The document discusses several research projects conducted by students on the topic of texting. One study looked at the negative effects of texting in the classroom on student grades and behavior. It found that texting creates a distraction in the learning environment. Another study examined the social impacts of habitual texting and found that it can decrease intimacy and put human communication at risk. A third research question investigated the dangers of texting while driving or walking for both the texter and others, and actions being taken to prevent related dangers.

1. Megan Blair, Nat Cowherd, Candace Mabry, and
Zach Robinson

2.  What negative effects are texting in the classroom
having on students grades and behavior in the
classroom?
 I wanted to research a topic that wasn’t often
publically discussed.
 I had to broaden my research question.

3.  Texting in the classroom is having a negative
effect on students grades and behavior because it
is creating a distraction in their learning
environment.

4.  Book: Lewis, Gordon. Bringing Technology Into
the Classroom. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2009.
 Article: Vosloo, Steve. “The Effects of Texting on
Literacy: Modern Scourage or Opportunity?”
Shuttleworth Foundation. Aprill 2009. 14 Nov.
2012.
 Website:Watters, Audrey. “Texting in the
Classroom: Not Just a Distraction”. Edutopia. The
George Lucas Educational Foundation, 21 Sept.
2011. Web. 06 Nov.2012.

5. Texting Close up. 2011. Photograph.
Wikimedia Commons, Providence
and Tampa. Wikimedia. By
BuzzFarmers. 16 Sept. 2011. Web.

6.  What are the social negative effects of
habitual texting in a person’s life socially?
 Pre-searched.
 At first my research question was broad, therefore
I needed to narrow it.

7.  Texting can impact people socially by decreasing
intimacy amongst people, and causing human
communication to be at risk.

8.  Website - Kasumovic, Michael. "I nd to spk 2 U mum: why texting won't make you feel the
love." The Conversation. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2012.
http://theconversation.edu.au/i-nd-to-spk-2-u-mum-why-texting-wont-make-you-feel-the-love-5200
.
 Book – Baron, Naomi S. “Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World.” Oxford; New
York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Print.
 Article - Iacovelli, Anthony M.Johnson, Craig. "Disclosure Through Face-To-Face And Instant
Messaging Modalities: Psychological And Physiological Effects." Journal Of Social & Clinical
Psychology 31.3 (2012): 225-250. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 6 Oct.
2012.

10.  “What Dangers does texting in motion present to both
the person texting and all others involved, and what is
being done to prevent these dangers?”
 I wanted to show a side of texting that presents a clear
and immediate danger.
 I then had to narrow the question to be specific about
texting in motion as opposed to the dangers of texting in
general.

11.  Texting, although a useful tool at times, is
dangerous for everyone involved if used while
driving or walking, and the laws put into place to
prohibit texting while driving have fair backing and
need to be followed. Texters should also be more
aware of their surroundings while texting and
walking to protect themselves and others.

12.  I answered my research question by finding the
statistics, accident reports, and laws to show the
dangers of texting in motion. This also proved my
thesis by showing the many dangers of texting in
motion first hand.

13. I used books, articles, and websites for most of
my research.
 One of the books I chose was Safe Text-
Protecting Your Teen From the Dangers of
Texting by Diane Griffin.

14.  My article, "Trends in Fatalities From Distracted
Driving in the United States, 1999 to 2008", shows
the trends in texting related deaths behind the
wheel.
 I chose a website from the U.S. Department of
Transportation that shows facts and statistics
about distracted driving to help further my point on
the dangers of texting and show the precautions
being taken to prevent these dangers.

15. Ihave researched the authors of the book and article that I
chose to use for the project.
Ifound that the author of the article that I used has a PhD.,
and is an expert in a relative field.
Because the author of my book wasn’t considered an
expert, I checked her research and found that it was all
documented.
As for the website, it was put into place by a government
agency, thereby making it reliable and relevant source for
my research.

16. OregonDOT. "Texting While at the
Wheel" January 29, 2010. Flikr.com.
web. Nov. 6, 2012.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregon
dot/4351110509/

17.  What are the dangers of sexual texting?
- the origin of the question came from searching
the topic of texting and I had goal of tackling the
most taboo topic.

18.  Sexual texting can result in socially
damaging events.

19.  Sending nude photos could result in forwarding or
just out right reveal of private photos.
 For men it could result in a number of legal
penalties more specifically, Child Pornography in
cases of underage persons and in other cases
harassment.

20. Texting. 2012. Photograph.
Flickrcommons, Indiana. Flickr.
Throughmyeyes_JKM, 12 Feb 2012. Web.
Nov 28 2012