Technology changing the world 1 day a time.

            Do you remember life without texting? God knows that I don’t. Texting has become so ingrained in our lives that we live and die by texts. I know from personal experience that I spend more time texting my friends than I do actually spending time face to face with them.  Texting can be something that is fun and an easy way to communicate with people anywhere and everywhere around the world.

            Texting started out as a fast and easy way to communicate with people much like emailing or sending a letter but it was sent to your phone instead of your computer or your mail box. Texting has become a part of our common culture and culture in general.   Some people have become so infatuated with texting that they actually will text someone rather than go and see their friends.

            For those of you who don’t know about texting or have been under the preverbal technological rock texting is when you send text messages to another person via a cell phone. This form of quick communication is easy but it does come with some serious consequences. Often times people send texts and mean one thing but the person who is receiving the message will read it and interpret it another way completely. This is because the subtle nuances that are present in verbal communication such as voice inflection and facial and body language is missing. This can lead to many problems between two people who are communicating.    

            Another thing that I a growing concern about texting is that many people wonder if our society is losing the social ability to communicate face to face.  One example of this is if a boyfriend and girlfriend bread up over a text message. This happens more often than many people believe. This is concerning because how are people going to respond to confrontation if they hide behind text messaging instead of just confronting the opposing party face to face . Thusly I believe that texting is a good thing but needs to be put in to check in our now fast paced society.