Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!isishq!doug
From: doug@isishq.FIDONET.ORG (Doug Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: psychology of computer use
Message-ID: <1374.23DFD7D2@isishq.FIDONET.ORG>
Date: 27 Jan 89 07:37:07 GMT
Organization: International Student Information Service -- Headquarters
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 PB>From: pbond@NOTE.NSF.GOV (Patricia Bond) 
 
Love that address, Pat. NSF . . . Not Sufficent Funds . . . Great for 
a gov't site going under the name of "note" :-) :-) 
 
 PB>I've been reading the mail on this subject with interest and 
 PB>agree with everything that's been said.  One additional dimension 
 PB>that needs to be taken into consideration, though, is 
 PB>personality.  I think that this form of communication attracts a 
 PB>certain type of person.  For those of you who are familiar with 
 PB>the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, I would hypothesize that 
 PB>Introverts (and especially Introverted Thinkers - like me) would 
 PB>be more inclined to use e-mail than other types.  I could go on 
 PB>and on (and stretch this idea further and further) but I would 
 PB>rather see if this brief comment sparks any interest before 
 PB>continuing.  Otherwise it really would be like talking to myself! 
 PB> 
 
I would agree with you about "introverted thinkers". Some objective 
testing/studies on this topic would be very worthwhile. Who uses 
e-mail/conferencing and why?/ Who doesn't? And why? 
 
=doug 
  


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