The Language Of Technology Is Helpful For Communication

Over the year’s technology has evolved drastically. Technology that involves social media play a huge role in the way people interacts with one another especially when it comes to grammar. Most people communicate using their computers, mobile device or tablets. As technology is changing so has the language. Social media is one of the main forms of communicating with people. Sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Youtube are major social media outlets that are used daily to communicate with individuals near or far. It has formed language using mainly acronyms and emojis (pictures). Emojis has become popular in the past few

Language and communication between different cultures is complex; the future holds many technological promises that will make these complexities easier to bear. This dialect decline can be credited to the industrialization of communication which exploits the human interest of entertainment, which in turn, expands and simplifies human communication. Billions of people of all walks of life have assimilated to the language of modern technology and billions more are left in the dusk. “Media exposure can spread new vocabulary and give people in different regions an understanding of the “standard American.” (PBS) The internet has allowed people to communicate farther than ever before, share knowledge at light speed pace. We feel that we do not have time to type “hey that was very funny” instead we type “LOL” we have simplified terms in speech and have become accustomed to the internet world: speed equals success. Society’s entrepreneurs and astute minds are constantly

After the invention of the electric grid, inventor Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone. This device allowed people to communicate instantaneously without having to wait days, weeks, months, and sometimes years before hearing back or finding out their message was not delivered or miscommunicated. Engineers now have made the telephone advance enough to communicate wirelessly to anyone, anytime all around the world. Forms of transportation have incorporated these technologies to allow communication with the company, whether the vehicle is stolen, in-case of a car accident or any issue. Furthermore, they have developed the internet which allows people to video chat and translate, to speak and learn new languages in a convenient way; all for free. This method of communication has created countries that are diverse and majority know and respect peoples cultural, ethical, and religious background. The internet has allowed information from all over the world to be gathered in one convenient accessible place. Even allowing world news to be posted and heard must faster than ever before. Students have been given the ease of studying notes from the internet and even taking tutoring classes or assistance from their teachers over the internet via email. This also helps the environment by decreasing the amount of paper needed. With the use of technology engineers from around

In her article “How Technology Aids Language”, Anna Spitbaum describes the advantages of learning English with the help of modern technology. Learning a language used to be very difficult back in the days but in times of technological developments, such as the Internet, almost everyone is able to do so. Difficult languages, that are hard to learn for non-native speakers, can now be translated with the help of various softwares and websites and furthermore, we now have the possibility to protect vanishing and threatened languages with the help of dictionaries or online databases. But all inventions will be in vain if there is no one who makes use of a language on a regular

Alexander Bell had invented the first telephone for better communication, and he had inspired many great inventors. Those creators would then invent efficient and rapid ways of communication for people to talk with others at home or anywhere they travel. The first telephone has evolved since the time Bell invented it. Now, many people have access to useful information, and it has become one of the world’s important creations of all

Alexander Graham Bell once said ”Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open”. In the 1870’s there was no way to contact someone or give out any information other than by telegraph,newspaper, or by a letter. In 1876 one man and his partner changed the way word was spread. Alexander Graham Bell is the man who turned the dream of being able to communicate with others and hear the sound of a voice into a reality. The telephone is the most known invention of Alexander Bell, but there are several other items he has created.

First of all, the telephone has a long history of impacting society from 1876 to 2017. The telephone began from Alexander Graham Bell it was the bell telephone. Telephones began as large, clunky devices capable of transmitting, and receiving voice messages over short distances. The telephone evolved into lighter transportable cellular devices capable of enabling communications over large distances. Today’s mobile phones would be a dream to the 1900s.

All in all, the telephone is an essential tool in home and businesses. It’s most dramatic effect was on writing and teaching. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell on February 12, 1877 in a New York patent office. (Lewis, 31-33) There were many steps in creating this great invention but it was all worth it. America and also the whole world now has a way of communication that revolutionized their practices as well as their lives.

As Kate Wiles noted in her blog “Is Texting Ruining Our Language”, “Laziness, and our desire to communicate with as little effort as possible will make language change, but our need for comprehension will temper how much it changes.” Internet discourse and texting discourse are influencing the way people speak and write the English Language. Communication and writing have become informal between people because of the constant short-handed way of texting and instant messaging. Ergo, making humans lazy, our English grammar and spelling to worsen, and causing us to forget how to write formally. This concept is demonstrated through English teacher Carrie Beth Buchanan, my friend Charles’s writing evolution, professional adults, and “The Internet: Is it changing the Way We Think?” by John Naughton.

