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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 9:3 2004
© 2004 Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education vol. 9 no. 3, © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved.

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Everyone Here Speaks TXT: Deaf People Using SMS in Australia and the Rest of the World

Mary R. Power

Bond University, Queensland, Australia

Des Power

Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

This article examines the extent to which Short Message Service (SMS) messages are breaking down communication barriers among deaf people and between deaf and hearing people. It is predicted that deaf texters will use SMS to increase the bonds between themselves in deaf communities, creating new opportunities to develop relationships, understanding, and intimacy with those not physically present. The most exciting question raised by this article is whether those kinds of relationships, understanding, and intimacy will develop to the same extent with hearing colleagues, friends, and intimates.

All correspondence should be sent to Mary R. Power, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bond University, Robina, QLD 4226, Australia (e-mail: mpower{at}staff.bond.edu.au).

Received March 15, 2004; revised March 18, 2004; accepted March 18, 2004


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