Saturday, December 31, 2011
Does the language of new media corrupt communication and culture?
My favorite social network to use right now is Twitter. There is a 140 character limit, which makes every message posted short and sweet. However, one of the downsides is it forces the authors of the posts to shorten words and use abbriviations. This can make the writings seem less academic. Twitter is not the only media that does this; texting also tends to make people shorten words. Do these media corrupt the language? My feeling is no. Although the words used may not be academic, the changing of the words is a technique to play with the language. This playfullness encourages people to learn and understand their language much better than previously. As long as peopl understand that this type of language should not be used in formal writing, I believe it can only strengthen communication. New media dsnt crrpt communication nd culture.
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I agree that the new media is shortening words and phrases which makes the quicker to use and more proficient to type under time. The only the media can corrupt the language is when it shows up in formal essays. For a blog or twitter and Facebook it is acceptable. If the shortened language says in those social networks and blogs then I think that it isn't corrupting the language.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the corruption of language is not entirely the media's fault. Many people are able to use social networking sites and use all the little abbreviations, and still write properly when needed. However, using the internet could make things worse for people who already have trouble with spelling and things like "then and than" and "your and you're" because on social networking sites, people don't pay as much attention to making sure the things they write are free of mistakes.
ReplyDeleteI agree that new media force the authors of the posts to shorten words and use abbriviations. However, Many new words regardless type of language are changed and shorten in a short period time through using new media. Many people who don't use those media might have a problem to understand shorten and changed words. Moreover, speed of change of the words became much faster than before so that people can't catch up the new words. Therefore, I think that new media corrupt the language.
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