FILM 315 Digital Media Theory presentation. How texting is surpassing phone calls as a means of communication.

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talk is cheap avalon mclean-smits

2. image: digi on stock.xchng image: Clueless (1995)
communication via text message is going up,
while calling on a phone is going d o
wn
.

3. why ? because...

4. phone calls are
awkward
and they i nt e
rrup t people,
image: Suvi Korhonen, flickr

5. image: nicolasnova, flickr
texting is efficient and brief,

6. and texting
allows for
discretion and
privacy.
image: Rob Pongsajapan, flickr

7. people go to class, they travel on the subway, they drive in their
car, they go to work, they have meetings, they’re with friends,
they’re in the library, etc ...
image: Voka Kamer van Koophandel Limburg, Flickr image: taki, flickr
there really isn’t a good time
to call someone.

8. unless it’s an emergency,
a phone call feels like an
intrusion.
Katie Couric, CBSnews.com

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Why people call, if they call...

10. image: Calvin, AwkwardFamilyPhoto.com
people call their parents or family to catch up or give
location updates;

11. to get a hold of
someone
immediately;
image: Neal., flickr

12. or, if takes too long to discuss something in their text
message.
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13. is this why is gaining popularity?
it is planned during a portion of your day, the call
isn’t an interruption, it is usually private, you want
to talk to the person, etc...

14. “A study by Nielsen
found we talked on cell
phones 188 minutes a
month on average this
year. But that's down 25
percent from 2007.” Katie
Couric, CBSnews.com
image: UggBoy UggGirl, flickr

15. “Two-thirds of the
teens surveyed said
they are more likely to
type out a text to their
friends than to call,
whereas 78 percent
said they are more
likely to engage their
vocal chords when
communicating with
their parents.” Adam Hadhazy,
technewsdaily.com
image: AndrewElck, flickr

16. getting a phone used to be “a rite
of passage”. now kids in
kindergarten get phones and we don’t
stay up talking to our friends for two
hours, we stay up texting for two hours
pamela paul, New York Times
image: Caitlin Doe, flickr

17. “ 2.5 billion text messages are sent
each day in the USA” Nicole, hireahelper.com
image: Mr. Lujan, flickr

18. image: screenshot of “the Rise of Text Messaging” by @shanesnow, Mashable
“Most of the text
messaging is
being done in the
13-17 age range.
The next most
popular age range
is 18-24. The
number of text
messages
decrease with
age” Nicole, hireahelper.com

19. “The report also shows that girls text a lot more than
guys, sending and receiving about 80 total texts per
day compared to teen boys' daily log of about 30
messages” Adam Hadzay, technewsdaily.com
image: CarbonNYC, flickr

20. do girls have a need to connect more on a regular
basis?

21. “The average teenager now sends and receives an
unbelievable 3,300 texts a month - more
than a hundred every day!” Katie Couric, CBSnews.com
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22. image: ms. phoenix, flickr
but text messaging is not just for friends...

23. “One girl got fired over a text message, and since she
didn’t have text messaging, she paid 40 cents to get fired.”
Nicole, hireahelper.com
image: digi, stock.xchng

24. wouldn’t you rather a phone call? or, face-to-face?

25. most business relations have switched from phone
to email and texting, but firing is going too far.
image: Scarleth White, flickr

26. how much do you text?
do you prefer to text vs talk?
how have you evolved from phone to message?
What are the limits of texting?
What is appropriate?
Think about it.