7. Bubbles Carry a Lot of Weight

     This article by Jessica Bennett to Th New York Times talks bout the texting anxiety caused by waiting on a text. The author states that some months ago her therapist ordered for her to disable the "typing awareness indicator" on her iPhone. The time between a text and another, or the bubble that appears on your iPhone while the other person is typing can be torturous and bring immense weight on something as simple as a text message. Bennett describes her disappointment when the bubble appears, them disappears, then appears again. She believes he must be writing something emotional and profound, only to be surprised with a "cool" or a "ya". This humiliation could only be topped with no response at all, since she can also see when a person has read her message, and therefor is ignoring her. Maryam Abolfazli, a writer in Washington states that, “The three dots shown while someone is drafting a message in iMessage is quite possibly the most important source of eternal hope and ultimate letdown in our daily lives." Sociologists study the way new technology affects the brain. It can bring either depression or an adrenaline rush. But those text bubbles can be seen as a tyrant. According to Paul Dourish, a professor at the University of California, they convey to one that something is being done, but not what. As Ben Crair states in his essay for the New Republic, those texting status are "the most awkward part of online chat." Since 1990 those communication status where already a part of the world, but only in 2005 Blackberry brought those features to a much bigger audience. The typing indicator has somewhat become a message itself. It can bring many emotions to a person. It can deceive the other. There are so many possibilities that this feature can represent. However, in the end as Neal Bledsoe put it : “This is the new human condition. We’re all desperate for human connection, and all we get — after all that typing — is a paper-clip emoji.”
     Bennett uses a extremely common subject to connect to her reader. The world is being lead by communication and information. She clearly informs her reader of something they already know, but do not realize or admit. Bennett brings a lot of credibility to her work by using references towards other people of the area that argument the same as her. He also uses many examples to prove her point. This is important because it helps the reader relate to her examples, since most are commonly experienced by most. Her language is somewhat informal, which also comes back to the connection she wants to establish with the person who is reading the article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/fashion/texting-anxiety-caused-by-little-bubbles.html?ref=fashion&_r=0