Janet Kornblum's Tapping Into Text Messaging

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The authors Janet Kornblum “Tapping into Text Messaging” and Michael Rubinkam “Texting in Class is Rampant” debate the good and bad sides of Texting with information and support. The idea of texting started in Europe in the late 90s, now it’s all over the world and communication had changed because of it, Texting, like speech, sign language and writing, is part of our developing language system. The authors tries to stay neutral towards the tropic, they highlighted both, pros and cons that come with Texting. They agree that the major concern is the distraction that come from texting. According to paragraph 7 in “Tapping into Text Messaging” Teens represent the age group that texts the most. Texting in the teen’s group age cause distraction

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