Wood, Clare, 1971-

Text messaging and literacy the evidence / [electronic resource] : Clare Wood, Nenagh Kemp, and Beverly Plester. - New York : Routledge, 2014. - 1 online resource (xv, 125 p.) : ill. - Routledge psychology in education .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Mobile phone use and the rise of texting -- 2. The media furore -- 3. The links between children's spelling, reading and texting -- 4. Does mobile phone use facilitate literacy development? -- 5. Texting and literacy skills in adolescents and young adults -- 6 .Understanding children's mobile phone behaviours in relation to written language abilities -- 7. Texting and grammar -- 8. Methodology matters : issues in the collection and coding of textisms -- 9. Lessons learned and the future of texting.

9780203693360 (ebook : PDF)


Computers and literacy.
Text messaging (Cell phone systems)