decided to text her mother‚ distracting her from the road ahead. Instead of hitting the send button‚ Brittany’s life hit the end button‚ as she drove off an embankment‚ went airborne‚ and smashed into a utility pole (Friedman‚ pars. 2-4). Stories like Brittany’s raise questions over whether or not texting while driving should be banned. Nowadays it is growing exceedingly common to see drivers using the texting application while maneuvering their vehicle. To end the use of text messaging while operating
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of life. Language is no exception. Some language researchers argue that written language is deteriorating due to the increase usage of electronic communication. The present study investigated 50 mobile phone users selected randomly using Short Messaging Service (SMS) as one of their daily communication tools with the purpose to find out whether SMS language will cause written language deterioration in Malaysia. SMS language is defined as using abbreviations‚ newly created words‚ code-switching
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Black letters flash across the screen‚ launching an attack of rumors and insults. A text‚ a Facebook wall post‚ a Tweet is all it takes to wound someone’s feelings‚ to bring tears‚ and to ruin a friendship. With the explosion of modern technology‚ old-school bullying is out and a new type of bullying is taking the stage. But this bullying is not just like stuffing someone in a locker or putting their heads in the toilet with no wounds/bruises or bloody noses as evidence of abuse‚ cyber-bullying
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Rosa Chavez December 3rd 2012 English Dr. L. Bongiovanni Texting Research paper As technology advanced‚ text messaging was designed as a quick and quirky way to speak to one another without actually speaking. Text messaging has become very popular in recent years‚ especially amongst teenagers and young adults but the outcome of this advancement is not all positive. Although texting makes communication faster and easier there are many problems that derive from texting alone. Texting and
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that texting and driving is more dangerous than drinking and driving. He also believes that if people learn to balance the amount of time they spend on phones and computers‚ this will no longer be a major issue. 3. Powell‚ Dean. “Does SMS Text Messaging Help or Harm Adults’ Knowledge of Standard Spelling?” Journal of Computer Assisted Learning‚ Feb.2011. Vol.27‚ Issue 1‚ pg.58-66‚ 9p This article is about how texting affects the overall knowledge of young children and adults. Powell believes
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a chapter from Txting: The Gr8 Db8‚ he mentions‚ “Texting is just another variety of language‚ which has arisen as a result of a particular technology.” In the excerpt Crystal talks about the drawbacks and benefits of texting. His main focus in the text is how texting has influenced grammar in teenagers. But‚ are the teenagers really the only ones to blame in this situation? Is it the parents? Or maybe the teachers? Overall‚ everyone is at fault to the drawbacks‚ but the teenagers are responsible
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Cell Phones and Driving In today’s society we’ve all become attached to our cell phones. Cell phones make our lives easier in many ways we can check our email‚ receive phone calls‚ send text messages‚ listen to music‚ and take pictures‚ all at our finger tips. With all this convenience‚ however there is a dangerous side to cell phones‚ and that’s when we use them while driving. Most of us are guilty of using cell phones while driving‚ but have we ever thought about its danger? Five states plus
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Longstreet Brittany Longstreet Mrs. Forsythe English 1113-11 15 February 2013 How Does Text Messaging Affect Teen Literacy Text messaging has become an integral part of our lives; it has developed very rapidly throughout the world. With the uprising of new forms of communication that technology has introduced comes a debate on what effect these new digital mediums have on literacy. Text messaging is fastly becoming a primary form of communication for various numbers of people around the world
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instant messages‚ text messages or other modes of electronic communication. Harassment is taking place if the bully is directly contacting someone with one or more of the following types of messaging: Hateful or threatening verbal messages. This includes name-calling‚ attempts to control someone’s behaviour by threatening to expose embarrassing information and/or threats of violence. Embarrassing or threatening images. An unending barrage of emails‚ instant messages‚ or texts‚ whether or not they
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some type of legislation forbidding this distraction‚ the problem will only continue to get worse‚ and people will continue to die. In several recent studies the findings show that text-messaging is one of the most dangerous distractions for the driver. Despite the large number of people that use cell phones or text while they drive‚ a recent Harris poll shows that 80% of the participants recognize there is a need to create a law forbidding this type of activity while driving (Wiehl‚ 2007). Through
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