Is texting, lolcats, or other forms of online communication harming or improving
people’s ability to communicate in writing or in speech?
A major debate that has been discussed for many years since the coming of technology that involves online communication. There have been countless studies and research that has been conducted in relation to whether students incorporate their texting speech within their critical essays.
However, many experiments that scholars have done to exemplify that students, indeed, are being negatively affected through the advancement of online communications have come to the conclusion that they have had a small pool of test subjects. Thus, conclusions are invalid and have little basis of note worthy information.
Interactive Written Discourse is a very creative and new form of language, therefore people have no clue about the real importance behind it. Although people may say that it does affect the way to speak in a 'proper' (Standard English) way. IWD, or 'text speak' actually started when mobile phones were first introduced, as there was a limit on everything. People started using shortenings, g-clippings, initialisms, etc. from 20 years ago. They had limits on everything, 150 characters at the most or an extra charge, and as many people were in the working class bracket could not afford the extra costs (Arnold & Miller, 2000).
Therefore, people have the choice whether or not they will choose to be affected by online communication.
Arnold, J., &Miller, H. (2000). Same Old Gender Plot? Women Academics' Identified on the Web. Paper presented at Cultural Diversities in/and
Cyberspace Conference, University of Maryland. Retrieved March 22, 2013, from http://ess.nut.ac.uk/miller/cyberpsych/gendplot.htm.
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