Words with Friends

A great social media application is words with friends. It is an app that can be downloaded on any iphone or android phone. It is just like scrabble because you are given a certain number of letters and you need to come up with words using those letters. You also get a certain number of points for each word that you make. Obviously, you get more points for longer words. It is a two player game and you can find people you know to play with by obtaining their username. You then send that person an invite and you can begin playing. You can also chat with the person you are playing with as well.

This type of communication would fit into the category of hyper-communication which involves chatting and interacting with family and friends using a mobile device which is talked about in the reading, "Social Implications of Mobile Telephony: The Rise of Personal Communication Society" by Scott W. Campbell and Yong Jin Park.This app allows you to stay connected with family and friends by being able to do something fun with them without being in the same room together. When it is your turn, you also do not have to go right away. You can take as long as you want. Once you go, the other person will receive a text onto his or her phone. It is very important to keep connections and this app gives people the opportunity to do so.