In Michaela Cullington well-written paper, Does Texting Affect Writing, written on April 18th, 2010. The well-written document starts off talking about how texting is affecting the majority of humans living in the United States of America. Also talking about what texting is and how it is becoming a concern to cause humans to decrease their writing skill sets.Also how texting is becoming a huge factor in the business world. Michaela Cullington explains how texting is a great invention and also how it is a lousy invention for humans in the world.
In the discussion of texting, one view is that texting hurts humans In her article she comes to her conclusion after she conducts some of her experiments regarding the issue. As well as analyzing other …show more content…
For example, they make too many shortcuts. Sometimes these shortcuts are found in students essays. Such as “cuz,” an abbreviation that is commonly used for because. Another argument is that students cannot show emotion in their writing since texts message are sometimes too small. From here she goes on talks to her fellow students and coworkers about what they think about texting. Some coworkers say it's a great way for students to get their messages across in just a few words. Also, texting helps with a new way for a teenager to talk. She continues with her arguments, ” Teenagers have created an entirely new …show more content…
Asking them when the first time they started texting if they notice themselves using abbreviations very often and if they think texting has a positive or negative effect on them. Students said that they knew when text speak was appropriate and when it is not supposed to be used. They knew to keep it out from formal and educational writing, and they would also catch themselves when writing an abbreviation. Teachers and Professors haven't seen or has had a problem with their fellow students to correspond with the correct when writing a school paper. They also said that texting is a great way for communication.There are many points made that can push the overall answer one way, or another, it's about balancing out the positives and negatives. Cullington explains that texting can potentially hurt formal writing, but is proven to have no positive or adverse effects in the long run. Also, “many complain that because texting does not stress the importance of punctuation, students are neglecting it in their formal writing.” These points are valid, but the evidence are also limited because it is about a few personal experiences, preferably an extensive study with much more