We constantly hear about texting, the sending and receiving text messages on our cell phones, more and more; but how is it changing the way we communicate with one another. Before I go on telling you a little more of the way texting is changing the way we communicate, let me go into whom this new form of communication is affecting. Texting exist among individuals of all ages but it has become very popular among younger and younger individuals. This new way of communicating reminds me when I was in elementary, going back to when beepers were popular. Just like beeper had its own language where you could send someone a message simply be using numbers. For example: hello = 43110 and bye = 843, etc. in beeper code. Just like beeper code was a different way of communicating, texting has also become this different code/ language that individuals use to communicate. Like beeper code texting also has is code by abbreviating words into two to three letters. For example: lol = laughing out loud, omg = oh my god, etc. Although this form of communication has been around for a while it is interesting to see how these different forms of communicating substitute the simple thing of saying something out loud.
Writing about this has made me think about the different ways I communicate with friends and family. I have a couple of friends, whom I only send text messages to, and hardly ever call them. Just like text messaging has impacted my life and the way I communicate with other, I could assure you that it has impacted the lives of many others. In a small post “Text Messaging Is Now The Main Way People Communicate” it talks about how text messaging has become more convenient and easier to keep in touch. Although this has become something good for many individuals many other think that is has affected our way of writing – Literacy and Text Messaging. Even though text messaging has impacted our lives its something really popular and has become something we have been really dependent on. So before I close this post I want to propose to you to try avoiding texting messaging so much, I know I will.
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I personally do not text messages because I prefer to talk to my friends on the phone. Even though all my friends like to text messages, I cannot help myself to text them back. Also, I like to write LOL and other abbreviations because they are so fun when my friends respond the same things over and over again. Since we live in an era where technology rapidly increases, I find text messaging very useful sometimes. Before texting messages, I do not like to write or do anything that relates to writing. Thanks to technology I am having so much fun with writing to my friends by texting messages on the phone and chatting on Facebook.
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