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The Changes in Text-Messaging Today

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The Changes of Technology in Text-Messaging Today

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People nowadays love to communicate with their family,friends and someone their love one by sending a text message for them. But today, the world was changed. The technology changed everything. There are some technology in communication made the text messaging became unpopular more.

First, video call. Video call is very useful to us. Whenever we are missing someone, we can make a video call. The function of video call is we can chat with someone live on screen. We can show our feeling in our face with them. It also can reduce the feeling of missing someone. For example, eventhough our family are far away from us and sometimes make us worried about them, we can make a video call by using skype. We also can see their condition too. So, the changes of technology in text messaging to video call is very important for us.

Second, the changes of technology in text messaging is free chat. People nowadays always have a problem with their money. Text messaging needs money to chat with someone but social network does not need money such as WeChat,Facebook,Whatsapp, Telegram and others. We only need to buy a phone with a network inside it and then we can chat with someone without worrying about money . It is unlimited chat but text messaging is a limited chat . So, the changes of technology in text messaging to free chat is useful for us.

In conclusion, the changes of technology in text messaging is very important so that all people in the world can chat with someone their loved anytime.

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Alanis

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I am the first person to reach for my cell phone

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Texting has, in many ways, made communcation easier by helping people avoid long, unpleasant phone conversations and making a quick “Hello” much easier. According to the Pew Research Center, 72% of teenagers text regularly, and one in three sends more than 100 texts per day. Clearly, texting is the preferred method of communication among young people, and that trend is moving upward toward adults, who are also texting much more frequently. While texting hasn’t been around long enough for researchers to study its long-term effects on communication, there is circumstanti

Surface-Level Communication

Texting increases the frequency of small talk and can be a great asset to people beginning to form a friendship; they may be much more comfortable texting each other witty one-liners than they are picking up the phone and calling. But texting is, almost by definition, surface-level communication. When people communicate primarily via text, they’re much less likely to have meaningful conversations.

Written Communication

People know they’re using improper grammar when they text; it’s merely a shortcut that enables them to relay a message quickly and effectively. But over time, the way we communicate—even if we know the way we communicate is “technically” wrong—affects the way we think. The result is that people who have grown up texting may have much poorer writing skills than people who regularly communicate using grammatically correct sentences either in person, over the phone, or via email. Even worse, they may lose their ability to modify their tone and style depending upon who they talk to. Many employers complain that entry-level hires have no idea how to send a business email or communicate appropriately to superiors.

Impatience and Instant Gratification

Texting is real-time communication but is not in person. This creates an odd situation in which people feel compelled to respond immediately via text, but they aren’t really participating in an ongoing, progressively deepening conversation. The instant gratification of texting can lead to incredible impatience, even aggression. But when people are in person, the requirement of communicating immediately can be daunting for people communicating primarily via text. Thus texting can inhibit both in-person communication and texting itself.

Social Boundaries

Unlike phone calls, there are no clear rules about when it’s acceptable to text. And because texting doesn’t result in an angry person answering on the other end, many people feel more comfortable texting at any time and in any circumstance. The result is a decrease in privacy and social boundaries. People may text in the middle of the night or while someone is on vacation and expect an immediate response, because of the impatience texting encourages. The result is a blurring of the lines between public and private. While a couple might previously expect no interruptions on a vacation or honeymoon, they can now anticipate receiving and responding to texts. Because texting is not old enough for psychologists to know how this affects intimacy, we can only guess at its long-term effects on relationships.

http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/texting-teens-adults-communication-0726126

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Alanis

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I am the first person to reach for my cell phone which has become sidekick for me . However , I am a people person and enjoy interacting in face to face conversations . As much as I like to text and instant message , I have to keep a balance which means knowing when placing a call or paying a visit to communicate with family and friends is the appropriatethings to do .

The changes in text-messaging has changed how we communicate . This changes allow us to make a video call for someone that is important to our life . We can see their face whenever they are far from us . Now , the distance is not the reason why we cannot communicate with our family and friends . It is up to you to use it or hate it .

Besides , there are other social network such as Instagram , Facebook and others that we can use to communicate with our relatives . By using that apps we can know better about our relatives conditions when we are far away .

In conclusion , the changes in text-messaging has changed a lot on how we communicate . It brings more benefits to us when we are usi

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Text-messaging make us easy to communicate with people that far from us. We do not need to meet with them for telling what we want to tell.

