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Cipperoni

Texting

in our

society

Hypothesis 1

Texting

altering daily face-to-

face communicat

ion

Constant need to be connecte

d

perfectly

acceptable

to text

in any situat

ion

+ =

Hypothesis 2

Texting: mediated form of

communication

Allows for easie

r communicatio

n

People

engage in

texting for long

periods of time

Hypothesis 3

Texting as a

prop or catalyst

Assisting in the development of relations

hips

Communicators can be

themselves

because the

phone acts as a barrier/safety net

Method33 Questions

Survey Monkey

Distribution Method

Snowball Effect

I think it is okay to text with . . .

My friend texting while we were all together

Longest Texting Conversation (in minutes)

Emergence of Unspoken Texting Rules

Texting Replacing the “First Phone Call”

Concluding ThoughtsInfiltrating our society

Emergence of “texting etiquette”

Texting

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Image Credits

Slide 2: www.babble.com/.../tags/texting/default.aspxg

Slide 13: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texting.jpg

Research Credits

Goggin, Gerard (2006). Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life. New York, New York: Routledge.

Goltz, Bertsch, Locke, Peter, Stefan, Chris (2005). Thumb Culture: The Meaning of Mobile Phones for Society. Verlag, Bielefeld: Transcript.

Ling, Rich (2004). The Mobile Connection: The Cell Phone's Impact on Society (Interactive Technologies). Greensboro: Morgan Kaufmann.