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tioned that online conversations al
low students to have “safe” relation
ships, because they have time to
think before they write and can
avoid awkward pauses. He calls this
theory “intimacy versus isolation.”
“People at this time are determin
ing who they are,” he said. “And once
you develop a strong identity with
yourself, the next task is to share it
with someone else, and people are
much more confident online.”
But Kandell said that this form of
communication can affect people’s
in-person social skills.
“When people get back into the
real world, they may not be able to
transfer those skills very easily,” he
said. “It’s a completely different
type of communication. ”
Kandell added that people act dif
ferently online because they can
pretend to be something they aren’t
and many times their behavior re
gresses. They may say things online
that they otherwise wouldn’t say.
The percentage of college courses
using e-mail and multimedia re
sources has more than doubled in
the last few years, and more than 7
million college students and faculty
routinely using the Internet and the
Web as part of their daily and week
ly activities, according the 2000
Campus Computing Survey.
Anderson said that although stu
dents may go online with the inten
tion of doing schoolwork, they get
distracted by Internet games and
chatting devices, which can turn
into hours of endless online surfing.
“When people have things to do,
like homework, the Internet is
much more appealing,” he said.
More and more institutions are
also trying to cater to students who
need the Internet for classes by of
fering fast and free Web access. Out
of 137 equally represented public
and private U.S. institutions sur
veyed, 128 provided Internet access
in some form, according to a 1999
study by Robert Fleck, professor of
computer information systems
management at Columbus State
University.
One of the most popular forms of
Internet access is through the resi
dence halls. Both psychologists said
that this kind of access is a big reason
students spend so much time online.
But director of residence life
Sandy Schoonover said that al
though some students with the Eth
ernet connection use the Internet ex
cessively due to unlimited access,
generally this problem has declined.
She said that the residence halls of
fer many activities to get students
out of their rooms, and because the
Internet isn’t as new, not as many
students spend as much time online.
“I’ve seen a big difference from
when unlimited access was first put
in rooms years ago,” she said. “Some
students probably spend too much
time online, but I think that has mod
erated in the last few years. ”
Many businesses have also tuned
in to the increasing percentage of
college students who use the Inter
net. Web sites such as Univer
sityLove.com,
Studentadvantage.com and Idea
sExchange.com have focused on
drawing college students to their
Webpages.
Kandell has offered support
groups at the University of Mary
land for students concerned about
their time online. But he said most
students don’t see themselves as
“addicts,” and not many have at
tended his meetings.
“If I ask the kids themselves, they
won’t say it’s a problem for them,”
he said. “They underestimate how
much this can impact their lives. ”
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