Effa Nadia binti Mustapha

2015-07-21 13:37:16 UTC

Texting has, in many ways, made communication easier by helping people avoid long, unpleasant phone conversations and making a quick “Hello” much easier. According to the Pew Research Center, 72% of teenagers text regularly, and one in three sends more than 100 texts per day. Clearly, texting is the preferred method of communication among young people, and that trend is moving upward toward adults, who are also texting much more frequently. While texting hasn’t been around long enough for researchers to study its long-term effects on communication, there is circumstantial evidence that it is rapidly altering the ways people communicate with one another both via text and in person. Texting encourages rapid-fire, single-sentence thoughts, but this style of communication isn’t conducive to face-to-face communication. Consequently, people who text a lot may be more uncomfortable with in-person communication and may even use their cell phones to communicate with people who are in their presence. Parents often report that their teens text during dinner, and the friend who texts during a group night out is a common phenomenon. The reality may be not that these people are being rude but that they are uncomfortable with slow-paced, in-person communication. Texting increases the frequency of small talk and can be a great asset to people beginning to form a friendship; they may be much more comfortable texting each other witty one-liners than they are picking up the phone and calling. But texting is, almost by definition, surface-level communication. When people communicate primarily via text, they’re much less likely to have meaningful conversations. People know they’re using improper grammar when they text; it’s merely a shortcut that enables them to relay a message quickly and effectively. But over time, the way we communicate—even if we know the way we communicate is “technically” wrong—affects the way we think. The result is that people who have grown up texting may have much poorer writing skills than people who regularly communicate using grammatically correct sentences either in person, over the phone, or via email. Even worse, they may lose their ability to modify their tone and style depending upon who they talk to. Many employers complain that entry-level hires have no idea how to send a business email orcommunicate appropriately to superiors. Texting is real-time communication but is not in person. This creates an odd situation in which people feel compelled to respond immediately via text, but they aren’t really participating in an ongoing, progressively deepening conversation. The instant gratification of texting can lead to incredible impatience, even aggression. But when people are in person, the requirement of communicating immediately can be daunting for people communicating primarily via text. Thus texting can inhibit both in-person communication and texting itself. Unlike phone calls, there are no clear rules about when it’s acceptable to text. And because texting doesn’t result in an angry person answering on the other end, many people feel more comfortable texting at any time and in any circumstance. The result is a decrease in privacy and social boundaries. People may text in the middle of the night or while someone is on vacation and expect an immediate response, because of the impatience texting encourages. The result is a blurring of the lines between public and private. While a couple might previously expect no interruptions on a vacation or honeymoon, they can now anticipate receiving and responding to texts. Because texting is not old enough for psychologists to know how this affects intimacy, we can only guess at its long-term effects on relationships.

Source: http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/texting-teens-adults-communication-0726126

