Film315 Presentation Assignment

1. Images by ZxH Texting, Core of Our Life By Yang

2. The world’s First Text Message was sent in 1993. Image by Yang Zhao

3. The birthplace of the BlackBerry and mobile e-mail, and we're among the world's most obsessed users of Facebook, but it hasn't stopped us from engaging in a relatively old-school form of electronic messaging: texting. Image by Yang Zhao

4. Free Texting Nowadays Image by Joi

5. 2009: 35.3 billion texts sent 2010: 56.4 billion texts sent Image by ZxH

6. High-school Students in U.S 11% Hyper-networkers 4% BOTH 20% Hyper-texters Image from Google

7. “hyper-texters” more likely to have had sex or used alcohol or illegal drugs than peers who text less. They were also more likely to get into physical fights, binge drink and misuse prescription drugs. Images by ZxH

8. Teenagers went from "I have a feeling --- I want to make a call" to "I want to have a feeling --- I need to send a text." Images by ZxH

9. People start to use each other for validation, not really for relationships. Images by ZxH It's turning a person into a part object.

10. Sexting Amps up anticipation and paves the way to the bedroom Sooner.

11. A survey by Shape and Men’s Fitness Magazines 80% of women 58% of men Believed that using social media tools with new partners Leads to sex sooner

12. "If you're not sending 10 texts a day—minimum —you're not in the game." -source from: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1198940,00.html Image from renren.com share/280421400/6557232404

13. 65% people said they had been asked out via text message. 43% of women and27% of men reported at least one instance of getting dumped via text. -source from http://healthland.time.com/2011/01/26/digital-flirting-leads-to-sex-sooner-%e2%80%94-and-easier-breakups-later/#ixzz1LtgRkZfU

14. Men: 39% Women: 150% Texting MORE often than phoning

15. Texting and Driving Adult drivers use cell phones As Much As teens

16. Texting while Drive in 2009. Adult Drivers: 47% Teenager Drivers: 34%

17. “It’s not important that people stop distracted driving. No. It’s the other way around. People are important, so they drive distracted.” -by Andrew Clark

18. “Almost everyone texts/emails first and ask, ‘Is it okay if I call?’” --- Jonathan Burnham Phone calls are rude. Intrusive. Awkward.

19. Image by Yang Zhao Adler said, “I remember when I was growing up, the rule was, ‘Don’t call anyone after 10 p.m., now the rule is, ‘Don’t call anyone. Ever.’ ”

20. “You're not talking about much, but you're telling people you're connected to them.” ---AMANDA LENHART Image by Yang Zhao

21. How many text messages do you send everyday? Are you a hyper-texter? Image from

22. Credits Most images are sourced from a website www.renren.com. Others are licensed from Flickr.