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elizanne24 's review for:
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch
Lots of rich examples of early internet writing, how it links to, but is different than, other informal writing that happened pre-internet. Both linguistics, but also social experience to a great extent, since language is formed in talking with other people - so this was a good look at trends and changes.
In particular - I really liked the chapter on 'Internet people' and the starting question, "Can you make friends on the internet?" So fascinating reading about the transition from 'pre-internet people' to 'full internet people' and the differences in writing and what assumptions are made about who can 'do what' on the internet. In this chapter, the writing and description wasn't really just about language, but about how people use, explore, and engage with the internet. As [technological] creators with coding and hardware skills, or perhaps as makers and content creators with more editing text or video) skills.
And closely behind, I enjoyed the chapter on emojis. I came late to the game on smart phones (my first in 2015). Somehow, I always feel that I don't quite understand the emoji language fully and reading this chapter on origin, substitutes and their links to the spoken language idea of 'emblem' was also a good view.
Really enjoyed this book!
In particular - I really liked the chapter on 'Internet people' and the starting question, "Can you make friends on the internet?" So fascinating reading about the transition from 'pre-internet people' to 'full internet people' and the differences in writing and what assumptions are made about who can 'do what' on the internet. In this chapter, the writing and description wasn't really just about language, but about how people use, explore, and engage with the internet. As [technological] creators with coding and hardware skills, or perhaps as makers and content creators with more editing text or video) skills.
And closely behind, I enjoyed the chapter on emojis. I came late to the game on smart phones (my first in 2015). Somehow, I always feel that I don't quite understand the emoji language fully and reading this chapter on origin, substitutes and their links to the spoken language idea of 'emblem' was also a good view.
Really enjoyed this book!