Text messages in TV shows

[jo]

The Guardian had an interesting piece the other day about the increased use, in various TV shows, of text messages as a means of communication between characters. More specifically, the article was complaining about the fact that these on-screen text messages are either impossible for viewers to read on screen, or, maybe they are readable, but they're not on screen long enough to allow viewers to read them.

Is this something that you've noticed in shows that you watch? Is it something that annoys you? Do you pause the show so that you can get up close to your TV/computer screen and try to decipher the text message? Do you agree with the article that TV has a major texting problem?

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Comments

[donutsweeper]

I've had this problem. It's not just texting too, it's any time people use phones, especially if we're supposed to realize the person on screen is lying (about who they are calling/received a call from, if a call went through, etc). I have to be quick with the pause button to figure it out and then sometimes I can't read it. It's annoying.