Writing about the long form and short form of online communication in a blog seems appropriate to me. I would think all of us in an electronic communications class have all sorts of experience with each. I have taken other online classes that required to write short responses to different topics/questions, so writing a 400-word blog on a weekly basis is just par for the course. Although condensing language is now heavily part of modern culture, I am still a part of the population that writes entire sentences when texting/messaging. Years ago when texting became the rage, I did dabble in a few shortened forms of communication like changing ‘you’ to ‘u’ and still one of my favorites, using ‘ur’ instead of ‘you’re.’ I have to admit, I no longer engage in this lazy pop communication. All my texts come in complete sentences and even include proper punctuation when appropriate. I like to keep these skills up to date and remembered. I guess I feel like I am giving proper English the props it deserves. Perhaps I am just a language snob. That being said, I can’t say I look down on others who prefer a shortened form for electronic tet-e-tet and group correspondence. Either way, I will dive in to whatever this class would prefer us to all practice and master.
Blogging is great! I don’t mind putting my thoughts and ideas out there for all you to read. I would say I am a shy person when I first meet people, but that eventually wears off for my own enjoyed comfort of making new friends. I like the idea that blogging uses descriptive language. At least that’s some of what I got out of some of our assigned reading. ‘Be concise’ I believe was one of the suggestions. I have no mastery of the English language to say I know all the big words, but once in awhile I can come off as being somewhat of a student of language. As suggested by the book, I will keep my blogs as short and to the point as possible without going off on too many tangents.
Twitter. Oh Twitter you still baffle me a bit. I have not used it until I signed up for it yesterday. I am not a society hermit, so I am aware of its use, and I have seen examples on televised talk shows. Still, I was not even sure what a hashtag was until this last week. I like that our class can engage with each other with short messages with this platform. I read the Twitter chapters, and I am sure I will go back and reread them just to get a better understanding of its use. For me, ‘140 Characters’ was a bit confusing. Maybe I should read the preface and then go back and reread chapters one, two, and three. For now, watch me try my best and feel free to laugh at my confusion; no scoffing please. Still a work in progress.
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