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janinaloveletters 's review for:
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch
I'm a little stressed out because this was INTERESTING but didn't offer as much content relevant to my current interest (finding the topic of my bachelor thesis) as I thought before starting this book. It's definitely heavy on the language part (obviously), definitely in relation to the internet (obviously) but not really in explicit context to modern media (its mentioned + sometimes talked about but not as detailed as I hoped) which was a bummer for me, the media student looking for inspiration.
I thought it would mainly talk about linguists + how the digital world is changing (the english) language but the last sentences of the synopsis "essential reading for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from" made it seem like it would still feature a lot of interesting perspectives on typical interactions in the digital society (*modern* media plattforms/forms of interacting) than it ultimately did. The older types (chat, email, texting etc.) were discussed and focused on instead which was nice and insightful but not what I wanted at this moment in time lol. Twitter (and Tumblr) was in here but mostly as a way to contact data for the statistics and to analyze the differences/similarities in the way that particular people used the internet/language.
Personally, I also thought it could've been shorter and more to the point but overall it was really cool to see how parts of (the english) language stayed the same, some shape-shifted and transformed to fit the current circumstances (progress of technology, especially the internet and the different digital forms/methods of communication/ interaction that followed because of it). Last thought? Language is cool.
I thought it would mainly talk about linguists + how the digital world is changing (the english) language but the last sentences of the synopsis "essential reading for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from" made it seem like it would still feature a lot of interesting perspectives on typical interactions in the digital society (*modern* media plattforms/forms of interacting) than it ultimately did. The older types (chat, email, texting etc.) were discussed and focused on instead which was nice and insightful but not what I wanted at this moment in time lol. Twitter (and Tumblr) was in here but mostly as a way to contact data for the statistics and to analyze the differences/similarities in the way that particular people used the internet/language.
Personally, I also thought it could've been shorter and more to the point but overall it was really cool to see how parts of (the english) language stayed the same, some shape-shifted and transformed to fit the current circumstances (progress of technology, especially the internet and the different digital forms/methods of communication/ interaction that followed because of it). Last thought? Language is cool.