[Air-l] texting in noisy places

[Kathy Mancuso]

Actually, Holly, while I'm not sure how much formal research has been done
on it, texting while copresent is a common practice among the D/deaf/HOH
community.  People typically text each other during conferences while
watching the interpreter instead of having sign conversations among
themselves (of course, the rest of us do this too).  Gallaudet students
often walk along in groups texting with their Hiptops.  This isn't my area
of research, but you might ask on the DS-HUM or deaf academics listserv --
or I can forward your query.

kathy

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Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 23:15:31 -0500
From: Holly Kruse <holly-kruse at utulsa.edu>
Subject: [Air-l] Observation, and texting in noisy places
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As air-l list manager, although not really list content decision-maker, and
mostly lurker (I am a proud lurker on a few lists, including a huge one that
I founded almost 15 years ago and and on this one), I'd just like to say
that I think it would be super-nifty if we could cease and desist, at least
for a while, from all discussion of/comments about particular individuals
and their flaws and strengths.  I am very interested in the discussion of
online research interviews, in the general discussion of the etymology and
usage of terms like "lurker" and "troll," in the trends in landline vs.
mobile telephone usage, and in other substantive discussions.  With that in
mind, I found very interesting an article in today's Washington Post about
the growth of texting in noisy environments, like clubs, to communicate with
those with whom one is physically co-present:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051600
649.html

I found myself thinking a bit about the use of texting in situations where
it would be totally fine to chat aloud with the co-present friend (as
opposed to in class or a meeting) but there may be environmental barriers.
And it made me curious about the research being done -- and just the
observations being made more generally -- on this phenomenon.

Holly


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