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Meichen Qian Prof. Amrine 17th Feb Prompt#1 My Digital Practice “Happy Valentine’s day”, the buzzing of my phone reminded me of the just-received text. I know it definitely was sent from my boyfriend although he was just sitting on my left. It is an all-too-familiar scene that we just peck away at our smartphone checking our Facebook feeds or texts. As I called his attention, his head slowly lifted and reluctantly kiss me. Then,…

McWhorter 2013). Caroline Tagg, a British linguist agrees with McWhorter and adds that in texting, verbal phrases such as “erm” and “oh” are being used, just as people use them while talking to each other informally (Richard Alleyne 2009). Also emoticons, ’smileys’ or visual descriptions of emotions are added to texts to make them more emotional and to convey facial expressions, since the two people are not able to see each other at that moment. On the contrary to instant messages, other written…

Best Friends Until the End Imagine having to kill your best friend. In Of Mice and Men, George made a hard decision which was if he should kill his best friend, Lennie. George killing Lennie was justified because had to think about Lennie’s life ahead if he didn 't make this choice. George making this choice was right because Lennie had unknowingly brought a threat among people, Lennie had died much quicker and painless, and Lennie was basically George’s responsibility. In John Steinbeck’s Of…

Johnathan Kohlhepp Publication Production II March 8th, 2017 Symbolism & Iconography The use of symbols and icons predates human spoken and written languages. In his book, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, Scott McCloud (1993) defines an icon as “any image used to represent a person, place, thing, or idea.” While a symbol is an “image we use to represent concepts, ideas, and philosophies” (p. 27). He also defines “Icons of the practical realm” as “icons of language, science, and…

Jose Rodriguez English 1A Angela Cardinale 27 July 2016 How Social Media Effects Dating & Relationships for Millennials Studies have shown that usage of social media by couples has led to conflict. “Kerkhof, Finkenauer and Muusses reported (2011) that in relationships where there was excessive Internet use by one partner, there was also more partner conflict” (Graff 2015). We have all been to a restaurant and seen the people who are on a “date” but are glued to their phones. A big issue that we…

People are exposing their feelings in social media rather than talking about their emotions in person. For instance, someone can express their feelings by putting smiling emoticons through the media but be depressed behind screens.In Sherry Turkle’s article, “The Flight From Conversation”, she asserts, “Researchers around the world are busy inventing sociable robots, designed to be companions to the elderly, to children, to…

takes precedent over verbal communication. In other words, texting has replaced the need of phone calls due to the advancement of texting, which has allowed emotions, ideologies and sentences to be conveyed in such fewer words with the help of emoticons. After analyzing modern-day society and its dependence on social media mediums such as twitter and instagram, we came to the understanding…

In the age of advanced technology, the world has grown dependent on the devices that make our lives more bearable and enjoyable. As for its influence on our language, it has introduced new words, changed meanings of others, and created new forms of language and communication. A prominent example of this is the development of abbreviated communication and how it has changed the way we converse with others. In the article “The Flight from Conversation,” author Sherry Turkle talks about how…

phone garnered fame amongst people of all ages thus deterring the path and intentions the designers had for the phone in the beginning (Flew and Smith, 2014). Designers began putting a higher emphasis on messaging, bringing in more features such as emoticons and the ability for the sender to upload and forward a variety of multimedia to the receiver. In fact, the text message rose so high in popularity that many emerging…

Infidelity is a common occurrence in contemporary society. Only a short time spent at the workplace water cooler or reading the daily newspaper will disclose stories of unfaithfulness. From the middle class, blue-collar worker to elite, influential leaders in government, no one is immune from the influence of infidelity. No relationship is secure. Infidelity occurs in marriages and in committed relationships among both heterosexuals and homosexuals. Studies have shown that approximately 70% of…