The impact of media on language
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The impact of media on The impact of media on languagelanguage
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Sociolinguistics
• It connect with studies of attitudes and behaviors of people and the way to express these attitudes through language in in-group and out-group settings.
Impacts of media on language:
• From dramas • News• Newspapers• Sms texting
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Negative effects:• In shows and in dramas the
characters are engaged in act of violance, swearing , sex and drugs & the use of short & even oncpmplete sentences….. This is what the children pick up.
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• They emulate tough and bad language they hear on T.V at school among their friends.
• In past swear words were used & meant as insult or verbal attacks. Now people commonly use swear words & are unaware that it can be quite shocking to hear for foreginer.
Impact of text messages :
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.• The higher the person in social ladder the more educated that person is likely to be.
• In conversation with the others, most people unconsciously change their speech to resemble the person they are talking to.