How many times have you been told that technology- texting, email, or social media- has done nothing but ruin Standard English? For me, I couldn’t count on both hands how many times I have been told that texting and social media have ruined spelling, grammar, and multiple others. Also, I have heard that technology could be helping literacy. This topic is controversial for many people, they are on either side of the spectrum. I have made it my goal to find evidence that gave some truth to the topic. When I first read about this topic, I was unsure what side I was on. The reasons I thought technology was ruining SE was: there was less concern for spelling and grammar, due to spell check, there is less concern for informal and formal communication,
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by Naomi S. Baron, discusses this exact topic. She suggests that college age students are showing two different attitudes toward literacy, the “Whatever” attitude and a “Control” attitude. With the “Whatever” attitude, students are caring less and less about words that the English language has determined to be different. For example Baron uses, “If it matters whether English continues to distinguish between the words may and can (‘May I come in?’ or ‘Can I come in?’) Many of the students fail to see why anyone should care.” This shows that words that could have had a specific meaning or sense of respect, may not hold that same quality. The “Control” attitude, is very true among the individuals that do have technology. We, those individuals with technology can control who we talk to and when we want to talk to them. An example that Baron uses is, “On mobile phones, caller ID informs us who is calling, so we can decide whether to answer.” If we didn’t want to communicate with the caller we wouldn’t have to, we are choosing what conversation we are and aren’t having. With the use of technology, we are doing what we want to benefit …show more content…
In the article Keller talks about what scholars are saying about social media writing, he says, “Some scholars say that this new writing is more engaged and more connected to an audience… Others argue that tweets and blog post enforce bad writing habits.” This quote stood out to me because Keller address both sides of the conflict, and he sets out to find what really is happening throughout the paper, you can see it. Multiple studies, on college students, were acknowledged throughout the text, and all came to the same conclusion. According to the studies, there was far more writing done outside of the classroom rather than academic (inside of the classroom). Keller quotes a man named Mr. Grabill, and I couldn’t say it better myself, he says, “‘People write more now than ever.’” Thus, the out of the classroom writing is influencing our in the classroom writing. Throughout my research I was trying to find if technology, particularly texting, was affecting our literacy. As you may know, the way technology is affecting our literacy is a very controversial topic. As I started this journey I was very worried what I would find, as I text all the time. I also, wasn’t sure what side I should be more in favor of. After much debating I decided to take an un-bias approach and try my best to find the factual evidence,
by Naomi S. Baron, discusses this exact topic. She suggests that college age students are showing two different attitudes toward literacy, the “Whatever” attitude and a “Control” attitude. With the “Whatever” attitude, students are caring less and less about words that the English language has determined to be different. For example Baron uses, “If it matters whether English continues to distinguish between the words may and can (‘May I come in?’ or ‘Can I come in?’) Many of the students fail to see why anyone should care.” This shows that words that could have had a specific meaning or sense of respect, may not hold that same quality. The “Control” attitude, is very true among the individuals that do have technology. We, those individuals with technology can control who we talk to and when we want to talk to them. An example that Baron uses is, “On mobile phones, caller ID informs us who is calling, so we can decide whether to answer.” If we didn’t want to communicate with the caller we wouldn’t have to, we are choosing what conversation we are and aren’t having. With the use of technology, we are doing what we want to benefit …show more content…
In the article Keller talks about what scholars are saying about social media writing, he says, “Some scholars say that this new writing is more engaged and more connected to an audience… Others argue that tweets and blog post enforce bad writing habits.” This quote stood out to me because Keller address both sides of the conflict, and he sets out to find what really is happening throughout the paper, you can see it. Multiple studies, on college students, were acknowledged throughout the text, and all came to the same conclusion. According to the studies, there was far more writing done outside of the classroom rather than academic (inside of the classroom). Keller quotes a man named Mr. Grabill, and I couldn’t say it better myself, he says, “‘People write more now than ever.’” Thus, the out of the classroom writing is influencing our in the classroom writing. Throughout my research I was trying to find if technology, particularly texting, was affecting our literacy. As you may know, the way technology is affecting our literacy is a very controversial topic. As I started this journey I was very worried what I would find, as I text all the time. I also, wasn’t sure what side I should be more in favor of. After much debating I decided to take an un-bias approach and try my best to find the factual evidence,