Diffusion Theory

 Diffusion Theory Through SMS Texting

SMS texting started off with slow growth but then became a rapid phenomenon. The reason for this is the fact that Sms texting provided an easy and quick way to communicate with others. As phones began to be compatible with SMS texting more and more people began to see the effectiveness this new form of communication had. Early adopters saw how quick and easy it was and how communication was evolving and this was the new way to connect with others.

While many were early adaptors and early majority; there still late adaptors and people who choose to not adapt at all. People may choose this course for a variety of reasons, especially the negative consequences that come with texting. Texting is an extremely impressionable technology and causes many distractions within everyday life. Texting can cause people especially the younger generation to have bad grammar and literary consequences, hurt relationships (can’t read emotions, bad with empathy), and distractions such as texting and driving or within the classroom. These repercussions to texting could discourage people especially older generations who have lived without technologies like this to abstain from using them. People who made the choice to not SMS texting may have made that decision in an effort to be better at spelling and grammar, be a more personable person and have an easier time reading people's emotions, and have more meaningful relationships.

While the answer to whether the positives outweigh the negatives could differ depending on who you ask, overall the positives do outweigh the negatives. The reason for this is because all the negatives can be rectified if people don’t completely let it take over their lives and if they work to use it in the right way while also being aware of the consequences it can bring about. Every technology is always going to bring about consequences but it is whether society fights back against these consequences or if they allow them to overtake them. If people work to keep a professional literacy and work to keep meaningful in-person relationships texting can be seen in a more positive light.

sources: 

 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2b50/b8f4305c87ca96cb8808f4bba7446c169d3c.pdf

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/1-84628-204-7_5.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kalpathy_Subramanian/publication/327369077_Texting_and_Teen_Aches_of_the_Turbulant_Times/links/5b8aa88f92851c1e12407bcd/Texting-and-Teen-Aches-of-the-Turbulant-Times.pdf

https://www.mobivity.com/mobivity-blog/2012/09/a-brief-history-of-text-messaging#:~:text=The%20SMS%20concept%20was%20first,developer%20at%20Sema%20Group%20Telecoms.