"Y U Luv Text, H8 Calls"
Summary:
Rates for calls on cell phones has gone down a significant amount since last year. More people are starting to text- in the second quarter of 2010, people ages 45 to 54 sent and received 323 texts a month; a 75% increase. An average teenager (13-17 years) sends and receives about 3,339-- more than 100 messages a day. Why do people text more instead of calling? It's quicker, easier, and is cheaper. However, text messages cause misunderstandings-- you don't hear the person's tone or inflection, and people can get upset. Furthermore, people get text message alerts from websites like Twitter and Facebook. Text messaging costs less than calls, and a lot of carriers now offer unlimited texting for lower monthly rates. Texting can take over peoples' lives, but is it the more popular form of communication?
Response:
I don't find this shocking at all. More people now have cell phones-- nine years ago, the only people in my family that had cell phones were my mother, my father, and my sister, who was leaving for college at the time. Younger kids today have cell phones-- kids as young as eight years old. I got my first cell phone around ten years old, because I was home alone more often and my mother wanted a way for me to reach her. I barely knew how to text. At first, I used my phone to call my family members. Now, I use it to text my friends and I still call my family members-- mostly my mom, sister, or grandmother. My father uses his mainly to communicate with my mom and for work. My grandma barely uses hers; mainly for the same reasons as my dad. My sisters and I both text more than we call, and my mom uses both methods evenly. As a teenager, I text more than calling because it's easier, and it's faster.
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