The Revolution : Effects Of Ephemeral Messaging

“We didn’t have a choice to know any life without iPads or iPhones. I think we like our phones more than we like actual people,” (Paragraph 2). The upcoming growing generation Mrs. Twenge discovers that they are growing up with a smartphone within arm’s reach. She talks to this little girl she calls Athena and asks her if she goes to the mall with her friends alone. Athena tells her no, that when she goes to the mall with her friends its always with her mom and brothers, but they stay a little behind. She says that she had to check in every 30 minutes with her mom and let her know what they are doing. As Mrs. Twenge is talking to Athena she starts to find out how teens today communicate. She finds out that snapchat is one way they communicate and according to Athena it’s also another great way to blackmail someone to. Jean M. Twenge paints a frightening picture of how smartphones are destroying the upcoming generation.

As a child born into a world coloured by electronics and filled with Web 2.0 discourse, social media has painted my worldview. It is difficult to imagine my world without social media and constant “oversharing” as this has been a significant aspect of my life for as long as I can remember. Since receiving my first cell phone in the sixth grade, my mother has always been on my speed-dial and is one of the contacts with whom I am always in constant communication. After dramatically increasing the amount of information I sent to my mother through text messaging, I gained a greater understanding of the amount that oversharing has become naturalized in modern society. Through an emic analysis, I was able to understand the culture of oversharing by actively participating in this culture. An emic analysis is an effective method for studying the culture of oversharing, as being part of the culture highlights the impacts of the culture. In modern-day society, oversharing is taking place as a function of instant messaging through many different forms, such as texting, Facebook, and Snapchat. The participants in these practices have created a new culture of online communities and an entirely new lexicon, including emojis and acronyms. As well as the advantages brought by new technology, any new media will have inherent consequences. With texting, people have started oversharing through “sexting”, sending explicit messages or photographs. Social media platforms also have consequences of

Social media has become one of the most dominate things in the lives of today’s youth. Millennials use social media for many reasons, to stay connected and as a source of entertainment. Among all the social media sites, one that is particularly popular is Snap chat. Most college and high school students check this app before twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Instagram noticed this trend early and tried to buy out snapchat, but their attempt failed and now snapchat has not only influenced its opens to copy its stories idea but also almost copy the format exactly. In my paper I will discuss two different articles that both focus on the topic of snap chat usage. I will also contrast these two articles and reveal how they have similar findings but different approaches.

At one point not that long ago it was only possible to update a Facebook status from a phone if you subscribed to the text messaging service offered by the site that would allow you to text in an update. There was no such thing as scrolling through your newsfeed as you rode the subway to work or waited for class to start. In his essay “The IRL Fetish”, Nathan Jurgenson talks about the spread of technology saying: “Each moment is oversaturated with digital potential: Texts, status updates, photos, check-ins, tweets, and e-mails are just a few taps away or pushed directly to your buzzing and chirping pocket computer- anachronistically still called a ‘phone’” (Jurgenson). Here he brings up an interesting point about the role advancing technology

The main argument of the reading "And Then She Texted Me" by Ilana Gershon is how people in today's world breakup through social media and how social business is accomplished through retelling these breakup conversations. In this reading Gershon includes an actual breakup conversation over IM that was sent to her over email. This piece supports the main argument of the reading by providing evidence of breakups over technology becoming more evident in this day of age.

The way we speak today will be a thing of the past in the future because we are slowly getting away from interacting with each other in regular vocal conversations. The joy of hearing someone else’s voice with tone and emotions will be missed by some but never experienced by the rest due to them resorting to electronic communication as their source of interacting with others. The only way some will see other people is by using the video to video form of communication to converse with. People will not be able to appreciate the personal attention they will be missing by not mingling with another human being. Even the written form of communication will change drastically due to the evolution of writing styles, with the use of social media, and

In order to completely understand the arguments put forth by Basso in his research, it is vital to understand the concept that communication occurs with or without the usage of speech, and in this case through silence. Although the people engaged in this silence are not communicating directly per se, the silence is an acknowledgement of their presence. Interpersonal communication, which occurs face-to-face, employs three main technical components: a code (an

The short story “Speech Sounds” is a science fiction story written by Octavia Butler. This essay portrays a central theme that really opened my eyes as well as many others. This theme is to never take your ability to communicate for granted. Communication is a huge part of our culture and civilization. I never truly realized how important communication really was until reading this story. Without it, we cannot express our feelings in a correct manner. Not being able to connect with other individuals results in it being very hard to cooperate with others, causing chaos amongst society. In a short amount of time, the world would turn on each other causing mass amounts of violence. Likewise, this is similar to the story “Speech Sounds.” There are many takeaways one can have after reading this story.

With Snapchat, you are able to send photos with texts, screenshot the picture, and send something back within seconds. Even though they are both forms of communication Athena states that certain snaps from Snapchat is “good blackmail.” As she studies the iGeneration, she noticed “abrupt shifts in teens behaviors and emotional states… the line graphs became steep mountains and sheer cliffs… she has never seen anything like it.” She realizes there are more differences than they are of comparisons between generations, they “ are radically different from those of the generation that came of age just a few years before them.”

Today, society has become a boisterous world of communication. From telephone conversations to live Internet chat and e-mail, the world has never before been quite so in touch. In the novel Obasan, by Joy Kogawa, Naomi Nakane does not have technology to communicate. Instead, she faces the dilemma of communicating at all. From her family, Naomi is shown the many faceted truths of speech and communication. From strong, silent Obasan, to stubborn, resolute Aunt Emily, Naomi finds that one can correspond with others through silence as well as through speech. As a child, Naomi spends much of her life in non-communicative silence, only to help further the distance between herself and her mother. As Naomi grows

Sexting on Snapchat spread because of teenagers and by teenagers who wanted to escape from their parents control and have something to do that felt private. “what really makes a new social network become popular fast? Teenagers.”

During Shirley Turkle’s TED 2012 talk entitled “Connected, but Alone,” she presented the idea of how technology is eroding the personal side of communication. More specifically, Turkle focuses on communication technology such as text messaging, emails, and social media as the source of this erosion. She explains how our “plugged in lives” changes the way we live and communicate. This technological form of communication creates a new psychological feeling of belonging or togetherness and yet, in reality, creates a separation from a truer or more traditional form of communication. (Turkle)

Most of society is familiar with social networking on a global scale. It has become a popular, trending and now common way of connecting with people, be it close to you or far. It has also become the topic of some serious debate over whether this new way of communication is hindering us from our daily lives. In Kerry Coppinger’s work, “Phone Fetish: How Snapchat Is Ruining Your Life And You’re To Blame,” Coppinger is suggesting that social networking is hurting our society as well as our economic stability by limiting face-to-face interactions with other people, breaking down our self-confidence and using it to slack off during work. What Coppinger often forgets to mention is the positive affects it is having on the people of the globe.

In today’s time, there is a multitude of ways in which people can talk to each other. Due to the development of various kinds of technology, such as cell phones, people have a much easier time with communication. Despite how easy modern society has made it to communicate with others, it seems as if people today are not at all focused on meaningful communication, causing disconnection amidst society. “The Sound of Silence”, written by Paul Simon, explores the theme of disconnection between people, due to a lack of meaningful communication. Through use of figurative language, such as paradoxes, similes, and personification, “The Sound of Silence” scrutinizes the topic of meaningful communication, and what can happen when there is a lack of

Communication begins with language, the distinctive ability which has made possible the evolution of human society. With language any message, any query no matter how complex, can be conveyed between people to people over a limited distance - within a room or place of assembly, or across a short open space. The history of communication is mankind's search for ways to improve upon shouting.