When Texting Is Wrong By Randy Cohen

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In the article “When Texting Is Wrong”, published in The New York Times by Randy Cohen on July 13, 2009, explains concerns about the harmfulness of texting at inappropriate times. Based on evidence in the article “At the office, managers are uncertain about texting during business meetings: many younger workers accept it; some older workers resist” (Par. 1). It demonstrates the targeted audience to be older workers and or older people who aren’t too fond of texting and feel it’s a distraction. Cohen argues that, the purpose of his article is to express the need of new manners to be explicitly introduced at home and work. Although texting is a causal thing, it can lead to interruption, harmful, and intellectual damage. Randy Cohen is very effective

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