STRAIN THEORY Strain theory was introduced by Robert Merton in the early 1930s in his study of wealth. He asserted that whenever a gap or discrepancy between individuals’ aspirations and reality exists‚ frustration will ensue‚ and individuals will be more likely use illegitimate means to accomplish their goals . In the 1990s‚ Agnew expanded this theory to apply more broadly to economic aspirations. Agnew argued that people who experience strain are more likely to experience frustration or anger
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7 Submitted by Wendy Heo 7-Maranaw Submitted to Miss Franchet Bumanglag February 2013 Chapter 1 Introduction Text gambling is currently one of the biggest network problems in the Philippines. Due to the popularity of short messaging service (SMS) or text messaging in the country‚ broadcast stations and telecommunication companies have connived to endorse the now hugely popular text games. Here‚ the participants‚ also including television viewers or radio listeners‚ put their bet in the form
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2b 2b or not 2b David Crystal Last year‚ in a newspaper article headed "I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language"‚ John Humphrys argued that texters are "vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbours 800 years ago. They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped." As a new variety of language‚ texting has been condemned as "textese"‚ "slanguage"‚ a "digital virus". According
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business world one is required to make very formal phone calls in order to communicate with other professionals and clientele. Sending a text message to a boss or client is extremely unprofessional and is frown upon in the business world. Text messaging‚ or texting‚ is the act of typing and sending a brief‚ electronic message between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices
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affects the language we use. Generation Z is the generation which is currently being born. The people in this generation contains the trait of having had lifelong use of communication and media technology like the World Wide Web‚ instant messaging‚ text messaging‚ MP3 players‚ and mobile phones‚ earning them the nickname "digital natives". So it’s increasingly difficult to avoid exposing young people in media and it is said today that most learning occurs outside our classrooms‚ the information conveyed
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affect the learning process in the classroom while the teachers are teaching in front. Childrens tend to get distract with all the entertainment applications inside their mobile phones such as music players‚ movies‚ games and sms‚ short for short messaging system. For example‚ while the teacher is explaining something important regarding to the class subject‚ students at the back are keep busying themselves with watching or listening to music songs in their mobile phones. When the teacher ask them
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The world is changing‚ and experts are divided about the consequences of the fast-growing new ways people have to reach out to each other. Social media is now the most popular way to keep in touch with old friends‚ new friends‚ and family. Text messaging‚ along with its altered lingo‚ has almost replaced telephone calls and voice mail messages entirely. Business meetings have been replaced by emails or internet based conference applications such as Skype. Customer service is defined now by automated
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people use technology to communicate with individuals. The ability to release information to many different people at once‚ without calling a meeting or requiring printing of the materials‚ turned into a money- and time-saving device. Text Messaging Text messaging also has its own language‚ an abbreviated form of speech that has found its way into classrooms and businesses. People are more likely to pull out their phone and start texting while sitting at the table for dinner or while
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term BlackBerry refers to a line of wireless handheld devices and services designed and marketed by BlackBerry Limited‚ formerly known as Research In Motion Limited (RIM). Target Markets: Its target markets are Business professionals who opt for high security text messaging and E-mails. Productivity of BlackBerry and why it has Targeted the business professionals: During the early 2000s‚ Research in Motion’s BlackBerrys were the most popular smartphones in the world; since then‚ though‚ RIM’s market share in the industry
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to as Short Message Service (SMS) and a message with an image or video is known as a multimedia Message Service (MMS). Text messaging has been taking off since the mid-2000’s and has allowed for more interaction between people. The mobile phone not only brings us closer together it keeps us constantly in contact with people with just one press of a button. Text Messaging allows people to send messages to another person without actually talking to them. While it does account for less actual
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