Comparison Between Texting Vs Talking: Texting Vs. Talking

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Texting vs Talking: “is texting our new voice” Texting has become so popular in recent years that some are worried that we are losing valuable skills pertaining to using our voices. There are various reasons why someone would choose to text over talking, convenience, time efficiency, and privacy, but this doesn’t come without its problems. It is not unheard of to turn on the news today and hearing of another texting while …show more content…

In recent years, nonetheless, the mobile phone has seemingly become less popular for talking and mainly used for text messaging. In a Time.com article titled “We never talk anymore: the problem with text messaging”, author Jeffery Kluger explains that “the telephone call is a dying institution”. He stated that according to a 2010 survey conducted by the “Pew Institute”, that the number of text messages sent monthly from the year 2000, from 14 billion, to the year 2010, 188 billion. There are advantages that come along with texting and one of those would be convenience. Texting is very convenient compared to talking on the phone in situations where noise might be an issue, for example, a library or in a meeting. Texting also is more time efficient than making a call because text messages tend to be shorter and much quicker. Presumably, the utmost popular reason for texting over talking is privacy. For instance, when you are speaking on the phone, anyone can hear your conversation, compared to the privacy of text messaging. Even with all the conveniences that come with text messaging, it does not come without problems. The most common heard of problem with texting is texting and driving. An article titled “The Truth About Texting and Talking While Driving”, from the website Psychology Today, author Ellen E. Pastorino Ph.D., says texting while driving has become a major epidemic …show more content…

Bernard Guerney Jr., founder of the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement, reported in a 2007 article in the Washington Post “You grow some when you face things, and I think you lose something when you have to resort to tricky things and not confront people about things that are intimately important”. This is referring to the fear that we are using less brain activity and how texting may be impacting this. In an article from the globeandmail.com titled “Texting may rewire young brains” author Adriana Barton says that “especially when pertaining to young minds, texting may rewire a child 's developing brain to be more careless”. Laura-Ann Petitto, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Toronto says “Children may be especially susceptible to the brain-altering effects of cell phones, their reliance on the gadgets happens at a crucial stage in brain development, she explains”. Some studies have indicated that with younger children texting it may improve the child’s spelling abilities because when the word(s) are not spelled correctly, the person must keep spelling until the phone picks up the right word. Regardless of, there are researchers who believe texting actually harms the child’s spelling abilities by creating a world of lazy spellers. Many believe that the best way to protect your child and ensure

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