary education, and learning and can be used as an ancillary text in graduate level seminars"--

11. Psychological benefits and costs: a self-affirmation framework for understanding the effects of Facebook self-presentation --12. What you can really know about someone from their Facebook profile (and where you should look to find out) -- Bibliography; Index; About the contributors.