Source #4: Today Show

This article addressed this history of the acronym and it's growth to popularity through time. Something very interesting from the article was from Deborah Tannen, author of several books on language, who said "Americans have always liked abbreviations[...] they certainly precede the internet." Another linguist, Robert Lane Greene (author of "You Are What You Speak"), continues to say how acronyms date back to ancient times - the Romans and Greeks used them. In the United States, they came into prominence in the early 20th century with the New Deal, the series of economic programs passed during the first term of Franklin D. Roosevelt - who, of course, became known by his three initials. They are widely used in the military and today's government bureaucracy.

http://www.today.com/id/41481667/ns/today-today_tech/t/omg-when-did-we-start-talking-txt-msgs/#.VUci7c7Cm70

Source #3: BrainJet & Huffington Post

BrainJet is referred to as the "daily cerebral stream." It is a website that is devoted to providing it's readers with "all of the craziest, most eye-opening, and overall most interesting information out there." Each BrainJet article is checked over before publication to ensure factuality as well as entertainment. BrainJet & Huffington Post published similar articles titled "27 Top Slang Words of 2014" which I will be using for the third and final part of my project - the popularization of new words through the internet and media. Here, I'll look at words that came to be in 2014 and how they did so - most of which I already know are from social media outlets like Vine as well as media like LogoTV and E! Network. This section will feature video clips and mixed media to demonstrate the use and contextualize of the new words for the class.

http://www.brainjet.com/pop-culture/7833/27-top-slang-words-of-2014-do-you-know-what-they-mean
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/15/slang-words-2014_n_6327290.html

Source #2 Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary is one of the most prestigious and widely accepted dictionaries of the English language. The OED provides a helpful timeline format that allows for a closer look at the birth of new language. Using this timeline to my advantage, I want to use the OED for the first part of my project to look into words that have come into the world due to the invention of the internet (i.e.: modem, browser, email, etc).

Source #1: INOBTR.org

INOBTR (I Know Better) is an organization founded in 2007 to protect children and teens online while educating adults in understanding the facts of the internet. The website focuses on many internet related issues like how much is too much information, the facts about cyberbullying, and which websites are safer than others. This organization also provides a glossary of over 450 "cyber slang" terms or abbreviations to help read the messages being sent or received. I intend to use this specific part of their website for the second part of my project - the boom of abbreviations - and focus primarily on which ones I found most interesting, useful, and prevalent in my life. 

INOBTR Do You Know What Your Kids Are Saying Online? | INOBTR

A "Grimm" Overview: Summary of History of English Podcast's Episode 4

Final Project Proposal

Chapter 9: Internet English

I'd like to look into the language that has come from the internet; from words that are a part of the internet (browser, toolbar, etc.), to abbreviations that came along with using type (lol, smh, ttys, etc.), as well as words that were put on the internet, perhaps through social media or music, and became popular this way (kiki, fleek, barithmetic, etc.)

I plan on working and presenting in a Prezi format, definitely with visual aids and possibly with video additives (much like my bitch etymology project).

"Excuse me! We originated the language!" - Dame Maggie Smith


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