People nowadays send text messages more frequently than they talk the phone. What are the reasons for this trend? Do the advantages of texting outweigh the disadvantages?
These days, more and more
people
are using text
messages
rather than talking on the phone. From my point of view, this
trend was brought by social and technological advances. While there are some advantages and disadvantages, I believe such
a change has more benefits.
One of the major factors that contributed to this
shift is that more women are working compared to a decade ago. In other words
, almost all people
are doing their job during the day, and there is less time to get in contact with their friends. As a result
, the convenience of using text
messages
instead
of a call created a big change in a way of communication. In addition
, technological breakthroughs are also
the reason for the high-frequency use of text
. Because of advances in technology, lots of applications appeared in the world, such
as Twitter and line. When it comes to line, more than 90% of Japanese people
use the app on a daily basis.
On the other hand
, this
trend's advantages and disadvantages need to be considered. Firstly
, the benefit is that people
can reply to text
writing anytime. Even if you are too busy to answer a message, it is possible to check the mail after you finish your work. Moreover
, text
messages
are saved on a phone basically, so you can look back on past messages
easily. This
feature let you save time taking notes such
as a meeting's date or place when someone contacts you to make an appointment. By contrast
, in an urgent moment, text
messages
can be detrimental because a sender cannot get a reply as soon as possible. And also
, text
messages
allow you to use only letters. Unlike making a call, people
cannot express their ideas with emotions, or a tone of your voice. As a negative consequence, a recipient of text
messages
may misunderstand your intentions.
To conclude, an increasing number of females in the workplace and many attractive applications changed the way of communication from a phone to a text
. Although
this
shift may work negatively sometimes, overall I recon that using more text
messages
has more positive effects.Submitted by basketfuuki on
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