Volunteers needed for research study on the experience of the regular use of several information and communication technologies for daily-life activities, such as work, personal and family communication, social networking, and leisure activities. The study is designed to look at the multiple worlds many of us now deal with as a regular part of our daily lives. Participation in the study involves one or two in-person or phone interviews, lasting from one and a half to two hours each, conducted by a researcher affiliated with Fielding Graduate Institute (http://www.fielding.edu/www.fielding.edu ). To qualify, you must be over 18 years old and use at least two Internet applications (e-mail, the Web, on-line bulletin boards or discussion spaces, mailing lists/listserv's or newsgroups, access to news, instant messaging, chat rooms, webcam), at least one other computer application (e.g. word-processing, spreadsheet, database), and the telephone and/or phone-based text messaging on a daily or nearly daily basis as a major part of your work and personal activities, and you must have been doing so for at least six months. For an in-person interview (preferred but not essential), you should also live in or near New York City; Providence, Rhode Island, or Portland, Oregon, which is where the researchers are located. For a phone interview, you should live in the continental United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, or Australia. Upon completion, this study will be available to any interviewee who expresses an interest in it. There is no remuneration for participating in the study. If you are interested, email internetresearch@fielding.edu.
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