The Influence Of Texting

Over the past few years texting has been the main source of communication and the tool to share and exchange information among people. As defined in the Cambridge dictionary; “texting is the activity of sending text message on a mobile phone”. Texting is available for people to use worldwide. Also, there are numerous of applications available in mobile phones that offer texting as a main feature. However, Texting has mainly affected principles and rules by introducing new characteristics and techniques to the language. Texting has a major impact on the techniques of writing. For example, phrases got shortened; words got replaced with emojis and symbols, etc. On the other hand, texting has positive influence to its users; it helps in acquiring

In contrast, there are non-standard forms of a language that are used, for example, in different regional dialects and these non-standard varieties are different from each other”. (Dictionary.cambridge.org, 2015).
To make it clearer, Standard English is a formal language that is usually used in grammar books. Non-standard English is the language used in daily life that has no basic rules to follow or a specific accent, it can also be related to a person’s cultural identity and his/her background.
2.1.2 Academic writing
“Academic writing is used when writing formally to fulfill a requirement of a college or university. A much generalized definition of academic writing could be; any writing assignment given in an academic setting. Academic writing structure has three distinct sections; introduction, body, and conclusion”. (YourDictionary, 2015).
As written, academic writing is a professional way of writing that is used only for formal papers. It has its own unique structure, added to that; it has its own rules that must be followed to achieve the best results.

2.2 Social media

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Several studies have been conducted to discuss the phenomenon of texting and its impact on formal and academic writing. Studies have shown how texting has a positive influence on acquiring new vocabulary and writing techniques. Other studies proved how texting can affect one’s writing indirectly. Several researchers have investigated whether the use of textism in informal communication is associated with children and undergraduates’ conventional literacy skills (e.g., Plester and Wood, 2009; Powell and Dixon, 2011).
“Associations between adults’ literacy task scores and texting or textism use have variously been found to be positive (e.g., Kemp, 2010), negative or neutral in university students (e.g., De Jonge and Kemp, 2012; Grace, Kemp, Martin and Parrila, 2013), or mixed in a more varied sample of adults” (e.g., Rosen et al.,