Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students

Short Message Service (SMS) texting is widely used in this technological era, which has led to the questioning of the social and psychological effects of this communication medium. The objective of this study is to investigate the social and psychological influence on using SMS texts among universit...

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Main Author:	Andrew, Yau-hau Tse
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2246/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2246/3/Solls._INTEC_2011_Proceedings_%286%29.pdf

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spelling	ump-22462015-03-03T07:55:31Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2246/ Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students Andrew, Yau-hau Tse P Philology. Linguistics Short Message Service (SMS) texting is widely used in this technological era, which has led to the questioning of the social and psychological effects of this communication medium. The objective of this study is to investigate the social and psychological influence on using SMS texts among university students in Malaysia. A sample of 971 respondents completed the online questionnaire. The findings indicated that there was a clear distinction between ‘Texters’ (=those who prefer texting) and ‘Talkers’ (=those who prefer talking) in their way of using their mobile phones and their underlying incentives. The recommendation is to design a social interface to support the interconnectivity between texters whereby people can check the status of one’s ‘textmates’, who is busy, and who is texting who. To conclude, many people own a mobile phone but they are not using their phones in the same way since people have different personalities and needs. Keywords: SMS texting; mobile phones; communication. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2246/3/Solls._INTEC_2011_Proceedings_%286%29.pdf Andrew, Yau-hau Tse (2011) Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students. In: Solls INTEC 2011, 11-12 May 2011 , Equatorial Hotel, Bangi. pp. 1-6..
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spellingShingle	P Philology. Linguistics Andrew, Yau-hau Tse Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students
description	Short Message Service (SMS) texting is widely used in this technological era, which has led to the questioning of the social and psychological effects of this communication medium. The objective of this study is to investigate the social and psychological influence on using SMS texts among university students in Malaysia. A sample of 971 respondents completed the online questionnaire. The findings indicated that there was a clear distinction between ‘Texters’ (=those who prefer texting) and ‘Talkers’ (=those who prefer talking) in their way of using their mobile phones and their underlying incentives. The recommendation is to design a social interface to support the interconnectivity between texters whereby people can check the status of one’s ‘textmates’, who is busy, and who is texting who. To conclude, many people own a mobile phone but they are not using their phones in the same way since people have different personalities and needs. Keywords: SMS texting; mobile phones; communication.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Andrew, Yau-hau Tse
author_facet	Andrew, Yau-hau Tse
author_sort	Andrew, Yau-hau Tse
title	Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students
title_short	Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students
title_full	Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students
title_fullStr	Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students
title_full_unstemmed	Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students
title_sort	social and psychological impacts of sms texting on malaysian university students
publishDate	2011
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2246/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2246/3/Solls._INTEC_2011_Proceedings_%286%29.pdf
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Social and Psychological Impacts of SMS Texting on Malaysian University Students

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