Always On Language in an Online and Mobile World

Name: Always On Language in an Online and Mobile World
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ISBN: 9780199735440

ISBN-10: 0199735441

ISBN-13: 9780199735440

Edition: 2010

Authors: Naomi Baron

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In Always On, Naomi S. Baron reveals that online and mobile technologies-including instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebooks, blogs, and wikis--are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways we might suppose. Baron draws on a decade of research to provide an eye-opening look at language in an online and mobile world. She reveals for instance that email, IM, and text messaging have had surprisingly little impact on student writing. Electronic media has magnified the laid-back " attitude toward formal writing that young people everywhere have embraced, but it is not a cause of it. A more troubling trend, according to Baron, is the myriad…

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List price: $22.49
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/18/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface



Email to Your Brain: Language in an Online and Mobile World



Language Online: The Basics



Controlling the Volume: Everyone a Language Czar



Are Instant Messages Speech?: The World of IM



My Best Day: Managing "Buddies" and "Friends"



Having Your Say: Blogs and Beyond



Going Mobile: Cell Phones in Context



"Whatever": Is the Internet Destroying Language?



Gresham's Ghost: Challenges to Written Culture



The People We Become: The Cost of Being Always On


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