Th Languag f SOCIAL MEDIA Christin Dugan
Tabl f Cntnts Gt th Wrd Out...4 A Nw Kind f Languag...6 Scial Mdia Talk...12 Cnncting with Othrs...28 Changing th Dictinary...36 Glssary...42 Indx...44 Chck It Out!...46 Try It!...47 Abut th Authr...48 3
Gt th Wrd Out Imagin that yur sccr tam wn th lagu champinship. It was an awsm gam, and yu scrd th winning gal! Hw can yu tll yur frinds abut yur big win? Yu culd wait until th nxt tim yu s thm. Snding a grup txt is anthr way t shar nws. Yu culd als us scial mdia t gt th wrd ut quickly. Scial mdia allws ppl t shar wrds and picturs that dscrib what is happning pning in thir livs. It maks cmmunicatin municatin asir. It als hlps smn shar nws with many ppl at nc. Scial mdia is a fairly nw way t shar infrmatin. Ppl nd t larn hw t cmmunicat n scial mdia. 4
Six Dgrs f Sparatin On f th arlist scial mdia sits launchd in 1997. It was calld Six Dgrs. Th nam cam frm th ida f six dgrs f sparatin. This ida says that all th ppl in th wrld ar cnnctd in sm way, and thr ar six r fwr cnnctins btwn ach f us. What Is It? Th trm scial mdia is usd t dscrib typs f lctrnic cmmunicatin. It is th way ppl shar infrmatin nlin. Thy can shar thir thughts, phts, imags, r vids by psting thm fr thrs t s. 5
A Nw Kind f Languag Spch n scial mdia is nt th sam as spch in prsn. It is nt th sam as writing a nt r an mail. Scial mdia has its wn uniqu languag. And it kps grwing bcaus scial mdia is s ppular. Ppl nd t kp up with hw t talk in this nw way. Scial mdia usrs ftn mak up wrds. Thy als giv ld wrds nw manings. Abbrviatd wrds and acrnyms ar ppular amng usrs. Evn picturs man things n scial mdia! It can b hard t kp up with all th changs. Changing Dfinitins Hw can a wrd s dfinitin chang? Think abut th wrd trll. A trll usd t b an ugly mythical cratur that livd in a cav r undr a bridg. Nw, a trll mans smn wh shars idas n scial mdia t gt strng ractins frm thrs, usually in a way that is hstil r upstting. 6
APP UNFRIEND What Is That Wrd? BLOG Scial mdia has intrducd wrds that nvr xistd bfr. On invntd wrd that quickly tk ff is slfi. Nw, vryn knws that this wrd mans t tak a quick pictur f yurslf. WiFi 7
Y s' L r ON ch n a ti r t c F sp in Changing Languag This shift in languag is nt uniqu t scial mdia. Th wrds w us ar always changing and vlving. Smtims chang happns s slwly that it s hard t ntic; at thr tims, it sms t happn vrnight! But why ds languag chang? On rasn is that it must mt th nds f th ppl wh us it, and sinc ppl chang vr tim, s ds languag. Scintists hav studid hw ths changs happn. On way is that invntins and tchnlgy ftn rquir nw wrds. Scial mdia is simply a nw xprinc that cms with a nw st f vcabulary. Ggl It! ppular in is s g n h c r m as l sa ing its na s u d Th Gg t r ta av yu l hav s thing. H that pp m s l Gg t knw, a vrb t mn say, I dn d s d s m was us r vr har t h T l it? just Gg s addd t hat it wa ftn th at was nar y. Th ti c ic d th fr m nws nt wlc ny), h cmpa (t l g G ask that nc thy sin it in vr us n l p p hat way! th 8
Y s' L r ON ch n a ti r t c F sp in Th Ris f Nw Languags As civilizatins grw, s d languags. Nw wrds and symbls xprss idas in nw ways. Hr ar sm xampls f nw languags that hav dvlpd vr tim. 4300 BC 3000 BC hirglyphics cunifrm languag 2650 BC 730 Chins alphabt p Grk alphabt 900 1600 Latin cursiv alphabt 1900 prsnt day binary cd scial mdia 9
Radr s Guid 1. Why is it imprtant t undrstand abbrviatins n scial mdia? 2. Why might smn add mji r hashtags t thir psts? 3. What ar sm xampls f nw wrds that hav bn cratd bcaus f scial mdia? 4. Hav yu vr flt that yu did nt undrstand th languag usd in scial mdia? What happnd?