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Woman Gets PhD in Texting

Philosophy thesis is first on text message communication

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 6, 2009 7:57 PM CDT

(Newser) – A British graduate student has earned a PhD in texting—an academic first, Discover magazine reports. Caroline Tagg’s doctorate, more specifically, is in the philosophy of texting communication. Tagg studied 11,000 texts from 235 people over four years. Among the findings: The average... Read full story »

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