TEXTING LANGUAGE

HOW TEENS ARE AFFECTED BY TEXTING LANGUAGE

What is texting language?

Is referred to as slang language and abbreviations usually used in phone text messaging.

Examples of texting language include: Ttyl, Idk, Omg, Owk, Ikr, Idk, Lol…

Well, can texting affect teens? Many people claim that texting language makes teen lazy because it doesn’t force them to use proper grammar and spelling. Teens usually text about 2272 times a month and make only 203 calls: 31% of teens send 100+ texts a day, 16% send 51-100 texts a day, 28% send 11-50 texts a day, 22% send 1-10 texts a day and 3% send no texts at all. Teens preferably send texts only to their friends. This has been proven by an online article interviewed a 13 year old girl who sent 14,528 texts in 1 month!!!! Her dad found that the online statement was 440 pages long!!!! Teens statistically have the highest number of sent texts and that number is increasing rapidly. The report by Pew research center’s internet found that 75% of teens now have phones. It was 40% in 2004.There are some effects of texting language on them. Sometimes they write the way they text because it becomes permanently stored in their brain. Sleep texting is another effect. Teens text others and stay online till midnight even if the lights are off in their bedroom. The next morning they are moody, very tired and may not concentrate in anything. English in school also becomes a problem for the texters. Teen texters use the texting language in English. A study by media effects Research laboratory at Pennsylvania state university revealed that teens who text more are poor in grammar and English writing schools. Texting affects your communication with other people. Texting is another problem when driving. According to the National Institutes of health website, 43% of U.S high school students text while driving. This engages them to be involved in automobile crash. Too much texting can actually lead to tendinitis.

It is true that texting affects teens and this keeps on growing and growing. Texting is not a bad thing because it is useful for communicating faster for emergency and easier communication too. But if you overuse texting, it will become a problem and you will have trouble driving, sleeping and writing.