“pls. let’s meet nw.
wana c u coz I mis u so mch… tc.” This is just one typical line
of what is a text message or SMS (short message service).
These days, it is one of
the most liked features of the mobile phones. People from all ages
especially the teenagers really like it. They consider it as the most
convenient and the cheapest form of keeping in touch with the people
around them. Mobile phone networks have been taking advantage of the
tremendous support and patronage shown by the SMS population.
This SMS culture is not
only true in a corner of the world but worldwide. It is these 160
characters that could be sent and received from one mobile phone to
another which makes the world seem smaller these days. Text messaging
keep family ties firm, cross distances, save friendships, deliver
emergencies, campaign information… and the list goes on.
These benefits are not
everything. Text messaging is also valuable to our disabled brothers
and sisters around the globe. There are claims about the negative
effects of text messaging like the erroneous spelling it uses. In
text messaging, people use a very rare “lingo”. This is to save
the number of characters. Despite these negative effects, the
benefits are still undeniable.
Generally, it keeps a
person updated and informed since you can carry a light device
anywhere you go. For the deaf, it gives them that sense of
independence and freedom. It provides them a way from the linguistic
and geographic barriers. They are able to be like the common people
when it comes to communicating with the people they want to keep in
touch with.
As for the BirminghamInstitute for the Deaf in UK, “text
messaging provides them with a potentially life-saving tool to report
crimes. Since 98% of the hearing impaired in the United Kingdom uses
text messaging. A British police department adopted text messaging as
a method of reporting crimes for the deaf community. Stations in the
United States are now beginning to adopt similar practices.”
With
these reasons, SMS appears to be a very beneficial innovation in
these modern times. We just hope that it will not be use for abusive
practices that may be a threat to the world. These benefits are
things we must be thankful for.
With
man’s power of the mind, innovative ideas turn out to be solutions
that lead to a better, more convenient life. We do not have to run
miles at all, wait for weeks, venture on messages in bottles, we have
the messages right on our fingertips. In the future, SMS would grow
into a more complex level but let us keep its objectives neat.
Bart D. Ebinger
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