This research also explores college students' use of text messaging to maintain relationships. Quantitative measures were used to determine the frequency of use of text messaging relative to other communication modes such as face to face, email, phone call, social networking and instant messaging. ... Texting Text messaging via mobile phones consists of typing a message on the keyboard or keypad of the cell phone and sending it to another mobile phone; the message is immediately delivered with an alert signal and read and/or replied to by the receiver at their convenience (Spagnolli & ...

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Nowadays, cell phones have many features such as: phone calls, text messaging, accessing the web, taking pictures, using calculators, an alarm clock and many more. ... A big advantage of having a cell phone during class is if the lecture is boring I can text message my friends or play games on my phone. ... Especially when I am in class and trying to learn but people are always text messaging me or sending me pictures. ...

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One of the best uses of a cell phone in recent months is a program which helps find missing people by sending a text message to all nearby cell phones with important information about the missing person. ... Accompanied with caller I.D. and text messaging you can communicate with someone with out bothering anyone. ...

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Text messaging has changed how teenagers use their mobile phones to communicate and co-ordinate their lives. Text messaging has provided a fun, and more convenient way for today's youth to communicate with one another. They even use text messaging to plan telephone calls. But while text messaging is on the increase, less is known about why teenagers have adopted it. ... Mobile phone companies have offered a representative to talk about text messaging and its statistics. ...

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That one text message you are just dying to read, it will only take a few seconds you swear. ... In a less strict manner, messaging on phones can be disabled while a vehicle is in motion. ... Though it is now illegal to text and drive in Florida, Raviv created an app that stops your phone from sending or receiving messages if you are in motion in a car. ... Any text message can wait while a person is driving. ... If you stop the texts, you can stop the wrecks....

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Within the last decade, our generation has become very dependent on the form of communication known as text messaging. Text messaging, or texting, is a quick and easy way to send and receive information via cellular devices. ... Young adults are by far the most avid texters, sending an average of 109.5 messages on a normal day (qtd. ... It is true that miscommunications can occur while communicating over text message. It can also be difficult to express emotion or show your partner how you are feeling while communicating through text message. ...

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Smash about the hidden message and the meaning behind it. ... The subliminal messaging within the episode seemed a bit implausible. ... He claimed that inserting text or images into his movies would increase his theater sales by luring the subconscious mind into buying his products (Pratkanis, 1992). ... A visual stimulus is accomplished by flashing an image or text for a fraction of a second before the participant can become aware of it. ... Visual messages can be presented and understood by the brain much faster than audio messages, therefore, VSS are presumed to be more effective (Kudlak, ...

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Texts which examine mankind's fallibilities often hold transcendental importance for readers. ... Because of these messages, 'Othello' remains relevant to readers through time and age. ... Often, texts which examine the human condition are the most enlightening and significant texts for discussion. ... It is these universal messages which allow 'Othello' to remain relatable through time....

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During the exercise Niall and I sent texts at undetermined times to each other as we both have very different schedules. ... When you text someone, they will be conscious of interacting with you at some point in the immediate future. ... Integration Capabilities - many software programs can be set up to send text alerts to mobile phones when urgent conditions exist. ... Instant messages are also extremely quick, and no doubt had I a broadband connection, it would have been even quicker, but even with just a 56K connection, I still found it a lot quicker than say text messaging, where you are...

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Communication is one of the effective ways for a group to share ideas; however, communication can be ineffective with e-mails, texting, writing, and one of the biggest impacts is technology. ... Technology has its impact with text messaging and e-mail communication; because using this type of technology can limit an individual in using proper English and grammar. ... Effective communication is important in making sure how the message is interpret. ...

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AAA recommends that motorists turn off their phone before driving or pull over to a safe place to talk, send texts or use email. AAA also has launched a legislative campaign to advocate for a text messaging ban in all 50 states. ... Text messaging is particularly hazardous because it involves all three types of distraction -- visual, manual, and cognitive -- and it is an increasingly common behavior. ... The odds of being involved in a safety-critical event (crashes, near-crashes, crash-relevant conflicts, and unintentional lane deviations) are 23 times greater for commercial vehicle drivers w...

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Electronic messages are increasingly becoming the norm. The idea of assessing readability of electronic messages stemmed from the experiences of researchers who found the all-capitals format, paragraph agnostic US Navy message traffic emails difficult to read. ... Text readability has also been acknowledged to affect reading speed and comprehension. ... ANOVA revealed no significant effect of text format on reading times. ... The hypothesis about all-capitals-messages being the least preferred was validated. ...

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They could warn others in the school or in other buildings by texting someone. ... If the student/students were sick they could text someone in the group. ... Distractions could be in the form of students playing games, laughing (out loud) at jokes received in text messages, or spending time socializing on Facebook. ... Although this can go on away from school, students might be tempted more to send a message or post some type of threat when at school and pressured by other students. ... If a student is texting or posting when they should be paying attention to the teacher, then the phone sh...

