Language and Media
A survey on IM usage
In 2003 Robert Farmer from Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada, undertook a survey on technology usage. 439 students were asked to rate how often they use IM, browser, discussion forums and E-mails. The results are shown in the following table:
| Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Few Times | |
| 83% | 15% | 2% | 1% | |
| Browser | 75% | 22% | 3% | 0% |
| Forum | 16% | 41% | 28% | 15% |
| IM | 61% | 27% | 7% | 6% |
Class experiment
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| Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Few Times | |
| Browser | ||||
| Forum | ||||
| IM |