Everyone Here Speaks TXT: Deaf People Using SMS in Australia and the Rest of the World

Power, Mary R.; Power, Des

doi:10.1093/deafed/enh042

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“…Through SMS, live highlights of the speech were received by African and international/non-U.S. citizens around the world in French and English (Butcher, 2009). Power and Power (2004) also observed that even deaf people are able to communicate with each other better through SMS. In addition to interpersonal communication through texting, ordering products and services, texting votes (i.e.…”

Section: Some Uses Of Sms Text Messagingmentioning

confidence: 93%

SMS Texting and Its Potential Impacts on Students’ Written Communication Skills

Dansieh¹

2011

IJEL

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This article seeks to examine the transformative impact of SMS text messaging on student written communication skills. Using the survey method, the article examines how pervasive the use of SMS texting is among polytechnic students; its possible effects on students' writing skills; and, what lecturers and students themselves think about the phenomenon. Based on responses from survey participants, the article argues that even though mobile phones are handy ICTs for harnessing and disseminating information, they could have their dark side too: the SMS text messaging function could heighten the tendency among students to adopt non-standard uses and contracted forms of English words in their classwork, examinations and research reports especially in an academic environment where English is the L2 of most students.

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Section: Some Uses Of Sms Text Messagingmentioning

confidence: 93%

SMS Texting and Its Potential Impacts on Students’ Written Communication Skills

Dansieh¹

2011

IJEL

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“…Many organizations around the world accommodate the Deaf and benefit from reaching the Deaf by creating dedicated SMS-lines. The Deaf in Western Australia is for example able to contact the police and a roadside breakdown service, directly via SMS [13].…”

Section: Mobile Smsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An exploration of Deaf telecommunication processes and associated social issues in South Africa

Liebenberg¹,

Lotriet²

2010

SACJ

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This paper presents the results of an exploratory investigation into telecommunications practices and challenges among the Deaf in South Africa. Telecommunication products like cell phones, TTY’s, sMessage terminals, e-mail, fax messaging, instant messaging (IM) were some of the technologies investigated. The research shows that the Deaf considers IM as the most successful technology for both business and social communication. E-mail was rated most often used for business communication, where as e-mail and SMS were rated most used for social communication. The main drawbacks experienced by deaf users of telecommunications technologies related to connecting with and understanding of people. The research findings indicate that the Deaf would like to see heightened public awareness of deafness and its challenges in telecommunication.

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“…About 15,000 are signing Deaf people who may be considered members of the cultural and linguistic Deaf community (Hyde & Power, 1992); although this is controversial-see Carty (2006); Hyde, Power & Lloyd (2006); Johnston (2006). Previous Australian research has demonstrated that signing Deaf people are users of electronic communication technology of all types: TTYs (both among themselves and with hearing people and businesses via a relay service), email and instant messaging, fax, and lately, Short Messaging Service (SMS) on mobile telephones (Power & Power, 2004;Power, Power & Horstmanshof, 2007). Power et al (2007) found that their Deaf respondents (members of Deaf Australia) used all of these methods regularly.…”

Section: Communicating With Deaf People About Communication Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%