The number of teens using the Internet is even higher (87%). More teen than abults use new technologies such as Instant Messaging (IM) and text messaging in ordes to connect with friends. Half of all teens surveyed use the Internet daily. In the last four years, teen use of the Internet has increased by 24%
Pulling the Plug to Encourage
In – Person Communication
Some parents and employers are reacting to these high numbers by placing limits on Internet use. Employees at U.S. companies have to deal with three times the amount of e-mail they did in 1999. At U.S. Cellular, a Chicago-based company, workers are no longer allowed to use business-related e-mail on Fridays. The same is true at Veritas Software in Mountain View, California. There, employees can be fined $1 for sending business-related e-mail after midnight on Friday. Both companies report positive results, wit more face-to-face meetings.
Other companies are building more common areas so that employees can sit and work together of staying in individual cubicle. According to the Facility Performance Group, hotels are building three time more meeting spaces and conference rooms than they did 15 years ago. Americans are spending more on business travel so that can meet in person to do business.
There are more and more summer camps for teenagers that advertise low-tech experiences. It is estimated that 90% of summer camps don’t allow the use of cell phones or other electronic devices. Some go even further. Farm and wilderness, a group of six camps in Vermont, has cabins without electricity so that no one can go online. Campers there do not even wear watches. Instead they wait for the sound of the bell to know when it is time to move on to a new activity. Another organization, The Island School, takes young people for trips abroad to study, do volunteer work, and play sports. This school allows only one 15-minute phone call a week.
The number of teens using the Internet is even higher (87%). More teen than abults use new technologies such as Instant Messaging (IM) and text messaging in ordes to connect with friends. Half of all teens surveyed use the Internet daily. In the last four years, teen use of the Internet has increased by 24%
Pulling the Plug to Encourage
In – Person Communication
Some parents and employers are reacting to these high numbers by placing limits on Internet use. Employees at U.S. companies have to deal with three times the amount of e-mail they did in 1999. At U.S. Cellular, a Chicago-based company, workers are no longer allowed to use business-related e-mail on Fridays. The same is true at Veritas Software in Mountain View, California. There, employees can be fined $1 for sending business-related e-mail after midnight on Friday. Both companies report positive results, wit more face-to-face meetings.
Other companies are building more common areas so that employees can sit and work together of staying in individual cubicle. According to the Facility Performance Group, hotels are building three time more meeting spaces and conference rooms than they did 15 years ago. Americans are spending more on business travel so that can meet in person to do business.
There are more and more summer camps for teenagers that advertise low-tech experiences. It is estimated that 90% of summer camps don’t allow the use of cell phones or other electronic devices. Some go even further. Farm and wilderness, a group of six camps in Vermont, has cabins without electricity so that no one can go online. Campers there do not even wear watches. Instead they wait for the sound of the bell to know when it is time to move on to a new activity. Another organization, The Island School, takes young people for trips abroad to study, do volunteer work, and play sports. This school allows only one 15-minute phone call a week.
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