Tuesday 25 November 2014
Virtual
Selves: Projections and Representations -
Mixed messages - the language of texting and social media
Texting today is used every second of the day, anytime, anywhere and for any message and is our main source of communication. Some days most people probably text more words than they physically speak and why would they physically call someone, when they can send a text and probably get a reply within a few minutes? Even seconds if the person is already on their phone. Texting is used all the time and is now part of our identity.
When the phone was first evented not everyone had one, it wasn’t a part of our identity and people didn’t go on their phones daily let alone hourly. Therefore what was the point in sending a text when you needed a reply urgently? It would have been quicker to go round their house and ask. However today the majority of people have smart phones with touch screens making it so easy to text, call, face time, tweet, send pictures etc. This gives a phone much more value. Most contracts have unlimited texts which could never be used up; making it so easy for people to get hold of each other instantly.
We change the context of our text message depending on who we are sending the text to. I use a different code depending on who it is and the circumstance I am in. Teenagers like me have their phone on them constantly and are constantly expecting a notification on their phone after a short period of not being on it. This is because we value our phones much more than any other generation. Although adults don’t tend to use their phone as often for communicating they mostly use it to get hold of family, friends etc. for an important cause most of the time. It’s also a security prop. Most people like me would feel quite lost without a phone. As it is now our culture to text every day.
There are lots of different ways to text from being seen as ‘blunt’ which may indicate to the receiver that you are not happy or you may be annoyed with them. This is usually done by replying with one word answers and also not sending ‘kisses’ which is done with x’s. This can be seen as powerful, especially if the person is in the right. There is also ‘emojiis’ now on a phone. Which is symbols of faces, love hearts, animals etc. If I was to text my parents I would probably but a love heart or a smiley face. However if I was arguing with someone over text or was sad, I would use an angry face or a sad face. This will let the receiver know what mood I am in when sending the text. It all depends on your identity and how you choose to represent yourself. Some people like to make themselves come across much differently on text to how they are in real life.
Mixed messages - the language of texting and social media
Texting today is used every second of the day, anytime, anywhere and for any message and is our main source of communication. Some days most people probably text more words than they physically speak and why would they physically call someone, when they can send a text and probably get a reply within a few minutes? Even seconds if the person is already on their phone. Texting is used all the time and is now part of our identity.
When the phone was first evented not everyone had one, it wasn’t a part of our identity and people didn’t go on their phones daily let alone hourly. Therefore what was the point in sending a text when you needed a reply urgently? It would have been quicker to go round their house and ask. However today the majority of people have smart phones with touch screens making it so easy to text, call, face time, tweet, send pictures etc. This gives a phone much more value. Most contracts have unlimited texts which could never be used up; making it so easy for people to get hold of each other instantly.
We change the context of our text message depending on who we are sending the text to. I use a different code depending on who it is and the circumstance I am in. Teenagers like me have their phone on them constantly and are constantly expecting a notification on their phone after a short period of not being on it. This is because we value our phones much more than any other generation. Although adults don’t tend to use their phone as often for communicating they mostly use it to get hold of family, friends etc. for an important cause most of the time. It’s also a security prop. Most people like me would feel quite lost without a phone. As it is now our culture to text every day.
There are lots of different ways to text from being seen as ‘blunt’ which may indicate to the receiver that you are not happy or you may be annoyed with them. This is usually done by replying with one word answers and also not sending ‘kisses’ which is done with x’s. This can be seen as powerful, especially if the person is in the right. There is also ‘emojiis’ now on a phone. Which is symbols of faces, love hearts, animals etc. If I was to text my parents I would probably but a love heart or a smiley face. However if I was arguing with someone over text or was sad, I would use an angry face or a sad face. This will let the receiver know what mood I am in when sending the text. It all depends on your identity and how you choose to represent yourself. Some people like to make themselves come across much differently on text to how they are in real life.
Tuesday 30 September 2014
Friday 26 September 2014
AQA Key concepts
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/communication-and-culture/a-level/communication-and-culture-2625/subject-content
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