Adel

2015-07-21 14:29:20 UTC

Texting, as it is commonly referred to today, allows individuals to literally express their thoughts, convey information, and maintain relationships with the tips of their fingers. The invention and subsequent use of the text message has redefined the way in which an entire generation communicates with each other. Though this powerful service has many benefits, it has also created several important negative issues as well. The cost to one’s health as well as the general public has made texting a highly debated topic recently. The choices of the individuals engaged in texting one another are not always limited to themselves, rather their choices can have direct effects, both physically and emotionally, on others. The power of text messaging is one that has reshaped the world’s means of communication and those that use this power have a responsibility to use it correctly. The texting phenomenon dates back to end of the 20th century. Though accounts vary, it is generally accepted that the first text message was sent either during 1989 or 1992. The first account attributes the first text message as a sequence of numbers sent and read upside down through a Motorola beeper by former NASA employee Edward Lantz. The 1992 account states that Neil Papworth sent a message through a Vodafone GSM network with the use of a desktop computer. This text message contained the simple statement “Merry Christmas.” It wasn’t until Riku Pihkonen, an engineering student, came around that texts were sent on the more commercially recognizable Nokia mobile phones. As this concept was first used in the early 90’s, the popularity of the text message did not initially catch on with the general public. The number of text users began to grow at the turn of the century, and now statistics show that over 85% of people in Europe and North America are users of text messaging (Urmann, 2009). As with any advancement in the technological world, it took many different individuals working on the system for it to reach a state where the general population could benefit from its use. The first text messages were seen as cumbersome to create and not an effective means of communication between people. As more resources were spent on perfecting the system however, the process of sending a text message became drastically easier. With the invention of the classic “T9word” feature on a phone, a user needed only select numbers that would correspond to certain, easily recognizable words programmed into the phone’s memory. This replaced the need for an individual to spend a great amount of time constructing each word through multiple selections of a number on the phone. Take the word “there” for example. On the original system, a user had to hit the number 8 one time for the “t”, the number 4 twice for the “h”, the number 3 twice for the “e”, the number 7 three times for “r”, and finally the number 3 two more times for the final “e.” New systems resolved from having to hit 10 keys to just the 5 needed for the actual word. As the system continues to improve and grow for text messaging, there are both pros and cons to the advancement of the technology. The power of the instant communication that the text message gives to society can be used for a multitude of positive functions. The ability to communicate quickly and efficiently allows for the transmission of important data instantaneously. One such example of this is emergency text messages that can be provided to individuals for natural disasters. Should a natural disaster be about to affect an area such as a tornado, sever storm, flood, etc., people that live in that area can have emergency texts sent to their phones to warn them about the impending danger. This can literally save the lives of those who would have been otherwise caught unaware of the potential danger that they were in. Additionally, text messaging allows for people to maintain personal relationships with those that they do not have the ability to see on a regular basis. As a study showed, the average teenager uses the text message for about 54% of their interactions with their friends. Face-to-face talking was actually the third most used method of communication, weighing in at 33%. The ability of instant, efficient communication that the text message provides can help people maintain a relationship with a friend when the two literally live on opposite sides of the country (Minshall, 2012). Though the power of text messaging has many benefits to it, the misuse of this technology can cause serious problems for society. With the ability to communicate instantaneously on a mobile device, society focuses more and more on their mobile phones at the expensive of focusing on other, important tasks such as driving. Texting and driving is a hot topic nowadays, in not only the number of accidents that it causes per year but also the amount of money the state spends on combating drivers from texting and driving. According to a recent NBC News article, “the federal government is $550,000 to Connecticut and Massachusetts for pilot projects to crack down on people who text while driving,” (Eng, 2012). This program will hire police spotters on highway overpasses who are trained to look for motorists that are engaging in texting and driving. This takes valuable resources away from the government that could be used to solve some of the country’s other important issues because people cannot responsibly handle the power of texting given to them. The problems do not end only with state spending on making sure individuals responsibly wield the power of texting. People are so addicted to the use of text messaging that they are literally causing themselves physical harm from over use on their mobile phones. The overuse of one’s cell phone for texting can cause physical problems to the body. The areas most effected by over texting are: the neck, head, shoulders, wrists, and hands. By looking down at a phone screen and having a slumped posture, individuals are adding as much as 20 or 30 pounds of weight that their neck must support. This new ailment dubbed “Text Neck” can cause major physical harm to the body if gone unchecked. By putting excessive strain on the neck, the body must compensate and can lead to injury. This can be easily avoided if individuals take the time to limit the number of texts they send and the time they look at the phones in a downward angle, however many people will just ignore the pain and act as though it is not a serious issue (Broaddus, 2012). Texting can also affect one’s social life in a negative sense. As found by Ya-Shu Liang, a licensed psychologist and Ph.D. holder, the use of extensive texting can lead to “’maintenance expectations,’ like expecting a fast response from a text, which can increase over-dependence and can lead to decreased satisfaction in a relationship,” (Hawkes, 2012). People have come to expect to receive information at a blazing pace, and when they are denied their expected speed of response, they can become frustrated with the other person. In addition to this, the use of text messaging can lead to a person having to maintain a number of relationships to the point where that person has no close relationships. The person has to maintain such a large number of different relationships that he or she is unable to, by time constraints or other means, have a close, personal relationship (Hawkes, 2012). Even with the use of technology of forming a romantic relationship, the over use of text messaging can be detrimental. Modern times allow for a person to meet individuals from setting that are no longer face-to-face. With the advent of internet dating, a person can meet someone new and form a relationship based almost exclusively on emailing and text messages. The problem with forming a relationship in this matter is, as Dr. Liang states, is that an individual will likely form unrealistic expectations and standards of the person based on their electronic interactions. People have a preconceived notion on the manner of another and will assume they will act a certain way before they ever meet face-to-face, as opposed to meeting some the first time face-to-face and forming opinions about them based on the way they act (Hawkes, 2012). The invention of text messaging has revolutionized the way in which people can communicate on a regular basis. From the early 90’s simple message of “Merry Christmas” to today’s smart phones that literally allow a person to “draw” the words they wish to send, the advancement of this piece of technology is astonishing. The power that it gives to society is nothing short of awesome in that it allows for instantaneous, efficient means of having a conversation. However, with this great power that text messaging offers society; there comes a great deal of responsibility for correctly and safely using it. People need to be able to efficiently manage the use of their text messaging. We must be able to hold ourselves accountable for texting at appropriate times. We have to be able to know when it is a right and wrong time to engage in texting. If we do not, the government will continue to have to waste its time, effort, and resources to ensure that individuals are not abusing the power of text messaging. So, it is on a personal level that society must correctly use this awesome power. When driving a car, a person must have the clarity of mind to put down their phone. When their body physically hurts from over texting, they must put down the phone and take a break. We have to remember that our relationships are real, physical things with others and are not confined to only being used on a cellular phone. The text message has so many potential upsides that it is crucial that society learns to be responsible with this power. Only then, can we realize the full potential that the text message has.

