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For centuries, written communication was tinged with formality and finality. But since the emergence of casual forms like texting, using proper grammar can be fraught with misinterpretation.
In China and Japan, moviegoers can visit a cinema where their text messages appear on screen as the film plays. While this might sound like a nightmare to some, the cinema has always been a hub of social activity.
Emoticons reveal subtle clues about your personality – but how do others interpret them?
Long before ‘sup’ and ‘hwu’ there was ‘Hw r u ts mng?’
Hollywood is in the process of developing a feature length Emoji movie. So what might the plot look like?
As summer vacations approach, it’s worth recalling the value of disconnecting and perils of multitasking in our digitally distracted lifestyles.
Shakespeare didn’t ‘lol,’ but he did ‘ha, ha, he.’
Emojis are mainly used to enhance the meaning of words in texts – they won’t replace them altogether.
With low-income kids unable to participate in the social media conversations of their wealthier peers, a new form of digital inequity is emerging.
Don’t listen to the naysayers. New ways of communicating have created a wealth of new opportunities to harness – and study – language.
About three years ago, a teenage girl was talking with me and other students about using her cell phone late at night. She told us how she waited until her parents were asleep, then spent at least four…
If you think that young people seem to be spending more of their time “face-to-screen” than “face-to-face”, you’re probably right. And a lot of that screen time seems to involve reading or writing English…
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