Text-messaging and its Effect on Youth’s Relationships

The cell phone has evolved from a luxury for businesspeople into an important facilitator of many users’ social relationships. For those with poor social connections, the cell phone offers a unique advantage: it confers instant membership in a community. Wireless technology expands telephone applications by empowering people on the move to use it anywhere and anytime. Mobile phones have steadily become technology that fewer people want to do without. This may be especially true for the younger set. They are texting at school, at the cinema or at home. This paper explores what role the cell phone plays in their lives and what its impact on teens’ social relationships is

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