How Texting Affects Literacy in Teenagers
Rebecca Jimenez
Professor Sarah Thatcher
English 114
19 September 2013
How Texting Affects Literacy in Teens – Brainstorming
Outline:
I. Introduction
a. Thesis statement: In this paper, I will discuss how the frequent use of text messaging by teens today negatively affects literacy and I will offer suggestions that parents and teachers can implement and teach in order to raise reading, writing, and vocabulary skills.
Since the technological phenomenon towards the end of the 20th century, text messaging has been widely used by cellphone users, specifically teenagers, in order to get their conversations across easier and quicker in a very convenient way. In the modern technology world, people have become so accustomed to the idea of sending and receiving information almost instantly. Texting, or SMS, as it is occasionally referred to today, allows individuals to express their thoughts, convey information, and maintain relationships just 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
Professor Sarah Thatcher
English 114
19 September 2013
How Texting Affects Literacy in Teens – Brainstorming
Outline:
I. Introduction
a. Thesis statement: In this paper, I will discuss how the frequent use of text messaging by teens today negatively affects literacy and I will offer suggestions that parents and teachers can implement and teach in order to raise reading, writing, and vocabulary skills.
Since the technological phenomenon towards the end of the 20th century, text messaging has been widely used by cellphone users, specifically teenagers, in order to get their conversations across easier and quicker in a very convenient way. In the modern technology world, people have become so accustomed to the idea of sending and receiving information almost instantly. Texting, or SMS, as it is occasionally referred to today, allows individuals to express their thoughts, convey information, and maintain relationships just 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
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