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Interpersonal Divide Challenge


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Results of this poll are informal and non-scientific. They only reflect the views of those who participated.

"Interpersonal Divide" Challenge! Results

Have You Done the Following During Class ...

  1. Taken or made a cell phone call (or sent/read text messages)?
     
     
     
    Yes: 163 - 74.8%
    No: 54 - 24.8%
    Abstaining: 1 - 0.4%
  2. Instant messaged on your laptop?
     
     
     
    Yes: 100 - 45.9%
    No: 117 - 53.7%
    Abstaining: 1 - 0.4%
  3. Social networked (Facebook, MySpace)?
     
     
     
    Yes: 129 - 59.2%
    No: 86 - 39.4%
    Abstaining: 3 - 1.4%
  4. Checked, read and/or sent email?
     
     
     
    Yes: 162 - 74.3%
    No: 55 - 25.2%
    Abstaining: 1 - 0.4%
  5. Listened to music or watched movies?
     
     
     
    Yes: 60 - 27.5%
    No: 157 - 72.0%
    Abstaining: 1 - 0.4%
  6. Played a computer game?
     
     
     
    Yes: 74 - 33.9%
    No: 141 - 64.7%
    Abstaining: 3 - 1.4%
  7. Used a laptop to surf a non-assigned Internet site?
     
     
     
    Yes: 138 - 63.3%
    No: 78 - 35.8%
    Abstaining: 2 - 0.9%
  8. Made an online purchase (Amazon, eBay, etc.)?
     
     
     
    Yes: 40 - 18.3%
    No: 176 - 80.7%
    Abstaining: 2 - 0.9%
  9. Which is greater (click one):
     
     
     
    ISU: 154 - 70.6%
    Other: 60 - 27.5%
    Abstaining: 4 - 1.8%
  10. Done everything at one time or another in 1-8 above?
     
     
     
    Yes: 79 - 36.2%
    No: 138 - 63.3%
    Abstaining: 1 - 0.4%
  11. Been so bored you just had to do any of 1-8 above?
     
     
     
    Yes: 167 - 76.7%
    No: 49 - 22.5%
    Abstaining: 2 - 0.9%
  12. Annoyed by others doing any of 1-8 above?
     
     
     
    Yes: 154 - 70.6%
    No: 61 - 28.0%
    Abstaining: 3 - 1.4
Extra Credit: Are you taking this quiz during class right now?
 
 
 
Yes: 55 - 25.2%
No: 158 - 72.5%
Abstaining: 5 - 2.3%
 
 Michael Bugeja

Bugeja discusses the personal toll of high technology during an interview with WHO TV Des Moines