writing, technology, and teens

This article talked about formal writing and electronic writing and the impact it makes on a students writing. There are some people that are concerned about teens and their writing, they agree it is being degraded by the electronic communication, care free spelling, lax punctuation, and grammar. They put together her a national telephone survey and had focus groups to see what teens and their parents had to say about the role and impact of technological writing had on in school writing and out of school writing. The survey showed that 60% teens do not believe that communication over the phone or texting is writing and know the difference in writing and electronic communication. Teens mentioned that they did not believe that technology influenced their writing in a negative way. According to the survey some teens have used informal writing, text shortcuts, and emoticons in their school writing When it comes to genders the survey showed that 94% of black parents said that good writing skills are more important now than they were in the past, compared too only 82% of white parents. Teens are more motivated to write when they have a topic relevant and interesting topics. I don't think that this survey did the author much help just because the results were so varied and different. They do not have a clear answer on their overall question. I think the intended audience or this article would be anyone who has been questioning this topic because it goes into depth about the details, gender, race, parents, and blogging its a very interesting read. The reason they wrote this article is probably to inform readers on the way technology impacts writing.