Source ↔ http://www.ultius.com/ultius-blog/entry/sample-essay-on-texting.html

RoyAndersson

2015-07-21 14:34:42 UTC

Roy anderssoN

2015-07-21 14:43:05 UTC

Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending brief, electronic messages between two or more mobile phones, or fixed or portable devices over a phone network. The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS). It has grown to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as MMS messages). The sender of a text message is known as a texter, while the service itself has different colloquialisms depending on the region. It may simply be referred to as a text in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, an SMS in most of mainland Europe, and an MMS or SMSin the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Text messages can be used to interact with automated systems to, for example, to order products or services, or to participate in contests. Advertisers and service providers use direct text marketing to message mobile phone users about promotions, payment due dates, et cetera instead of using mail, e-mail or voicemail.

In 1933 RCA Communications, New York introduced the first "telex" service.^[1] The first messages over RCA transatlantic circuits were sent between New York and London. Seven million words or 300,000 radiograms transmitted the first year.^{[citation needed]}Alphanumeric messages have long been sent by radio using viaRadiotelegraphy. Digital information began being sent using radio as early as 1971 by the University of Hawaii usingALOHAnet.

Text messaging is most often used between private mobile phone users, as a substitute for voice calls in situations where voice communication is impossible or undesirable.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messaging

Halwa

2015-07-21 16:00:12 UTC

I am a texter. That's the only real way to describe how I communicate. Very seldomly do I ever use my phone for voice calls. That's not to say that I never use the voice calling feature, but aside from my parents, some businesses and the occasional family phone call to those who don't text I'm tapping away on the screen as fast as I can almost continuously to communicate with friends. And when I say almost continuously, I'm not kidding. Although I have learned since my first article asking whether we were addicted to our phones or not, or when the appropriate times to not use my phone are, once I get started on a texting conversation it can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few days. It's a nearly neverending conversation. Sometimes I realize this is not normal, and I sometimes wonder how we keep thinking of things to talk about. When I was younger my parents would often ask me just exactly was so interesting with my phone that caused me to always have my face glued to it. The answer was always the same: "I'm just texting." Honestly, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why they cared so much what I was doing on my phone. And it's not like I was just staring into the phone and not doing anything - clearly my thumbs were very hard at work. But lately I've come to the realization that noticing how often I was texting wasn't exactly something they had to look too hard to see. I mean, I was doing it all the time. When you're texting there's always something to talk about, even if it's about nothing. Texting itself is pretty insane once you really think about it. Out of any feature that I use on my phone, texting is the one that I use the most. Over the past several billing cycles I haven't used less than 5,000 text messages (both sending and receiving, mind you). Upon seeing this my first thought was, "Who exactly have I been talking to so often that I've been sending and receiving so many text messages?" I don't really have a ton of friends that I converse with via text, but the few that I do certainly seem to be getting a mouthful from me when we have conversations. Except for in reality, they're not really mouthfuls. In fact, when going back through my text message conversations quite a few of them are smiley faces, "lol", "ok" or other one word replies that make me wonder why I felt the need to say anything in the first place. But that's just the thing: as texters, we always feel like we have to fill the gap in time with something, anything. The best way to fizzle a conversation out is to wait too long to respond, and even if it means contributing something as mundane as a "lol" when you didn't really laugh out loud just to hang on to a conversation, you do. Sometimes I wonder if texting has ruined communication for our generation, or perhaps that it's just changed it. But the more I think about it, I do really wonder if things have gotten too out of hand. Aside from the ever-so-common sight of two friends, or even a group of them, all hanging out and paying more attention to their phones than each other's company, there's the issue that once you've texted about everything there's nothing left to talk about in person. When you're talking in person you can't fake a "lol", and you can't send a smiley face. There are so many pointless fillers that you can use in texting that you can't in a real face-to-face conversation (for fear of an "awkward situation") that people that are my age and younger have simply just forgotten how to hold a simple conversation normally. It seems like texting is both making us some of the most social, while also being some of the most anti-social, people ever. I guess I'm not saying that I hate texting, obviously, because it is my main form of communication. I'm the absolute worst at multitasking, so those old movies where you see the mom baking cookies, taking care of three kids and talking on the phone to her BFF Jill is not me. I can't do it. I'd be dropping batter, losing kids and not be able to hold a real conversation. Texting, on the other hand, lets me focus on one thing at a time without needing to respond immediately. A few minutes to gather my thoughts and I'm good to go. I also seem to have my best responses handy when I'm texting, because I have a few minutes to gather my thoughts and really think about what I'm saying before I respond. Otherwise, I tend to have foot-in-mouth syndrome. So for that, I am grateful. But I digress. Texting has changed the way many of us communicate. It's so easy and allows us to multi-task, but by having it always at our very fingertips can render face-to-face conversations lifeless because we've already talked about everything. Even my parents have caught on to it at this point, and it still catches me off guard to part ways with my parents and hear them say "Text me when you get there!" or something along those lines. I just find it fascinating that something as simple as being able to type what you're thinking is so much different than how we vocally express ourselves, and how doing so constantly has changed the way we deal with conversations in general. Source: www.phonedog.com/2013/11/26/how-texting-has-changed-the-way-an-entire-generation-communicates

