This study looks at social media network participation and academic performance in senior
high schools. The study was aimed at identifying social media network sites and their usage …

With the ubiquity of mobile touchscreen devices like smartphones, two widely used text entry
methods have emerged: small touch-based keyboards and speech recognition. Although …

This study uses structural equations modeling to test a hypothetical social network model
with applications to a sample of 34,896 school children in Abu Dhabi. The main independent …

The purpose of this article is to look anew at the concepts of reading, reading development,
and reading research as they exist beyond the boundaries of the “science of reading” …

When sending text messages on their mobile phone to friends, children often use a special
type of register, which is called textese. This register allows the omission of words and the …

This book provides a comprehensive linguistic exploration of textism use by bilingual young
adults, illustrating the function of alternative and creative linguistic features and their role in …

El objetivo de este estudio es analizar los rasgos diferenciales de la norma escrita en las
conversaciones digitales sincrónicas de estudiantes de posgrado de la Universidad de …

Research has demonstrated that use of texting slang (textisms) when text messaging does
not appear to impact negatively on children's literacy outcomes and may even benefit …

An extensive amount of research has been performed in recent years into the widespread
practice of text messaging in youth. As part of this broad area of research, the associations …

There is concern that the violations of conventional grammar (both accidental and
deliberate) often seen in text messages (eg, hi how is ya?!!) could lead to difficulty in …