Annotated Bibliography

Axelsson, Ann-Sofie. "Perpetual and Personal: Swedish Young Adults and Their Use of Mobile Phones." New Media & Society 12.1 (2010): 35-54. Communication Abstracts. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.

In her article, “Perpetual and Personal: Swedish Young Adults and Their Use of Mobile Phones”, Axelsson discusses how those who are 18-24 in Sweden use their cellphones and who they contact with them. The study looked out how much teenagers in Sweden contacted those who were close to them and how much. The result that Axelsson found was that teenagers are always in contact with their friends and family by using their mobile phone. The study also found that teenagers prefer to text over talking on the phone.

Duran, Robert L., Lynne Kelly, and Teodora Rotaru. "Mobile Phones in Romantic Relationships and the Dialectic of Autonomy versus Connection." Communication Quarterly 59.1 (2011): 19-36. Communication Abstracts. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.

In the article, “Mobile Phones in Romantic Relationships and the Dialectic of Autonomy versus Connection”, the authors discussed how romantic partners thought about texting versus calling and how this affected their relationship. The researchers found tension when it came to how much texting and calling the other partner was doing, usually not enough. There was also tension when the partner was texting or calling someone of the opposite sex.

Harley, Dave, Sandra Winn, Sarah Pemberton, and Paula Wilcox. "Using Texting to Support Students' Transition to University." Innovations in Education and Teaching International 44.3 (2007): 229-41.

In the article, “Using Texting to Support Student’s Transition to University”, the authors discuss the importance of having a support system when students are just starting out at university. They look at the pros of having emails that professors send getting sent right to a student’s phone as a text. This allows the students to get the support they need from their professors if they feel they can reach them whenever they need the help. Texting helps the students make the transition into university and get used to the way classes are taught and run.

Irina Kopaneva, et al. "Workplace Friendship in The Electronically Connected Organization." Human Communication Research 38.3 (2012): 253-279. Communication Abstracts. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.

In the article, “Workplace Friendship in the Electronically Connected Organization”, the authors looked to see how coworkers who were friends communicated when they were not at work. They looked at email, phone, and texting as the different ways that coworkers could communicate if they were friends. The study also looked to see how the friendship was started and how they kept up that friendship. The results found that face to face communication was key for the intuition of a friendship, but texting and other technology based forms of communication were good for maintaining the relationship.

Mahatanankoon, P. and O’Sullivan, P. (2008), “Attitude Toward Mobile Text Messaging: An Expectancy-Based Perspective”. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13: 973–992.

In the article, “Attitude Toward Mobile Text Messaging: An Expectancy-Based Perspective”, the authors wanted to see how people felt about text messaging and why it made them feel this way. The attitudes that they have about text messaging is determined through their thoughts about themselves and their self-esteem. The researchers found that if people felt that they were in control, they felt better about text messaging.

O'Connell, Michelle. "To Text or Not To Text": Reticence and the Utilization Of Short Message Services." Human Communication 13.2 (2010): 87-102. Communication Abstracts. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.

In her article, “To Text or Not to Text: Reticence and the Utilization of Short Message Services”, O’Connell discusses people who are reluctant to use technology and how they respond to text messaging. She looked to see if there was a positive effect or a negative effect. The results that she found suggest that these people text the same amount as most others. There was a difference on how many texts were sent to someone who they considered their significant other. There were also differences in types of text messages that people were sending out.

In her report, “Cellphones and American Adults”, Lenhart looked to determine why adults text, how much they text, and who they are texting. The report found that a good majority of the texts were just to say hello to someone who they were friends with and wanted to see how they were doing. Lenhart also found that texting was not used for longer messages, those were for when talking with someone on the phone. The result was that adults do text with people, but still not as much as teenagers use text messaging.  

Ling, Rich. "Should We Be Concerned That the Elderly Don't Text?" Information Society 24.5 (2008): 334-341. Communication Abstracts. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.

In his article, “Should We Be Concerned That the Elderly Don’t Text?” Ling discusses the elderly and how they have or have not adopted text messaging technology. The study looks at whether the elderly do want to text and they just do not know how or if they do not accept text messaging as a medium they want to learn. The study is about how younger people do not text older people because they think that they do not want to text, but some of them really do want to learn and text their family and friends.

Ling, Rich, Troels Fibæk Bertel, and Pål Roe Sundsøy. "The Socio-Demographics Of Texting: An Analysis Of Traffic Data." New Media & Society 14.2 (2012): 281-298. Communication Abstracts. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.

In the article, “The Socio-Demographics of Texting: An Analysis of Traffic Data”, the authors discuss what age group is texting, who they text, and how many people they text. As in other studies, the researchers found that teenagers are the ones who text the most out of all the age groups. They also found that the number of people that they send texts to is pretty small, an average of five people. They determined that texting is important to teenagers and how they socialize with other people in their age group.

Pettigrew, Jonathan. "Text Messaging and Connectedness within Close Interpersonal Relationships." Marriage & Family Review 45.6 (2009): 697-716.

In his article, “Text Messaging and Connectedness within Close Interpersonal Relationships”, Pettigrew discusses what people of think of text messages and how they use them in their interpersonal relationships. Texting can impact personal relationships and Pettigrew wanted to see how this could happen. The study found that people use texting to maintain a closeness that they find in their interpersonal relationships. He also found that people thought that texting was a more private way to get across their message than talking on the phone.