April 25, 2008
How Cellphones Change the Way People Learn
LINKED IN WITH...Rich Ling, who argues that cellphones change how students learn about the world and learn in class.
Mr. Ling, a sociologist and author of a new book, New Tech, New Ties: How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion (MIT Press, 2008), argues that cellphones strengthen ties with users' close friends and family, but might also narrow people's understanding of the world by limiting interactions with strangers. Mr. Ling is an adjunct research scientist
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