Perubahan linguistik terbaru adalah produk dari sekumpulan perubahan sosial. Perubahan pertama yaitu meningkatnya informalitas sosial; kedua, bangkitnya budaya anak muda dan kecenderungan orang dewasa meniru pola perilaku tersebut; dan ketiga, multikulturalisme. Menggabungkan perubahan ekspektasi kontemporer terhadap penulisan luring dengan perilaku sosial saat ini, hasilnya yaitu lingkungan so…
The world is in the midst of a social media paradigm. Once viewed as trivial and peripheral, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WeChat have become an important part of the information and communication infrastructure of society. They are bound up with business and politics as well as everyday life, work, and personal relationships. This international Handbook addresses the mos…
This is a short book about the most prominent sign of our times. The simple # sign is now used so widely that it is easy to overlook the fundamental effects it has had in the structuring of public debate. With its help, statements are bundled together and discourse is organized and amplified around common buzzwords. This method enables us to navigate more easily the huge volume of online uttera…