SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

I have had a good experience with social media and communication, and it has been such interesting to collaborate again using mind map. Also working with my partners has been a building stone in improving my collaboration skills.

Unlike last time where we had to use google drive to collaborate, this time we used mainly emails and phones. And still it worked out only with some few challenges like failing to have a common schedule and sometimes a member taking long to get on board. But it was wonderful still to work to together.

There was an element of how social media and communication is affecting language and below I have some few points to put across.  

Cyber Slang is the popular shorthand language used for easy communication through internet based emails and SMS.

Most people use the cyber slang abbreviations in texting, messaging and writing in social networks. The word Slang means the use of informal words and expressions which are not considered standard in the dialect or standard.

Social media and communication is affecting mainly the younger generation and if we are to deal with them and understand them we need to know their way of communication.

 It has the advantages like

1. It lowers the task of formal speech or writing.

2. The users are familiar with such code words so that it reduces the key strokes.

3. It replaces the conventional synonym.

4. It is a tattoo term used by people of higher status and responsibility.

5. Slangs create novel meanings for the existing words.

 6. It uses least number of characters needed to convey a message.

7. Punctuations, grammar and capitalization etc. can be avoided.

The effect of texting is mainly realised in the grammar it may lead to loss of words permanently with time.

The majority of slang is invented by teenagers. This serves the added purpose of helping them to separate themselves further from their parents' generation, almost as an act of rebellion.

Also many consider users of certain slang as socially and educationally inferior.

It is uncertain whether text messaging has doomed the future of the English language, but one thing is for sure: Students will continue to text.

With Comic strips first of all it was very interesting to create my first ever comic strip and that experience pushes me to look forward for creating more. Yes it has a big potential it  holds for digital pedagogy  because;

·         They are very interesting since they are visual and short representing a big story.

·         Comic strips have a motivating power.

·         There is sequential learning.