Naomi Baron (Professor of Linguis Professor of Linguistics Emerita

Broschiertes Buch

Always on

Language in an Online and Mobile World

Beschreibung

Online and mobile technologies are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways you might suppose. Always On draws upon a decade of research to reveal how instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and internet search functions are reshaping social interaction and written culture.

Autor

Naomi S. Baron is Professor of Linguistics Emerita at American University in Washington, DC. A leading authority on language use in the age of the computer, she has studied instant messaging, text messaging, mobile phone practices, multitasking behavior, and Facebook usage by American college students. She is the author of six books, including Alphabet to Email: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading, and she has been interviewed on ¿Good Morning America,¿ ¿20/20,¿ Fox 5, CNN, Fresh Air, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, The New York Times, Wire Magazine, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780199735440
• ISBN-10: 0199735441
• Artikelnr.: 27984673