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Study: Wireless Spam Proliferates by Gavin O'Malley, Tuesday, Mar 22, 2005 7:00 AM EST
ONE OUT OF FOUR COLLEGE students
surveyed online reported receiving ads on their mobile phones,
according to a Ball State University study of 1,171 students conducted
last month. Of the students to receive wireless spam, nine out of 10
said they were annoyed by the unsolicited text message advertisements
or instant message ads sent to their cell phones, What's more, 68
percent of respondents who received wireless spam said they were less
likely to purchase a product from businesses responsible for serving
the unwanted ads. Fortunately for the advertisers responsible, only 5
percent of students receiving such spam could even recall the name of
the business or product in question.
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