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Social networking a threat to education - Education - Log in to Children

Normal 0 A study by the University of Northampton's Business School, Cranfield School of Management and AJM Associates says that social networking is turning into an addiction for many young people. Researchers also found that using such sites, particularly via mobile phones, was hindering spelling skills, encouraging plagiarism and disrupting classes. Among the 260, 11 to 18 year olds researchers surveyed many left classes to use their phones from school toilets.


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