In response to Eric Uthus’ “Text messages destroying out language”. I found this piece very convincing but I personally do not agree with Uthus. Uthus believes people have a “weaker understanding of correct grammar” and use “little or no punctuation”‚ which he believes could lead to a decline in one’s education. One’s diction and ability to form coherent and complete sentences is very important for future job opportunities‚ exams and in everyday life. In my opinion children and the youth of future
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In the book “The News Media: A journalist looks at his profession‚” John Hohenberg (1968) mentions that the world we live in is imperfect. And having an imperfect world‚ its imperfections must be reported and properly emphasized. Otherwise‚ the free press fails in one of its major functions- the presentation of the world as it is. Because of this entailed function‚ journalists in our society may assume a variety of roles such as an eyewitness or narrator
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Benefits Of Text Messaging For Children Email 2 By Margarita Nahapetyan March 7‚ 2009 It turns out that text messaging positively affects a child’s literacy and‚ in fact may even improve it‚ according to a new study conducted by a Coventry University in Britain. The University researchers involved a group of 88 children between the ages of 10 and 12‚ for their study. Their goal was to figure out what are the effects of text messaging on children’s communication skills. All the kids were
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Effects of Text Messaging on English Grammar By Lisa Russell‚ eHow Contributor ‚ last updated February 15‚ 2013 * * * * Print this article The Effects of Text Messaging on English Grammar Debate rages among educators about the effects of text messaging on English grammar. According to an unscientific poll conducted by Edutopia.org‚ 50% of the 1028 respondents felt texting is harming students’ writing and grammar. In the same poll 20% thought that text messaging may have
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me four times longer to hit the brake [while being distracted and driving]” (1). Therefore‚ LeBeau’s results matched up with the final results for Car and Driver Magazine; it took an unimpaired driver .54 seconds to break‚ yet for a person sending a text while driving‚ it took 70 more feet to break. Furthering Car and Driver Magazine’s study‚ it shows that it only
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communication style to one another is texting. Texting has greatly affected the way that we interact with people today. People can now text a friend something they need to say‚ instead of having to make a phone call to keep in touch. Although mobile phones have increased our communication between each other‚ it has greatly influenced teenager’s literacy. Text messaging is very popular among teenagers today. Teens on average send 45.11 and receive 46.03 messages in a day. Texting has both positive and
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Why BulkMessaging? Bulk Messaging has many benefits similar to cost effectiveness and speed. What are the benefits regarding open rates in bulk messaging? 98% of all SMS messages are opened and read by the recipient‚ and on average within five seconds. That alone sounds impressive but when compared to the 20% average open rates of email it’s even better. Not to mention the fact that of those 20% of e-mails that are actually opened the average open time on these is about forty eight hours. So if
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LYCEUM of the PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY CAVITE CAMPUS Governor’s Drive Gen. Trias‚ Cavite Text Messaging: Means of Communication or Means of Lowering The Level of English Literacy among LPU Students Submitted by: Malabanan‚ Jill Justine E. Paras‚ Juran Jither I. Salonoy‚ Roy Jerus J. Sumague‚ Aron Johnzel M. Toledo‚ Renz Harry M. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I Problem and Its background…………………………………………………………..............1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………....1 Statement
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ebanking‚ as well as social and spiritual applications. Indeed‚ mobile phones have made tremendous contributions to society and to mankind. From its inception as a tool of communication used only by deaf or hearing impaired individuals‚ SMS or Short Messaging Service had turned into a very powerful means of communication. Also‚ SMS had made the world smaller and much better as people rapidly gain access to mobile phones. Moreover‚ it created a new way of system of communication all together. SMS Applications
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Americans Hurt Due to Negligence “No Text On Board‚ It Can Wait” is a slogan from an advertisement that AT&T sponsored‚ and it makes a claim saying if drivers just wait to take their calls and wait to text back‚ then many lives would be spared each year. In America we see everyday someone in their vehicle talking on the phone or texting. This has become an epidemic since‚ more and more people have suffered from others not paying attention to the road. Distracted driving activities like
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