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Because Internet
all our texting and tweeting is making us better at expressing ourselves
in writing.
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Ben Percifield added 2y ago
"What we learn, long before we utter any words, is that conversation is made up of turns."
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Ben Percifield added 2y ago
Meme: a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by internet users.
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Ben Percifield added 2y ago
This is a presentation on the book, just the tip of the iceberg if you're interested in more :)
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"
Pre internet people generally have one account somewhere that someone set up for them. They know how to do basic things, as long as there are no changes."
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"
Every speaker is learning how to write exquisite layers of social nuance that we once reserved for speech, whether we mark them by switching alphabets, switching languages, or respelling word." p.57
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"The difference between how people communicate in the internet era: Is your informal writing oriented towards the set of norms belonging to the online world or the offline one?"
p.110
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"The internet, then, makes language change faster because it leads to more weak ties: you can remain aware of people you don't see anymore, and you can get to know people who you never would have met otherwise." p.39
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"Studies found the messages overall have been getting more complex over time."
p.58
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