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A message board I frequently visit, and the subject of my analysis in this report, is the message board for a band called Sparta, from El Paso, Texas, USA. ... The message was made and sent fairly quickly, without a great deal of forethought. ... I assembled my post in my head and then edited it as I typed it into the text box. ... I can now assume that the channels used by the receivers reading my message are Seeing; all the viewers of my post would have seen the topic heading on the main page of the message board. Then Touching; inquired as to the rest of the message by physically clicking t...

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The first text message was sent on December 3, 1992. ... Phone carriers have created plans that involve unlimited text messaging. ... According to a Pew Institute survey, text messages sent monthly blew up from fourteen billion in 2000 to One-Hundred and eighty-eight billion in 2010. ... Also, the messages can get through really fast, so if you urgently needed to get in contact with somebody, you can. ... The poor use of grammar in text messaging is translated to student's formal papers. ...

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Calling them names, hitting them, talking bad about them behind their backs, using the internet or text messages to be mean, or turning people away from that one particular person are all different forms of bullying. ... I saved the text messages from the person that bullied me, but didn't want to say anything, or show anyone because I thought I'd make it worse. ... If you don't let that happen, the bullies might hopefully get the message that you're the stronger and better person they can't be and will stop. ...

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Amendment 28 would be the "No Texting Amendment." ... The law enforcement agents would also have the right to check the driver's cellular telephone to check for any text message within the last couple of minutes, depending where the traffic stop was to occur. If the traffic stop would be in the city, the agent could check for text messages in the last five minutes. If the stop would be on the highway or a heavily traveled thorough fare, they the agent could check for text messages in the last ten minutes. If the traffic stop would be on a major interstate highway, the agent could check f...

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Texting and driving has been a popular topic for the past couple of years. ... However, texting takes that away. ... One day, I was driving my mother's car and I got a text message from my friend asking me what I had plan for that night. ... As I looked down to simply read the message with no intention to text back while driving, I found myself ditching a hole in the road and crashed into another car. As proven by my example, simply looking at a text message can cause accidents. ...

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That their lives are more important than a simple text message, and that it can wait until you have parked the car. ... If you are caught driving and texting, you will get a $225-$280 fine. ... A trend has been going around where people who are about to start driving send a message that says "x". The people who receive this message will know that you are driving and should not call or text you. Driving while texting is a near miss situation, you can be nearly done sending a text, miss a stop sign and cause an accident. ...

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The message will be typed on the TTY's keyboard and as it is being typed the message is sent over the phone line. ... As the other person reads the message, they can respond and their message can be read on the TTY's text display. ... TTY can now be used through a cellular device and allows the hearing-impaired to communicate via the telephone by typing text messages. It provides the ability for a continuous conversation without the constant interruptions of sending and receiving texts; it is just like a phone call but in text version. ... After the connection is made the TTY machi...

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Bullying has always been a factor in everyone's life, whether big or small, but with the updates in various technological devices, a new epidemic has arisen: cyber-bullying. This can be defined as a type of bullying that is done online or through harassing phone calls or text messages. Almost daily,...

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Secondly, every fables aim is to leave a message, this mean that has a moral. "Animal Farm" has a lot of messages. One message is the message of "loyalty", this is shown by George Orwell when it says "Boxer was forgotten except for the ones who had known him" (Chapter 5, page 85, paragraph 2, line 4). A second message given by the author is the message of "leadership", and this is shown in the personality and speeches of Old Mayor, Napoleon, and Snowball. ... The only point against "Animal Farm is a fable" is that fables are usually short stories witch are transmitted by speaking, and "Animal ...

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He took many things directly from the text and put them into his film without much alteration to show an obvious link between the two texts, some of these include names of characters, or the role that is played by certain characters. He also transforms many of the threats or monsters present in the text to be played out by more modern "monsters- and uses scenes from the text, although modified in his film. ... The blind Negro Seer in the film replaces the Seer in the underground that is used in the text. ... Using three less than ordinary men, escaped convicts who are on a mission that is impo...

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This is because they are constantly exposed to social media, strangers, anonymous text messages and emails. ... According to www.meganmeierfoundation.org, among many adolescents, 61% have received mean or embarrassing posts online and 59% have received mean texts, e-mails or instant messages. ...

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Expository Texts Assessment Mixed Messages The genre of this text is that it is a feature article. ... The problems of marijuana legalization The genre of this text is an article from the Drug Awareness Information Newsletter. ... Naha seems to aim the text around the fact that marijuana is a stupefying drug and has stated that "in most instances it is futile to try to reason with a mentally ill person." ... Dope mental health warning The genre of this text is a website article. ... I agree with the feature article, Mixed Messages, written by Nick Miller. ...

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