The
Washington Post's Yuki Noguchi writes about how text messaging impacts the way we communicate. Because text
entry is generally laborious (and annoying,
even) without a keyboard, we tend to abbreviate our messages, condensing them to their essences.
That can be "both good and bad" according to Amanda Lenhart, senior researcher at the Pew Internet & American Life Project, as quoted in the Post. "There is something different about communications that are mediated by a piece of technology; it is easier to talk about difficult subjects..." It's good, for instance, that we're communicating more frequently and freely thanks to ubiquitous text messaging on phones, in games, and so on.
However, it may be bad when we use text messages to break up with significant others, as 2% of Americans, 13% of Italians, and 12% of Chinese have done, according to the article. This statistic leads us to believe that surely some breakup messages have already been delivered by emotional cripples to their erstwhile lovers over Xbox Live. "Hi sugr. Wanna just b frenz? B cin u in Halo 2!"
LOL WTF?
