The article gives real life examples of how texting and emailing shorten face-to-face interaction. “Does Texting Affect Writing” also relates information back to those who argued that texting does not affect writing. It shows a means of communication and keeping in touch with people without having to give up time. One person added they are “Grateful for every piece of information, but feel strangely shy about calling” (Turkle 389). Texting allows people to open up more. They can edit messages and take more time to respond without it being awkward if they tried to do that in a verbal conversation (Turkle 374). Technology does give that allowance of free time to answer with people. Someone could answer an email at their own pace and timeline rather than having to do it right then. This allows them to also revise it as many times as the responder seems
The article gives real life examples of how texting and emailing shorten face-to-face interaction. “Does Texting Affect Writing” also relates information back to those who argued that texting does not affect writing. It shows a means of communication and keeping in touch with people without having to give up time. One person added they are “Grateful for every piece of information, but feel strangely shy about calling” (Turkle 389). Texting allows people to open up more. They can edit messages and take more time to respond without it being awkward if they tried to do that in a verbal conversation (Turkle 374). Technology does give that allowance of free time to answer with people. Someone could answer an email at their own pace and timeline rather than having to do it right then. This allows them to also revise it as many times as the responder seems