Blog Assignment #8
Research Paper Annotated Bibliography
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1. Link
An article from PC World magazine, written by James A. Martin and hosted by CNN.com, lists and describes the top ten infractions for "e-mail etiquette." The sixth infraction discusses why you should bother checking your spelling and grammar and how not doing so can reflect badly on you in various ways. This specific part of the article is what I'm planning to use in my research paper.
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An article by Gregory Zuckerman, a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, reports a story that is proof-positive of how bad grammar on the internet can reflect poorly upon the author, although in this case the context ironically favors said author. A short summary of the story is that a federal judge in California threw out a libel suit because the offender, an anonymous investor, had used such poor grammar and spelling in an internet rant against a manager and his firm that the judge believed it ridiculous that anyone could actually take it seriously. The point of the story is that a serious airing of grievances was dismissed as an ignorant and unspecific tantrum simply because the author used poor spelling and grammar.
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An article by Ben Li, a news editor for Gauntlet (a weekly newsletter for the University of Calgary) discusses the issue of poor spelling and grammar on the internet, as well as the use of nonexistent words and internet lingo. The article is very thorough in that is explores why people choose to write the way they do on the internet, such as for speed and convenience, and compares it with a situation when such reasons were actually justified (i.e. the early days of computers). Now, however, the author argues that there is no reason to use such shortcuts and that to do so is a sign of laziness or of poor communication skills. A few select passages I plan to use in my paper are as follows...
"The phenomena of using clipped English is rooted in earlier times when on-line connections were slow and every character typed was costly to deliver. When 1200-baud modems were in common use, having entire conversations using abbreviations could be justified by the savings in communications costs. However, saying "thx 4 joke roflmaopp jk" (thanks for the joke, rolling on floor laughing my ass off, pissing my pants, just kidding) using today's world of broadband connections is out of place outside pagers and text-messaging. Wordage involving weird punctuation isn't even faster to type."
"Many Internet message boards are prime breeding grounds for made-up words and poor grammar. Debaters take it upon themselves to make up obscure jargon, write poorly and proceed to frown upon anyone who criticizes them for not communicating the issues well. Resistant to change, or quality, they then try to make up for the lack of quality by writing more of the same crap.
It seems many Internet communicators are unaware that taking time to properly compose a message not only adds credibility to the writing but is courteous to the reader. E-mails and instant messages can quickly appear abusive when expected elements of language are randomly discarded."
4. Link
The following article is not a scholarly source of any kind, just a simple post on an internet message board by someone who feels the same way I do. I chose it because it was written by someone who's had experience with the internet and has seen more than his fair share of poor grammar, spelling, acronyms, l33t-speak, emoticons, etc. The article is very well composed and touches on many points of the issue, including why people do it, why they should not, how it affects others, etc. There are many points that the author makes which I completely agree with, but perhaps one of the most true is a short, simple sentence toward the end of the article.
"The quality of language you are exposed to most often is the quality of language that you adopt."
If all you are exposed to is internet jargon and grammatical laziness, then eventually you'll begin to emulate that in more aspects of your life than just the internet.
5. Link
A simple article introducing and explaining various lingo of the internet, what it means, and in what contexts it is most often used. The article also describes a variety of functions of the internet and shows how one can find their way around.
Source Descriptions and Links...
1. Link
An article from PC World magazine, written by James A. Martin and hosted by CNN.com, lists and describes the top ten infractions for "e-mail etiquette." The sixth infraction discusses why you should bother checking your spelling and grammar and how not doing so can reflect badly on you in various ways. This specific part of the article is what I'm planning to use in my research paper.
2. Link
An article by Gregory Zuckerman, a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, reports a story that is proof-positive of how bad grammar on the internet can reflect poorly upon the author, although in this case the context ironically favors said author. A short summary of the story is that a federal judge in California threw out a libel suit because the offender, an anonymous investor, had used such poor grammar and spelling in an internet rant against a manager and his firm that the judge believed it ridiculous that anyone could actually take it seriously. The point of the story is that a serious airing of grievances was dismissed as an ignorant and unspecific tantrum simply because the author used poor spelling and grammar.
3. Link
An article by Ben Li, a news editor for Gauntlet (a weekly newsletter for the University of Calgary) discusses the issue of poor spelling and grammar on the internet, as well as the use of nonexistent words and internet lingo. The article is very thorough in that is explores why people choose to write the way they do on the internet, such as for speed and convenience, and compares it with a situation when such reasons were actually justified (i.e. the early days of computers). Now, however, the author argues that there is no reason to use such shortcuts and that to do so is a sign of laziness or of poor communication skills. A few select passages I plan to use in my paper are as follows...
"The phenomena of using clipped English is rooted in earlier times when on-line connections were slow and every character typed was costly to deliver. When 1200-baud modems were in common use, having entire conversations using abbreviations could be justified by the savings in communications costs. However, saying "thx 4 joke roflmaopp jk" (thanks for the joke, rolling on floor laughing my ass off, pissing my pants, just kidding) using today's world of broadband connections is out of place outside pagers and text-messaging. Wordage involving weird punctuation isn't even faster to type."
"Many Internet message boards are prime breeding grounds for made-up words and poor grammar. Debaters take it upon themselves to make up obscure jargon, write poorly and proceed to frown upon anyone who criticizes them for not communicating the issues well. Resistant to change, or quality, they then try to make up for the lack of quality by writing more of the same crap.
It seems many Internet communicators are unaware that taking time to properly compose a message not only adds credibility to the writing but is courteous to the reader. E-mails and instant messages can quickly appear abusive when expected elements of language are randomly discarded."
4. Link
The following article is not a scholarly source of any kind, just a simple post on an internet message board by someone who feels the same way I do. I chose it because it was written by someone who's had experience with the internet and has seen more than his fair share of poor grammar, spelling, acronyms, l33t-speak, emoticons, etc. The article is very well composed and touches on many points of the issue, including why people do it, why they should not, how it affects others, etc. There are many points that the author makes which I completely agree with, but perhaps one of the most true is a short, simple sentence toward the end of the article.
"The quality of language you are exposed to most often is the quality of language that you adopt."
If all you are exposed to is internet jargon and grammatical laziness, then eventually you'll begin to emulate that in more aspects of your life than just the internet.
5. Link
A simple article introducing and explaining various lingo of the internet, what it means, and in what contexts it is most often used. The article also describes a variety of functions of the internet and shows how one can find their way around.
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