slide presentation texting

By Yang

Texting,Core of Our Life

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The world’s First Text

Message was sent in 1993.

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The birthplace of the BlackBerry and mobile e-mail, and we're among the world's most obsessed users of Facebook, but it hasn't stopped us from engaging in a relatively old-school form of electronic messaging: texting.

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2009:35.3 billion texts sent

2010:56.4 billion texts sent

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High-school Students in U.S

11%HYPER-NETWORKERS

20%HYPER-TEXTERS

4%BOTH

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They were also more likely to get into physical fights, binge drink and misuse prescription drugs.

“hyper-texters” more likely to have had sex or used alcohol or illegal drugs than peers who text less.

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Teenagers went from "I have a feeling --- I want to make a call"

"I want to have a feeling --- I need to send a text."

to

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People start to use each other for validation, not really for relationships.

It's turning a person into a part object.

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Sexting

Amps up anticipation and paves the way to the bedroom

Sooner.

Believed thatusing social media tools with new partners

A survey by Shape and Men’s Fitness Magazines

80% of women58% of men

LEADS TO SEX SOONER

"If you're not sending 10 texts a day—minimum—you're not in the game."-source from:

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43% of women and 27% of men reported at least one

instance of getting dumped via text.

-source from http://healthland.time.com/

2011/01/26/digital-flirting-leads-to-sex-sooner-

%e2%80%94-and-easier-breakups-later/#ixzz1LtgRkZfU

65% people said they had been asked out via text message.

TextingMORE often than

phoning

Men: 39%Women: 150%

Texting and Driving

Adult drivers use cell phones

As Much As teens

Texting while Drive

in 2009.

Adult Drivers: 47%

Teenager Drivers: 34%

“It’s not important that people stop distracted driving.

No. It’s the other way around. People are important, so

they drive distracted.”

-by Andrew Clark

“Almost everyone

texts/emails first and ask, ‘Is

it okay if I call?’”

--- Jonathan Burnham

Phone calls are rude. Intrusive. Awkward.

“I rememberwhen I was growing up, the rule was,

‘Don’t call anyone after 10 p.m.,now the rule is,

‘Don’t call anyone. Ever.’ ”

Adler said,

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“You're not talking about

much, but you're telling

people you're connected to

them.”

---AMANDA LENHARTImage by Yang Zhao

How many text messages do

you send everyday?

Are you a hyper-texter?

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Credits

Most images are sourced from a website www.renren.com.Others are licensed from Flickr.