Thursday, February 18, 2010
American Language
In recent times we have been reading an article about how the use of IM or other CMC forms of communication can have impact on our language as we use it today. I see how in many ways text (talk) or IM (talk) can hurt our language and the youth that use it most. When speaking and using abbreviations in texts or cmc communication that can and more then likely will spill over into our everyday speach. I can remember times when I have use the letter "u" to mean "you" in a paper. Or in my public speaking class used it in short hand to look over when giving a speach. The amount of time youth and people in college settings spend on the computer is outrageous. The amount of times during the day where they are using text short hand is also outrageous. Over time this will and probably has in many circumstance spilled over into meetings and or other forms of buisness in everyday life. What can we do to help stop this from taking over completely if we do think that it will?
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Bobby,
ReplyDeleteI think you've posed a good question at the end of your post. Some people, known as technological determinists, would say that there is nothing we can do. The technology shapes us and our actions. Others would say we have control over the technology and therefore changes to the technology or its uses can help to prevent some negative impacts. It seems that you believe that IM is having a negative impact on our language and you've tied it closely to the technology. The questions I would pose back to you are is the technology itself to blame or is it the users? And who is to decide what is negative and what is not?
Jacob