Text Messaging: A Blemish in Society
Years ago before cell phones, a person could walk down the street and hear the chatter of local gossip and conversation. Now days, no one has the time to talk face to face because they are too busy engulfed in their phones, social networking, but mostly, texting. This phenomenon has taken over the lives of the younger population in America. This would not be as large of a problem if it was only done in free time, but it is done for the larger portion of the day while people are in class or at work, and worst of all, driving. Studies have shown that text messaging has health and social drawbacks. Texting and driving while operating a vehicle has the potential to cause fatal accidents, physical injuries associated with the use of the device, and overall social awkwardness in public. Texting and Driving Safety claims that twenty-three percent of all auto collisions in 2011 were cell phone related. (TDS) A Newsday article, …show more content…
According to a Urban Times article, Professor Says Social Media Makes Us More Socially Awkward in Real Life, When texting a person has a chance to think about their response to the other person unlike when having a face-to-face conversation (UT). Face-to-face conversations do not allow the two conversing individuals time to think about their response, it must be the first thing that comes to mind. When texting this skill is lost by users, thus making them awkward in public settings. Communication is something that human’s value, and texting does show that value. It is so important to some people, which they would in fact risk there, or someone else’s life and their own personal health because of it. Now that texting is so common of people young, it could have an enormous effect on their communication skills and also their English skills not only in speaking, but also in
Years ago before cell phones, a person could walk down the street and hear the chatter of local gossip and conversation. Now days, no one has the time to talk face to face because they are too busy engulfed in their phones, social networking, but mostly, texting. This phenomenon has taken over the lives of the younger population in America. This would not be as large of a problem if it was only done in free time, but it is done for the larger portion of the day while people are in class or at work, and worst of all, driving. Studies have shown that text messaging has health and social drawbacks. Texting and driving while operating a vehicle has the potential to cause fatal accidents, physical injuries associated with the use of the device, and overall social awkwardness in public. Texting and Driving Safety claims that twenty-three percent of all auto collisions in 2011 were cell phone related. (TDS) A Newsday article, …show more content…
According to a Urban Times article, Professor Says Social Media Makes Us More Socially Awkward in Real Life, When texting a person has a chance to think about their response to the other person unlike when having a face-to-face conversation (UT). Face-to-face conversations do not allow the two conversing individuals time to think about their response, it must be the first thing that comes to mind. When texting this skill is lost by users, thus making them awkward in public settings. Communication is something that human’s value, and texting does show that value. It is so important to some people, which they would in fact risk there, or someone else’s life and their own personal health because of it. Now that texting is so common of people young, it could have an enormous effect on their communication skills and also their English skills not only in speaking, but also in