Essay On Social Media Language

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Social media and the development of language – the end of rules and politeness?

In this day and age, social media is incorporated in our daily lives, it has become something normal and is used by a wide range of people in many different ways. It is also commonly known that the language used today differs from the way people spoke just a few years ago. The central question then becomes: does social media contribute to the current development of language? To find an answer to this question, we begin by taking a closer look at the characteristics of language used in social media as well as reasons for the increase in media usage. Later on …

Psychology & general development of language

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They can get an insight into other people's lives and are able to learn new things about strangers while still choosing how much to present themselves. Additionally, they can express themselves freely and voice their opinion whenever they like. Thus active discussions concerning certain topics are being made possible and the content presented is made more interesting through the social exchanges and different points of views. Also, everyone being able to participate adds to the positive aspects of social media. In addition to that should be mentioned that the people have the choice to simply do something else when they lose interest so the discussions stay lively.
Regarding other platforms such as blogs or forums, similar positive aspects can be found. It only differs slightly in the aspect of time difference since communication through a forum is not technically “live”. Thus creating a difference to face to face communication.

To be drawn from the aspects mentioned is that social media's success is mainly based on the fact that it provides ways for people to directly exchange their experiences and actively engage in discussions. Ultimately making it possible to talk to each other wherever or whenever they

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