By Yang
Texting,Core of Our Life
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The world’s First Text
Message was sent in 1993.
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The birthplace of the BlackBerry and mobile e-mail, and we're among the world's most obsessed users of Facebook, but it hasn't stopped us from engaging in a relatively old-school form of electronic messaging: texting.
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2009:35.3 billion texts sent
2010:56.4 billion texts sent
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High-school Students in U.S
11%HYPER-NETWORKERS
20%HYPER-TEXTERS
4%BOTH
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They were also more likely to get into physical fights, binge drink and misuse prescription drugs.
“hyper-texters” more likely to have had sex or used alcohol or illegal drugs than peers who text less.
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Teenagers went from "I have a feeling --- I want to make a call"
"I want to have a feeling --- I need to send a text."
to
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People start to use each other for validation, not really for relationships.
It's turning a person into a part object.
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Sexting
Amps up anticipation and paves the way to the bedroom
Sooner.
Believed thatusing social media tools with new partners
A survey by Shape and Men’s Fitness Magazines
80% of women58% of men
LEADS TO SEX SOONER
"If you're not sending 10 texts a day—minimum—you're not in the game."-source from:
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43% of women and 27% of men reported at least one
instance of getting dumped via text.
-source from http://healthland.time.com/
2011/01/26/digital-flirting-leads-to-sex-sooner-
%e2%80%94-and-easier-breakups-later/#ixzz1LtgRkZfU
65% people said they had been asked out via text message.
TextingMORE often than
phoning
Men: 39%Women: 150%
Texting and Driving
Adult drivers use cell phones
As Much As teens
Texting while Drive
in 2009.
Adult Drivers: 47%
Teenager Drivers: 34%
“It’s not important that people stop distracted driving.
No. It’s the other way around. People are important, so
they drive distracted.”
-by Andrew Clark
“Almost everyone
texts/emails first and ask, ‘Is
it okay if I call?’”
--- Jonathan Burnham
Phone calls are rude. Intrusive. Awkward.
“I rememberwhen I was growing up, the rule was,
‘Don’t call anyone after 10 p.m.,now the rule is,
‘Don’t call anyone. Ever.’ ”
Adler said,
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“You're not talking about
much, but you're telling
people you're connected to
them.”
---AMANDA LENHARTImage by Yang Zhao
How many text messages do
you send everyday?
Are you a hyper-texter?
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