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Peopl People: The Power Of Texting Has Reshaped The World

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The invention and often use of text messages has redefined the way in which an entire generation communicates with each other. Texting has a powerful influence and has many benefits, it has also created several important negative issues as well. The cost of an individual's health as well as the public has made texting a highly debatable topic recently. The power of text messaging is one that has reshaped the world’s meaning of communication and the people that use this power have a responsibility to use it correctly.

The texting phenomenon dates back to end of the 20th century. The first text message as a sequence of numbers sent and read upside down through a Motorola beeper by former NASA employee Edward Lantz. The 1992 account states that Neil Papworth sent a message through a Vodafone GSM network with a desktop computer. It wasn’t until Riku Pihkonen, an engineering student, then came around that texts were sent on commercially recognizable Nokia mobile phones. The number of text users began to grow as the new century came. Now statistics show that over 85% of people in Europe and North America are the proud users of text messaging (Urmann, 2009). …show more content…

The areas most affected by over texting are: the neck, head, shoulders, wrists, and hands. By looking down at a phone screen and having a slumped posture, individuals are adding as much as 20 or 30 pounds of weight that their neck must support. This new side effect “Text Neck” can cause major physical harm to the body if unchecked. This can be avoided if individuals by taking time to limit the number of texts they send and the time they look at the phones in a downward angle, although many people will just ignore the pain and act as though it is not a serious issue (Broaddus,

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