It can be said that “[cell] phones afford what can be broadly categorized as two principal routes for interaction: oral communication and text-based communication via SMS and similar technologies” (Conti-Ramsden & Durkin et al., 2010, p. 197). We now live in a world, as pointed out by Postman, where meanings to certain words are different from the original meanings, such as the words “community” and “conversation”. The world
[…] ’community’ is now used to mean, simply, people with similar interests[, which is] a considerable change from
an old meaning: A community is made up of people who may not have similar interests but who must negotiate
and resolve their differences for the sake of social harmony. […] As for ‘conversation,’ two (or more) people typing
a messages to each other are engaged in an activity quite different from what is usually called a conversation. To
call messages that lack the presence of the human voice and human faces a “conversation’ […]” (1999, p. 53).
As time goes by, the meaning of words get changed or to some extreme, people can create a different spelling of the word; creating a “new feel” to the word. Another example of this would be when someone “tweets” in today’s age. Meaning, that they send out a short message (under 140 characters) on the social network, Twitter. A few years ago, "tweeting" would only be considered to be the sound that a bird makes. “Needless to say that like any other aspect of development, the technological development is similar to a double edged sword which on one side can kill someone and on the other side can lead to one’s own protection” (Rajendra, 2014, p. 6).
[…] ’community’ is now used to mean, simply, people with similar interests[, which is] a considerable change from
an old meaning: A community is made up of people who may not have similar interests but who must negotiate
and resolve their differences for the sake of social harmony. […] As for ‘conversation,’ two (or more) people typing
a messages to each other are engaged in an activity quite different from what is usually called a conversation. To
call messages that lack the presence of the human voice and human faces a “conversation’ […]” (1999, p. 53).
As time goes by, the meaning of words get changed or to some extreme, people can create a different spelling of the word; creating a “new feel” to the word. Another example of this would be when someone “tweets” in today’s age. Meaning, that they send out a short message (under 140 characters) on the social network, Twitter. A few years ago, "tweeting" would only be considered to be the sound that a bird makes. “Needless to say that like any other aspect of development, the technological development is similar to a double edged sword which on one side can kill someone and on the other side can lead to one’s own protection” (Rajendra, 2014, p. 6).