How does technology influence language in this instance?
the context of this website is simply facts on gangster rap. the audience could be aimed at an older audience because many old people could want to wider there knowledge on rap in the world today. another audience could be younger people surfing the internet and trying to find out about the history of gangsta rap because it originated in the 1080s. a purpose for the website is to inform the target audience and a secondary purpose could be to entertain.
the language used in the text is standard english mainly aimed at educated people maybe at an older age because of the use of lexical choices such as 'popularized' and 'lucrative' this could make the text look more professional with facts because anyone can write on wikipedia, so this makes the information on the site more believeable to the audience. the colours blue and white are mainly used to display the pure factual side of the text with usually one picture summing the article up. blue highlighted underlined words are used also, to click to see what that certain word means and it also means that when you click on that word it will take you to a page that wikipedia has on that word.
the discourse structure is layed out in paragraphs usually starting with the history of te subject because this is what people are usually intressed in.
Friday, 21 March 2014
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
how the internet has influenced language
the Internet has a huge influence on our vocabularies and favorite sayings. But don’t worry about the downfall of English just yet. While some people worry that hashtags and emoticons will fundamentally diminish the spoken word as we know it, these fears are overblown.
When it comes to the way we communicate with each other, it’s obvious the Internet influenced some major changes: Email superseded snail mail, Facebook pretty much swallowed the idea of calling someone and wishing them a happy birthday, our job hunts are conducted through LinkedIn or Craigslist.
It’s slightly less in-your-face, but the Internet is also shifting the words we use to speak to one another, not just the way we choose to communicate. Our obsession with the Internet even influences the simple act of talking – out loud, in real life (IRL, if you prefer). Certain acronyms, neologisms, and abbreviations have infiltrated everyday speech – if I say something like “OMG, WTF, why did my ex like my status, obvi I’m unfriending him,” most people would know what I’m talking about (even if they’ll roll their eyes at how annoying I am). Since people often communicate online and through text messages, truncated turns of phrase and space-saving emoticons are now mainstream.
When it comes to the way we communicate with each other, it’s obvious the Internet influenced some major changes: Email superseded snail mail, Facebook pretty much swallowed the idea of calling someone and wishing them a happy birthday, our job hunts are conducted through LinkedIn or Craigslist.
It’s slightly less in-your-face, but the Internet is also shifting the words we use to speak to one another, not just the way we choose to communicate. Our obsession with the Internet even influences the simple act of talking – out loud, in real life (IRL, if you prefer). Certain acronyms, neologisms, and abbreviations have infiltrated everyday speech – if I say something like “OMG, WTF, why did my ex like my status, obvi I’m unfriending him,” most people would know what I’m talking about (even if they’ll roll their eyes at how annoying I am). Since people often communicate online and through text messages, truncated turns of phrase and space-saving emoticons are now mainstream.
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