简介：Text messaging has been designed to capture， compose and alter the users words and by extensiontheir behavior in order to maintain a high level of interpersonal relationships。 To determine how text messaginghas the potential to alter social interaction， this paper has examined how the youth create self- presentation andimpression about themselves by creative use of language。 The discussion in this paper is structured aroundComputer Mediated Discourse Analysis （CMDA） as propounded by Herring。 CMDA produced a paradigmshowing the users ability to use language in text to construct their social identity/self and social relations。 The keyfinding that emerges in the analysis is that text messages redefine users behavior and provide them with manychoices of expression。
简介：Text messaging has been designed to capture， compose and alter the users words and by extensiontheir behavior in order to maintain a high level of interpersonal relationships。 To determine how text messaginghas the potential to alter social interaction， this paper has examined how the youth create self- presentation andimpression about themselves by creative use of language。 The discussion in this paper is structured aroundComputer Mediated Discourse Analysis （CMDA） as propounded by Herring。 CMDA produced a paradigmshowing the users ability to use language in text to construct their social identity/self and social relations。 The keyfinding that emerges in the analysis is that text messages redefine users behavior and provide them with manychoices of expression。