1. http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/182/0/9/dont_talk_to_me__im_texting_by_elmaton3562-d55lhrh.jpg
The Text-Generation

2. Pew Internet stated that the number of text messages sent monthly
in the U.S. explodedfrom
14 billion in 2000 to 188 billion in 2010.5
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3. Americans ages 18-29 send and receive an average of nearly
88 text messages per day5
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Texting_in_traffic.jpg

4. So many people are connected at all times to smartphones, society becomes a
“gadget haze”6.

5. Each of us
is in our
own
bubble ,
furiously
connected
to
keyboards
and tiny
touch
screens.2
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Reflection_in_a_soap_bubble_edit.jpg

6. People no longer talk to each other,
even if they are in the same room.4
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blonde_girls_texting.jpg

7. Technology-enabled, we are able to be with one another, and also
elsewhere:
alone together.2
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld3a0v01hu1qbx1dvo1_400.jpg

8. How well we negotiate electronic communication in our personal relationships can
makeor breakthem.2
~ Dr. Sherry Turkle
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9. Willing to dispense with people altogether.
"If they insist on only texting,
they're not my kind of person anyway.” 1
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10. To get these, we ask simpler questions; dumb down our
communications,
even on the most important matters. 2
When we communicate on our digital devices, we expect fast
responses.
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11. The fear is that more of us are
losing our ability to have, or are avoiding,
traditional face-to-face conversations that are vitalin the workplace
and personal relationships.7
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12. As a society, we
are becoming
when it comes to
reading facial
expressions and
body language. 5
functional
illiterates
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_woman-body_language.jpg

13. These are cues that you lose when you can't see or hear someone, or
when you're distracted, even in person, by a gadget.7
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/98/45/984546_d55fc932.jpg

14. “I don’t call or stop by to talk,
I don’t want to be interrupted.
I’d rather just do things on my BlackBerry”. 2
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15. “Email and texting meant a conversation I could control…
I get to say exactly what I want,
exactly when I want to say it.” 5
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16. We use technology to keep one another at distances we can control:
not too close, not too far, just right.
j
The Goldilocks effect. 2
http://aerialamy.com/blog/wp-content/themes/simply-pink//2011/06/goldilocks.jpg

17. Today many people with cell phones prefer texting over a phone call.
From Pew Internet & American Life Project7
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18. "We loathe having crucial conversations. They make us
PARALYZED and we do what we can to avoid them.” 7
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/87/59/875991_ecd2906a.jpg

19. Electronic communication
will create
less face-to-face
conversations.
Future generations will be more comfortable texting their friends
than talking to them in person. 6
http://artsandcomputing.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/2008-05-08bookfromtheground.jp

20. We are tempted
to think that our
little “sips”
big gulp
of real
conversation. 2
of online
connection
add up to a
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21. http://capl.washjeff.edu/2/l/5013.jpg

22. That’s a WARNING SIGN that we are giving in to our
techno-fetishes,
and putting more faith in them than in our own real-world concerns.6
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23. our current situation,
our current surroundings
and the people we spend time with?
6
What long-term effects will occur by
devaluing
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24. children with cell phones often won’t make friends with other children
who don’t have cell phones. 6
http://frohan55.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/left-out.jpg

25. because of cell phone usage. 6
had lost a relationship or job
7% of students
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26. Works Cited
1. He Texts, She Tweets—Are They E-Compatible? By Elizabeth Bernstein. The Wall Street Journal. July
2012.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304708604577502672286303452.html
2. The Flight From Conversation. Sherry Turkle. The New York Times. April
2012.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-
conversation.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
3. New technological devices lead to decline in social
skillshttp://www.universitychronicle.net/index.php/2011/02/13/new-technological-devices-lead-to-decline-
in-social-skills/
4. Texting affects communication
skillshttp://www.kent.k12.md.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=555:texting-affects-
communication-skills&catid=54:superintendent&Itemid=188
5. We never talk any more: The problem with text
messaginghttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/tech/mobile/problem-text-messaging-oms
6. How Cell Phones Are Killing Face-to-Face Interactions http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/10/how-cell-
phones-are-killing-face-to-face-interactions295
7. Text Messaging: Is Texting Ruining The Art Of
Conversation?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/03/text-messaging-texting-
conversation_n_1566408.html
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27. Images
All images used are from Google using the
Advanced Image Search, with usage rights set
to: Free to use, share or modify.
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