The first text message was sent 25 years ago, on December 3, 2017, another leap forward in communications technology. Texting, like the fax, email, or instant messages allowed people to communicate nearly instantaneously through writing. As texting and other forms of instant messaging have developed, so have new ways to abbreviate words used throughout instant communication. These abbreviations feature phrases like, “LOL” which is “laughing out loud,” “THNX” which is “thanks,” and “BRB” which is “be right back.” The essay, “Texting by David Crystal” defines several texting abbreviations, and describes why someone might uses texting abbreviations, or “textspeak” as he calls it, as well as the issues that can arise from using “textspeak” (241-246). Another essay, “‘r u online?’: The Evolving Lexicon of Wired Teens,” details how teens today are using instant messaging as their main form of communication, and expresses concern for the consequences of being able to talk to anyone, anywhere at an instantaneous rate (247-249). Finally, the TED Talk “Txtng is Killing Language. JK!!!” by John McWhorter, emphasizes that many of the fears concerning the effects of texting on language are unfounded (00:00:00-00:13:48). Due to the new abbreviations, and the lack of emphasis on full sentences or proper grammar, many people have concerns that texting and instant messaging are having an adverse effect on the English language. However, their fears are unfounded; texting has little to no

Some critics believe our younger generation language skills are suffering due to the use of texting versus verbal communication. According to Drew Cingle and S. Shyam Sundar from Penn State University, “the fact that young people use techspeak, shortcuts, homophones, omissions, non-essential letters, and initials to communicate with one another, harms their ability to switch from that form of language to normal grammar” (qtd. in Williams).

Throughout the last decade, social media has drastically changed the way people interact with others. Websites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have taken the world by storm. It has never been easier to have a conversation with family members, friends, or even strangers who live millions of miles away. Due to the rise of social media, people have become more aware of social issues and have become aware of the world around them. They can easily read the news online or catch up on the latest celebrity drama. Social media improves the way humans communicate because it allows ideas to be spread quickly and efficiently to a global audience.

When I started high school texting was becoming “the next big thing”; social networking is modern society’s “next big thing”. Why would I bring texting into this paper? Texting left a permanent scar on the English language (Guerva). For instance, think about some of the following acronyms used in texting: LOL, OMG, WTH, JK, and so forth. These acronyms not only appear in texts, they appear in every day communication. I have heard a myriad of people use them as if they were real words, such as “LOL, that was so funny”! Social networking sites took

Year after year, things change, people change, and technology gradually develops. Tweeting, texting, and other forms of abbreviated communication has come across us, making it more facile for us to communicate in the cyber world. Many of us question whether it affects our day to day lives, possibly transmuting the way we verbalize or our English language. The essay “Texting” by David Crystal describes the phenomenon of texting and how it has come to be (241). Similarly, Kris Axtman verbalizes about how the forms of abbreviated communication and slang affects us in his essay, “‘r u online?’: The Evolving Lexicon of Wired Teens” (247). As a teenager, I absorb the contemporary trends taking place in today’s society, this includes abbreviated communication. There is a clear distinction between how I text and how I communicate in person, with live speech. I utilize abbreviated communication when I text my friends and in the cyber world with others. It is a way for me to communicate expeditiously as I don’t have to type out the whole word, and my friends are still able to understand what I’m saying. However, utilizing abbreviated communication does not make an impact on how we speak with others when using live speech; because there are many factors that go into what is appropriate in society today.

Alexander Graham Bell is probably best known for his invention of the telephone. In 1870, he worked with his father as a speech therapist for the deaf in Brantford, Ontario and this led him to work with how sound was transmitted and received (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca). The word telephone comes from the Greek words meaning “far-sound” (Ross, 24). The telegraph itself was a device created by a number of different scientists which involved passing electrical signals down a wire (Ross, 10). It was this telegraph that led Bell to first begin experiments for the telephone in 1872 (World Book Encyclopedia, 240). Originally, Bell did not try the transmission of speech electrically; however, on a single wire he attempted to send multiple telegraph messages all at once. (World Book