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New Media Use Among High Achieving Adolescents, Kathleen Sara Alpizar
New Media Use Among High Achieving Adolescents, Kathleen Sara Alpizar
Master's Theses
To date, there has been relatively little research on adolescents and their new media use in school and at home. It is important to study this new media use because it can reveal much about how communication patterns are changing or evolving as adolescents incorporate new media seamlessly into their lives.
This study examined high achieving adolescents' use of new media at school and in their homes. Data were gathered at school through questionnaires and group discussion sessions. In addition, students kept diaries of all of their media use for one week.
This study revealed that high-achieving adolescents use new …