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The Cultures of Texting In Europe and America

Posted by Zonk on from the thumbs-are-slow dept.

Ponca City, We Love You writes "The cultures of text messaging are very different in Europe and North America, according to an internet sociologist named Danah Boyd. Americans and Canadians have historically paid to receive text messages, but 'all-you-can-eat' data plans are beginning to change that. All-you-can-eat plans are still relatively rare in Europe. When a European youth runs out of texts and can't afford to top up, they simply don't text. But they can still receive texts without cost so they aren't actually kept out of the loop. What you see in Europe is a muffled fluidity of communication, comfortable but not excessive. "

3 of 207 comments (clear)

  1. Wow, an article about nothing... by jberryman · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    it's like Seinfeld, but instead of being funny it's mind-numbingly retarded. C'mon Slashdot, wasn't there any Apple nooze in the queue? I'd rather read about the iToaster than this crap.

  2. Re:Why does bottled water cost much anyway? by deniable · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    echo evian | rev

    or what's evian backwards?

  3. Re:US telecoms are quite... peculiar by hdparm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In NZ we have a new Guinness Book record holder - texting blindfolded.