Texting And Social Media Analysis

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Growing up is really awkward, especially in the high school years. As humans, we find any way to try to make any situation a little less awkward. That's where technology comes in. Since the creation of texting and other forms of instant messaging, we are able to communicate with others without the awkward face to face interaction. We can now just shoot them a text with a emoji and then receiver has no clue how the sender really feels. While they're a lot of benefits for texting and social media, such as being able to relay information at rapid speeds. There are also many incredible cons to texting. Like many people are becoming unable to function in a social activity. Instead they would be stuck to their phone. Also, we have a mass of social

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