While some parents, educators and language traditionalists argue that slang used in text messaging – either emoticons (such as :) ) or textisms (shortcuts like “b4” for before or “2nite” for tonight) –are eroding English skills among young people, a new report published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology tells a different story.
The study, conducted on 88 grade-school students by researchers at Coventry University in England, found no evidence of a relationship between frequently typing in textisms and diminished spelling ability.
In fact, the more textisms students used, the higher they tended to score on measures of word-based learning and vocabulary. This suggests that when young people use text message lingo, they are actually being artful – not just lazy – and building a heightened awareness of letter patterns and sounds.
Ttyl.
[via Christian Science Monitor]
Showing posts with label Text Messaging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Text Messaging. Show all posts
March 5, 2009
February 13, 2009
Twitter Me a River
Interesting thoughts from Yves Smith over at Naked Capitalism regarding Twitter and the compression of communication and thought, and some social implications that should give all pause. Yves seems sadly resigned to it. (Hat tip: andrewsullivan.com)
January 3, 2009
166 Million Text Messages in Great Britain on New Year's Eve
As Vonda Shepard croons in that memorable episode of Ally McBeal, “What are you doing new year’s eve?”
If you are like many people in Great Britain – and, presumably, the United States – you were text messaging.
According to a recent post in engadgetmobile.com, O2 UK – a large, British provider of mobile phones – recorded 166 million text messages over its network between 7:30 a.m. on December 31, 2008, and 7:30 a.m. on January 1, 2009. That’s about 1,900 messages per second. Or, put another way, three messages for every man, woman, and child in the country.
Though no numbers have been released for the comparable period of time in the States, some analysts say we send twice as many text messages as those in Britain.
Any cures for thumbs with text hangovers?
If you are like many people in Great Britain – and, presumably, the United States – you were text messaging.
According to a recent post in engadgetmobile.com, O2 UK – a large, British provider of mobile phones – recorded 166 million text messages over its network between 7:30 a.m. on December 31, 2008, and 7:30 a.m. on January 1, 2009. That’s about 1,900 messages per second. Or, put another way, three messages for every man, woman, and child in the country.
Though no numbers have been released for the comparable period of time in the States, some analysts say we send twice as many text messages as those in Britain.
Any cures for thumbs with text hangovers?
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