There are few books that fulfill their promise to describe tomorrow. This
is one of them. The "texting tribes" ride the same currents as our
"post-literate" age, using technology to augment and implement our human
need for communication.
Rheingold describes a coming new world where one-to-many communication is
focused on "doing" things and where the "one" can be anyone with a mobile
phone. Teens and protesters are using texting (a function available on many
cell phones) both to "hang" with each other and to coordinate movements.
What he has seen in Japan and Finland is becoming commonplace in America's
public schools as teenagers flock together in texting "virtual" space more
easily than they can in "real" space. Recent reports show that texting is
becoming as popular as the telephone -- and it is certainly more stealthy
for those seeking to circumvent nosey parents.
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