Aleksic, Adam,

Algospeak : how social media is transforming the future of language / Adam Aleksic. - 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.

Introduction: Why your kids are saying "unalive" -- How to play linguistic Whac-A-Mole -- Sticking out your gyat for the rizzler -- No because what happened to your attention? -- Why everybody sounds the same online -- "The algorithm really knows me" -- Wordpilled slangmaxxing -- It's giving appropriation -- What are we wearing this summer? -- OK Boomer -- Are we cooked?



9780593804070 RM129.00 (PTSL)


Language and the Internet
Internet users--Language.
Youth--Language.
Social media and teenagers
Social media and society
Social media and youth