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Digital communication has transformed the way we use language and the way identities are constructed, represented, and contested. From social media profiles to memes, from online trolling to cancel culture, the digital sphere is a rich site for linguistic analysis. This lesson examines how language operates in digital contexts and how identity, power, and representation are constructed through digital discourse.
Digital communication has produced distinctive language features that have been studied extensively by linguists including David Crystal (2001, 2006, 2011), who coined the term Netspeak to describe the language of the internet.
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