y do tngrs luv 2 txt msg?

Grinter, Rebecca E.; Eldridge, Margery

doi:10.1007/0-306-48019-0_12

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“…As revealed from the data, the students used a high percentage of text messaging to stay in constant contact with their friends and family. This particular finding confirms Battestini et al's (2010), Bosco's (2007), Doering's (2002, Grinter and Eldridge's (2001), and Ling's (2005) findings that young people use a considerable part of their SMS messages to stay in touch with others, especially their text-circles. The young students sent more socialization text messages to their friends than to their family members, and the difference was similar to that in the friendship maintenance category.…”

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“…According to Deumart and Masinyana, the low count of messages in the category practical/ social reflects the financial problems of many of the participants who prefer making such arrangements in face-to face meetings, if possible. Grinter and Eldridge (2001) mentioned that young people use text messaging to arrange and adjust times to talk, coordinate with family and friends and chat. They have also reported the use of text messaging among intimate friends for a unique function," which is the "good night" function.…”

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“Where Are You?” The Communicative Functions of Saudi Students’ Text Messaging

Rousan¹,

Aziz²,

Christopher³

2014

IJEL

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The widespread use of the mobile phone service has greatly contributed to the proliferation of text messaging, particularly among young people. The main objective of this study is to examine the communicative functions of the text messaging of young Saudi university students. Thurlow's (2003) theoretical framework is used in this study. The study has a straightforward research question: What are the communicative functions of young Saudi students' text messaging? 750 text messages were collected from the participants. The data collected were coded based on their communicative functions. Five main categories of communicative functions emerged from the data, namely friendship maintenance, socialization, school collaboration, coordination, and exchange of information. The findings of the present study corroborate previous findings about communicative functions in text messaging.

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“Where Are You?” The Communicative Functions of Saudi Students’ Text Messaging

Rousan¹,

Aziz²,

Christopher³

2014

IJEL

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“…Studies of text messaging use have shown how one of the most important ways of expressing one's service use is to discuss the service/message with others and share it with others (Larsson, 2000;Grinter & Eldridge, 2001;Kaseniemi & Rautiainen, 2002). Thus, two items referring to this particular form of expressiveness were included with the wording: "I often show MMS messages and services to others" and "I often talk to others about MMS".…”

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“This is who i am”: Identity expressiveness and the theory of planned behavior

Thorbjørnsen

Pedersen

Nysveen

2007

Psychology and Marketing

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This paper explores the role of self identity expressiveness and social identity expressiveness in the context of Multimedia Messaging (MMS) adoption. An extended version of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), including a wider array of identity and social influences, is developed and tested. As hypothesized, self identity expressiveness and social identity expressiveness prove to be significant determinants of intentions to use. Moreover, the extended TPB model explains 62% of the variance in usage intentions. The paper also investigates the relationship between self identity expressiveness and attitude and between social identity expressiveness and subjective norm. The study results indicate that the concept of subjective norm alone is insufficient to capture the rich universe of identity and social influences driving behavioral intentions. Implications for marketing managers and scholars are discussed.

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“…Ling and Yttri describe adolescence as a unique time in the lifecycle, how peers play a central role during this period, and how the mobile phone becomes a tool to "define a sense of group membership, particular vis-à-vis the older generation (2002: 162). A growing body of work with teens in locations such as the UK (Green, 2003;Grinter & Eldridge, 2001;Taylor & Harper, Forthcoming), Finland (Eia-Liisa Kasesniemi, 2003;Eija-Liisa Kasesniemi & Rautianinen, 2002), Norway (Skog, 2002), and Sweden (Weilenmann & Larsson, 2002), finds similar patterns in other countries. As documented by the papers in this volume, text messaging, in particular, appears to be a uniquely teen-inflected form of mobile communication, and young people have driven adoption of SMS across the globe (Agar, 2003;Grinter & Eldridge, 2001;Eia-Liisa Kasesniemi, 2003;Eija-Liisa Kasesniemi & Rautianinen, 2002;Ling & Yttri, 2002;Rheingold, 2002).…”

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Intimate Connections: Contextualizing Japanese youth and mobile messaging

Ito¹,

Okabe²

The Kluwer International Series on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

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This paper describes social, cultural, and historical contexts that structure current mobile text messaging practices of Japanese youth. First are ways in which mobile messaging has been structured by the power geometries of existing places of home, school, and public places. Second, the paper presents the central social context in which youth peer messaging practice is situated, that of the intimate peer group. Finally, the paper describes how these practices are situated in a postwar history of intergenerational struggle and cultural politics over youth street and communication cultures. Our central argument is that youth technology use is driven not only by certain psychological and developmental imperatives, but also by youths' position in historically specific social structures. Mobile messaging provides a mechanism through which youth can overcome some of the adult-controlled power structures that govern their everyday lives.

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y do tngrs luv 2 txt msg?

Cited by 200 publications

References 7 publications

“Where Are You?” The Communicative Functions of Saudi Students’ Text Messaging

“Where Are You?” The Communicative Functions of Saudi Students’ Text Messaging

“This is who i am”: Identity expressiveness and the theory of planned behavior

Intimate Connections: Contextualizing Japanese youth and mobile messaging

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