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Article: IPA survey reveals e-mail and text cause handwriting decline.(International Phonetic Alphabet)(Brief article)
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- Telecomworldwire
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- March 29, 2006
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TELECOMWORLDWIRE-29 March 2006-IPA survey reveals e-mail and text cause handwriting decline(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
The IPA TouchPoints survey from IPA, a professional institute for UK advertising, media and marketing communications agencies, has revealed that an increase in e-mail and text messaging has resulted in declining use of handwriting.
The survey was based on 5,000 people who were asked to update an electronic diary every 30 minutes for a week.
IPA said only 13% of written communication is made by pen and paper, compared to around 50% by e-mail and 29% by text message. Some 39% of the over-65s still use pen ...