BACKGROUND Short message service (SMS) text messaging is an efficient form of communication and pervasive in health care, but may not securely protect patient information. It is unclear if resident providers are aware of the security concerns of SMS text messaging when communicating about patient care. OBJECTIVE We sought to compare residents' preferences for SMS text messaging compared with ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of symbolic expressions (e.g., “BTW,” “LOL,” “UR”) in an SMS text messaging corpus consisting of over 10,000 text messages. More specifically, the purpose was to determine, not only how frequently these symbolic expressions are used, but how they are utilized in terms of the language functions that they signal. The results of this investigati...

Lecturers and students frequently interact in both formal semi-formal settings. Communication between professors must, of course, be maintained such a way that it is always polite, even informal situations. The availability social media undoubtedly enhances contact teachers students. However, the use has an impact on language style lecturers This research aims to explain examine ethics when res...

Although most people think of Text Messaging as a recent phenomenon, they do not realize that amateur radio has had text messaging for over a century. This was recently well demonstrated on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno when two old hams using CW beat the socks off of two hip teenagers using text messaging on their cell phones. [0] Even though CW has yielded some turf to newer digital modes, a...