The good news is his doctors are expecting him to make a full recovery; the bad news is his senior season is likely over.

Stafon’s mother was quoted, on USC’s website, as saying:

"Words cannot express the outpouring of love and support we’ve received. It’s overwhelming, and it means so much to me and Stafon."

After the lengthy surgery, Stafon is currently unalbe to verbally communicate. In order to show his thanks, Stafon followed in the footsteps of his head coach, Pete Carroll (@PeteCarroll), turning to Twitter where he tweeted the following:

Stafon has even set up is own Twitter account (@Stafon13). Now he’ll be able to keep his fans up-to-date on his road to recovery. Just yesterday, Stafon sent out his first tweet from his the account:

Sure, some people see Twitter is a useless service but it’s stories like this one that show what Twitter can truly be used for.

Everyone here at WebProNews wishes you a speedy recovery Stafon.

The survey found that Internet users read online newspapers for 53 minutes per week, the highest level seen so far. In contrast, Internet users in 2007 spent 41 minutes per week.

The survey also found that 22 percent of Internet users stopped their subscriptions to a printed newspaper or magazine because they could access the same content online.

Jeffrey Cole

"The most significant trend about how Americans are changing their news reading habits may be found in comparing the use of online media by light users vs. heavy users," said Center director Jeffrey I. Cole.

"Heavy Internet users spent 65 more minutes per week reading online newspapers than do light users."

Cole said there are four main reasons for the rapid decline of printed newspapers: the loss of newspaper classified advertising to the digital realm, concerns about the environmental impact of newspapers, the economic downturn, and no prospects for new readers.

"Thirty years ago, teenagers began to read newspapers as they reached their adult years. Today, teenagers don’t read printed newspapers, and research indicates they never will," Cole said. "Yet we’ve found that teens are more interested in news than any generation we’ve seen in a long time, only now online sites are their news sources."

Cole said significant bright spots still remain for newspapers. "Since the beginning of radio, newspapers have not been able to compete with broadcasting for delivery of immediate news," said Cole. "But in a digital world, newspapers can compete at least as effectively for breaking news delivery with broadcast media."
 

"The key to newspapers’ success will be making bold moves entirely into the digital realm, and building business models that allow them to thrive online."

An analysis revealed that one in seven Internet users who visit online communities, such as Facebook, said their online activities are reducing their involvement with offline counterparts "at least somewhat," a response reported by three times as many males (21.5% compared to 7.3% of females).

More than half of Internet users (55%) said they "feel as strongly" about their online communities as they do about their offline communities, 60.3 percent of men felt that way compared to 47.4 percent of women.

Men are more likely to meet in person with some they meet in an online community; six in ten have done so compared to half of women.

"It’s not a surprise that women are more cautious meeting up offline," said Michael Gilbert, a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg School for Communication’s Center for the Digital Future. "The greater inclination of men to connect with their online community members is a trend we’re watching."

Researchers also found emerging gender differences in Internet surfing frequency and online reading habits. Men are more likely than women to surf the Web "at least daily" (53.5% to 40.5%).

Gender reading habits are also different. Women spend two hours more each week with books offline. Men make some of that up, spending an hour and a half more reading online newspapers, magazines and books.

"Visiting online communities and social networking sites is still an evolving experience for most Internet users, but we’re already seeing gender differences of this type in online use," said Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future. "These experiences will be major factors in social communication as relationships over the Internet increase."

The findings are based on annual surveys conducted among 2,000 American households.