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Gap between generations in using Netspeak as a new language form of Information Communication Technology: what is really going on at Zagreb School of Economics and Management

One can think that the use of Internet and social media, and with it the adoption of Netspeak rules is reserved only to the generation born with all those new technology. We are talking about the generation so called Z, but what about the generations X, Y, and the older one. In order to examine if there is any gap between generations in using the Netspeak elements in their formal and informal discussions the authors analyses the use of following Netspeak elements in open discussions between professors and students at Zagreb School of Economics and Management: the use of slang, the omission of diacritical marks, the use of acronyms and abbreviations, the use of emoticons, the proper use of openings and salutation, the nonstandard use of punctuation, the use of upper case and the use of prolonged graphemes. Authors assume that Professors at each course use more Netspeak elements rather than students, and that there is a positive correlation in using the Netspeak elements within the online discussion between professors and students.

Netspeak; online discussion; e-learning; language

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