Always On Language in an Online and Mobile World
Language in an Online and Mobile World
1st Edition
Published on 18. March 2010
304 pages
978-0-19-974131-1 (ISBN)
Description
Online and mobile technologies are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways you might suppose. Always On draws upon a decade of research to reveal how instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and internet search functions are reshaping social interaction and written culture.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Email to Your Brain: Language in an Online and Mobile World
- 2 Language Online: The Basics
- 3 Controlling the Volume: Everyone a Language Czar
- 4 Are Instant Messages Speech?: The World of IM
- 5 My Best Day: Managing "Buddies" and "Friends
- 6 Having Your Say: Blogs and Beyond
- 7 Going Mobile: Cell Phones in Context
- 8 "Whatever": Is the Internet Destroying Language?
- 9 Gresham's Ghost: Challenges to Written Culture
- 10 The People We Become: The Cost of Being Always On
- Notes
- References
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
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