Annotated Bibliography #2

Visual Thesaurus Staff argues that in David Crystal's new book he actually writes that texting improves literacy. They claim that basically "yes" literacy improves texting. Crystal states literacy is reading and writing, and the more you practice, the more you get better. Visual Thesaurus Staff develops this claim by first interviewing David Crystal on his view of texting and literacy, and how it improves or does not improve our literacy. Crystal states that literacy does get better when we text. Lastly, the author says that if teenagers and parents influenced this more than out literacy would go up. David Crystal's purpose is to inform people about the topic through his eyes, in order to show people that all this texting does not make us illiterate. This work is significant because it shows the view through an author's eyes, that sold many books in America today.