Is texting killing the spoken language?
I pose this question because of a conversation with one of my daughters.
Daughter: Mom can Kyle come to Thanksgiving Dinner with us?
Mom: What is his parent's number so I can call & discuss it with them?
Daughter: I don't know
Mom: Call Kyle and tell him your mom wants to speak to his mom.
Daughter: Ew NO! We talk on Instagram and snap chat; I don't have his number! And who talks on the phone?
Mom: You have a boy you call your "boyfriend," but, you do not know his phone number? Have you ever spoke to him on the phone?
Daughter: Mom you're so old! **Stomps off
Is this a real thing? Can kids have "relationships" solely via social media/text?
According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, on teens between the age of 13-17, they found that other than texting teens communicate in the following manners:
Instant messaging: 79% of all teens instant message their friends; 27% do so daily.
Social media: 72% of all teens spend time with friends via social media; 23% do so daily.
Email: 64% of all teens use email with friends; 6% do so daily.
Video games: 52% of all teens spend time with friends playing video games; 13% play with friends daily.
Messaging apps: 42% of all teens spend time with friends on messaging apps such as Kik and WhatsApp; 14% do so every day.
86% said texting is their primary means of communication with friends; only one person said talking on the phone.
Maybe teens are just creating a new text/snap chat/Instagram language that will eventually begin to corrode spoken language but, I don't think so. I actually think their (teens) inability and/or total lack of practicing the act of speaking (actually verbalizing) on the phone will cause problems in the real/business world....unless they all work in the tech world and then, maybe not.
Are the plethora of communication apps and the availability of technology destroying the need for the actual phone function on our communication devices? What do you think?
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