Summary Of Instant Messaging And The Future Of Language

In the reading “Instant Messaging and the Future of Language”, Naomi Baron Takes the

standpoint of “both accepting the new language and maintaining the current one.” She is

referring to the present use of electronic communication and its influence on modern language.

Baron says that “long-term influence on language remains largely in the hands of parents and

teachers, their traditional linguistic role models.” This shows us that molding language is a

combined effort from the new generation and its teachers and role-models. If we do not learn to

value language and writing at an early age, there may be a degrading influence on it.

Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is both convenient and allows for easy and even

constant social