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Everything about Text messaging
Act of typing and sending a brief, digital message
Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile phones, tablet computers, smartwatches, desktops/laptops, or another type of compatible computer. Text messages may be sent over a cellular network or may also be sent via satellite or Internet connection. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Text messagingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Deceptively Simple yet Profoundly Impactful: Text Messaging Interventions to Support HealthInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The MessageThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Text Messaging as a Tool for Behavior Change in Disease Prevention and ManagementCited 980 times
- Go sideways: SMSA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Mobile marketingA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun The sending and receiving of written messages on mobile phones, or the technical system which allows or includes such a feature.
Verb present participle and gerund of text message
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Text Messaging as a Tool for Behavior Change in Disease Prevention and Management
Mobile phone technologies improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment in a resource-limited setting: a randomized controlled trial of text message reminders
Text Messaging During Simulated Driving
SMS text messaging improves outpatient attendance
Text Messaging and IM
Text messaging, personality, and the social context
Diabetes education via mobile text messaging
Text Messaging for Addiction: A Review
🆕 Influential since 2022
Deceptively Simple yet Profoundly Impactful: Text Messaging Interventions to Support Health
Don’t Forget the Humble Text Message: 25 Years of Text Messaging in Health
Text vs Patient Portal Messaging to Improve Influenza Vaccination Coverage
Resident and nurse perspectives on the use of secure text messaging systems
Design Implications for One-Way Text Messaging Services that Support Psychological Wellbeing
đź“š Books worth reading
The MessagePeterson, Eugene H. · 1993
Texts from Jane EyreMallory Ortberg · 2014
Emergency contactMary H. K. Choi · 2018
The OutliersKimberly McCreight · 2016
Text 4 revengeJason Strange · 2011
Texts From DogOctober Jones · 2012
FlirtextingOlivia Baniuszewicz · 2009
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary LanguagePeterson, Eugene H. · 2003
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
đź”— Related topics
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