This document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICT) have impacted language and communication. It provides numerous examples of new terminology that has emerged from technologies, including acronyms, abbreviations used in texting, and verbs that describe online activities. It also discusses how ICT has led to the development of multimodal literacies and new forms of communication like social networking and user-generated content tagging. Overall, the document illustrates how digital technologies have greatly expanded vocabulary and transformed ways of communicating and sharing information.
6. Internet OR internet?
• In 2002, a New York Times column theorized that Internet has
been changing from a proper noun to a generic term. Words
for new technologies, such as Phonograph in the 19th
century, are sometimes capitalized at first, later becoming
uncapitalized.
• More recently, a significant number of publications have
switched to not capitalizing the noun internet. Among them
are The Economist, the Financial Times, The Times, the
Guardian, the Observer and the Sydney Morning Herald. As of
2011, most publications using "internet" appear to be located
outside of North America, but the gap is closing.
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_capitalization_conventions)
15. NEW VOCABULARY - VERBS
• “IM me.” OR “Text me later.”
• “Facebook me when you get home.”
• “I tweeted about that last week.”
• “Have you Skyped your son lately?”
• You can now Photoshop an image.
• “Have you Googled it?”
17. COMMUNICATION AXIS
More reflective; Most structured
combination form
Asynch of dialogue and monologue of
(eg podcasts) communication
Synch Spontaneous/Dialogue Spontaneous
/Minimalist
Oral Written
18. COMMUNICATION AXIS
More Reflective; Most structured
combination form
Asynch of dialogue and monologue of
(eg podcasts) communication
NEW: Chat, SMS
Synch Spontaneous/Dialogue
Spontaneous/Minimalist
Oral Written
20. SMS POETRY
his is r bunsn brnr bl%,
his hair lyk fe filings
W/ac/dc going thru.
I sit by him in kemistry,
it splits my @oms
Wen he :-)s @ me
(most creative use of SMS prize in
Guardian sponsored poetry
competition; quoted in Crystal)
23. ABBREVIATIONS ARE NOTHING NEW
• RSVP, PTO, PO, BYO, AMDG, BC, AD, NB, DOA,
MIA, viz
• STD, ISD
• Academic: op cit, ibid, MA, B.Ed, etc
24. MULTILITERACIES
• What does it mean to be literate these days?
• Digital, information, critical, media (can you
create video?) visual – infographics
From http://www.schrockguide.net/literacy-in-the-digital-age.html
25. MULTILITERACY
(sometimes called Transliteracy)
• The ability to read, write and interact across a
range of platforms, tools and media ...
through handwriting, print, TV, radio and
film, to digital social networks.
27. FOLKSONOMY
• The world of tagging
• Tag clouds
• What gets ‘tagged’?
– Blogs
– Photos
– Videos
– Links (Favourites, Bookmarks)
– Events (#hashtags)
• Knowledge and information is being
reorganised/recategorised according to your own
personal ‘Dewey system’