I found the fact that 52% of respondents report sending text message to say something they wouldn’t say face to face to be surprising. There’s either a lot of shy people (i.e., some one texting “I like you”) or the sender didn’t want to be around the person when they received the text message (i.e., some one texting “I want a divorce)”.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Blog 4
I personally rarely use web/net speak, if at all. If I do, it’s usually to make a point or emphasize something. I can see one reason for shortened text in sms messages on phones and that is the input method. Having to type out long words with your thumbs is very time consuming and cumbersome. Have some one send an email and a text message with the same thought and I would think the email would have fully spelled out words and ideas and the text message would have abbreviations and be short and to the point. Typing with ten fingers verses two is much more efficient.
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yes i agree! i think i lot of people send shorthand text messages because it is quicker to type abbreviations. i find it hard to believe that people send text messages to say something they wouldnt say face to face. people today are so crazy...they think itll just be easier to send a text but in reality it makes the situation more awkward or uncomfortable than it would be if that conversation was had in person.
ReplyDeleteQuick text is the cowardest way to hide from face to face communication. I think people do it to eliminate time and space. I rather a person call me directly, in case I have other questions or concerns. Quick text is reference around busy lifestyles. So,it has it pros and cons.
ReplyDeleteI don't use the shorthand version or webspeak much either. Don't you find that not being a diligent user of webspeak that people often use it less when texting you? I feel like my group of people that I text are texting on the same playing field. On the contrary, I think the younger teens that use the webspeak are actually the breeding ground for the true growth of the language phenomenon, webspeak.
ReplyDeleteIt's not texting, but it's similar: I heard a talk a few years ago from a researcher who had studied middle school kids in New Zealand. One of the things she found was that the kids used IM to talk to people that they "couldn't" talk to f2f at school; for example a popular girl didn't feel she could talk to a nerdy boy in school, because of the social pressures from her friends, so using IM was a way for them to work around that peer pressure. So it could also be that these channels also can foster communication, in addition to possibly helping us avoid uncomfortable situations, like the divorce example.
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