[Air-L] Impact of Texting and Micro-blogging Upon Writing

[Mark D. Johns]

Bull, Bernard wrote:
> Greetings all!
> 
> Are any of you aware of key research/resources related to the impact of
> texting and micro-blogging upon writing style and the formation of young
> writers?  I am working with a student who wants to do a senior seminar
> in that area, and I'd like to get up to speed with the literature
> myself. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bernard

See Naomi Baron's new book, Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile 
World (Oxford, 2008).
-- 
Mark D. Johns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Head of the
  Department of Communication Studies
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA
http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/
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