Abstract
Today, the Internet has become a central informational medium that has completely transformed the way we learn, teach, and communicate. Social media offers an online platform that allows users to exchange information and ideas through posts, tweets, and comments, although with word or character count restrictions. Evidently, creativity cannot be curtailed through content length restrainment. This lead to the emergence of a new genre of short-stories called short-short stories along with the birth of a new English dialect called Text-Speak. The prevalence of social media exchanges shows that technology users have readily accepted these quick social site interactions as a new way of communicating and have also adjusted their writing to match the content restrictions. The phenomenal popularity of short stories that can fit in a tweet or text is an example of how an obstacle can be turned into an opportunity for the unfolding of new innovations. Literary purists and educators, however, are concerned that the attitudes and habits of tech-savvy generation are muddying Standard English as Text-Speak has started to infiltrate students' assignments, blurring the distinction between formal and informal writing at an alarming rate. This paper delineates the impact of technology on daily English writing and literature.
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Whig, Dr Vandana
(2024)
"How technology has influenced English Language,"
International Journal of English Learning & Teaching Skills (IJELTS): Vol. 4:
Iss.
3, Article 7.
Available at:
https://research.smartsociety.org/ijelts/vol4/iss3/7