Center on Media and Child Health: Research Toolbox: Text Messaging Tools

Research Toolbox: Text Messaging Tools

According to Nielsen, American teenagers are sending over 3,000 text messages a month and Short Message Service (SMS) texting has developed as a language suited to the need of sending short, quick messages.

Here are a few tools to help you understand this new language and its abbreviations:

• AIM Dictionary 

This website offers a short guide understanding online chat acronyms, text messages & smiley faces.

• A Guide to Understanding Text Messaging Abbreviations

A guide produced by Mathews County Public Schools to introduce some of the most common used abbreviations.

• Lingo 2 Word

This website offers a neat translating tool and dictionary of text message abbreviations.

• TextED

TextED.ca is an innovative and interactive website designed to teach teens to be safe, responsible and respectful users of texting technologies.

• Web Wasp

This website provides lots of unusual SMS abbreviations, including European slang.

• Webopedia

This website offers a  short guide to understanding online chat acronyms, text messages & smiley faces.