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2015-07-22 18:09:34 UTC

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Originally published July 8, 2008 by Deltra Perryman

I recently had a conversation with someone about how the cell phones and electronic gadgets have become so integrated into everyday life they have changed the way people interact with one another. We were commenting on how two people can be sitting next to each other and never utter a word, but their fingers are constantly moving almost like communicating in secret code. I noticed on my train ride to work that most people are sending text messages or bobbing their head to a musical device but I seldom see people engaged in conversation.

I am the first person to reach for my cell phone which has become a real sidekick for me. However I am a people person and enjoy interacting in face to face conversations. As much as I like to text and instant message I have to keep a balance which means knowing when placing a call or paying a visit to communicate with family and friends is the appropriate thing to do.

Raising teenagers is difficult enough and when you add the impact that cell phones, text

messaging, IPODS and mp3 players have had and it makes it even more challenging to find ways to teach them how to communicate. Being able to express their feelings in a positive and healthy not to mention grammatically correct manner is proving to be nearly impossible. Raising a generation that uses abbreviations to communicate is unrealistic, there are areas that the correct use of the English language is necessary and if we don't take a pro active role the results will be counterproductive.

Text messaging can also cause a person to be rude by holding more than one conversation at a time. I have a rule when it comes to text messaging, if I am having a conversation with someone I turn my phone off. I do that because there needs to be a time when I'm not accessible to the world and I can devote my undivided attention to one person. How can we foster genuine relationships with people if we don't give quality time to one another? I like to feel that when I am with someone there is no one else in the world that is more important to them.

Balance is the key to making sure that we don't become an all text society. It might seem far fetched but cell phones haven't been around that long and we have become a cell phone society. As a parent it is my job to ensure that my children have all the tools they need to communicate effectively and while text and instant messaging are tools they should never be celebrated as the most effective ones. I can remember when e-mails began replacing how people kept in touch, if we are not careful we will become a world where human contact isn't needed to communicate and that would be wrong for many reasons. One being the tone of the conversation how many times have you text messaged the word "what" to someone that asked you something only to have then reply why did you say it like that? "What" can be expressed in a number of ways and can be interpreted in the wrong way if the expression of "what" is misunderstood. The key component missing is emotion, a persons voice can relay a message that a text never will. I am using just one word of many we use everyday to show the danger in relying solely on electronic methods of communication.

I am all for staying current with the changes in the world of technology however I am cautious about how much of the new influences my way of doing things. When it comes to communication the old way is the best way for me it has stood the test of ti

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Originally published July 8, 2008 by Deltra Perryman

Raising teenagers is difficult enough and when you add the impact that cell phones, text

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Originally published July 8, 2008 by Deltra Perryman

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