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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Internet slang"”.
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Internet Slang and China's Social Culture: A Case Study of Internet Users in Guiyang
The number of Chinese Internet users has surpassed 300,000 people over the past decade, and the Internet boom has brought with it an upsurge in the number of words and fixed expressions coined and disseminated in chat rooms, micro-blogs, and other online venues. The Internet provides a unique …
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Instant message communication and its impact upon written language
… The concept of language deconstruction (i.e., Internet slang, use of emoticons, and shorthand) in instant messaging will be analyzed through content analysis and through a series of interviews with high school and college journalism instructors. Does computer-mediated communication, …
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Fashionable addiction : the impact of digital identity through the cult of the body (an African perspective, with particular reference to the Democratic Republic of Congo)
… how this generates trends relating to ‘FOMO’, an internet slang acronym for the Fear Of Missing Out. My primary reason for connecting African fashion with contemporary computer technology is because both concern Western products being utilised in Africa in the context of self-determination. The …