![]() ![]() Internet Linguist Gretchen McCulloch has dived head first into the study of internet speak in her book Because Internet. Now, even visual non-textual elements affect the reader’s interpretation of online text (note the difference between “Wow!” and my previous use of “✨wow✨”). ![]() This flood of casual writing has shaped the conventions of online writing into a language understood independently of verbal communication. Words on the internet aren’t always measured and formal, but often show up as informal captions, tweets, posts, comments and text messages sent back and forth in quick succession. The internet is a source of entertainment, information, income, recreation, and expression-and we spend a lot of our online time reading text. I can confidently state this about you, the reader, because you’re reading this piece on the internet (✨wow✨)! More than ever, during this past year, it has become apparent just how reliant we are on the internet as students, academics, researchers, artists, writers, workers, and even friends. ![]() If we’re being honest (and I hope we are), the internet plays a large role in our lives. ![]()
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