Texting

Studying Deaf Users Texting Behavior

[1] Ecker, Katelyn D. Mobile phones as a social medium for the deaf: a uses and gratifications study. Doctoral Thesis, Issue Date: Aug 2008.

Comment: Deaf college students self-reported sending and receiving more text messages than hearing college students.

[2] Mary R. Power and Des Power. Everyone Here Speaks TXT: Deaf People Using SMS in Australia and the Rest of the World. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 2004. 9(3):333-343.

Comment: Documents the increased use of text messaging (SMS and IM) in Australia and the U. S.

[3] C. Tane Akamatsu, Connie Mayer, Shona Farrelly. An Investigation of Two-Way Text Messaging Use With Deaf Students at the Secondary Level. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 2006. 11(1):120-131.

Comment: Deaf high school students and their parents were given two-way pagers for 4 years and intermittant surveys and questionnaires to investigate use and extent of text messaging. Results indicate dramatic differencing in independence of youth and connection with parents.

[4] Valerie Henderson-Summet, Rebecca E. Grinter, Jennie Carroll, and Thad Starner. Electronic Communication: Themes from a Case Study of the Deaf Community. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2007. 347-360.

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