CorrelationandfrequencyofuseoftheNetspeakelementsinasynchronousdiscussionwithinthesamegenerationofstudentsinthe1standinthe7th….docVIP

Correlation and frequency of use of the?Netspeak elements in asynchronous discussion within the same generation of students in the 1st and in the 7th semester KARMELA ALEKSIC-MASLAC JAGODA POROPAT DARRER TIHANA DJURAS ICT Department Department of Marketing and ICT Department Communication Zagreb School of Economics and Management Jordanovac 110, Zagreb CROATIA karmela.aleksic@zsem.hr jagoda.poropat@zsem.hr tihana.djuras@zsem.hr www.zsem.hr Abstract: - Spread of new communication technology is producing long term effects not only on important aspects of communication, but also on languages. Netspeak elements are very common among young people even in formal ways of communication. In this paper the authors tend to discover whether the ratio of those elements is growing or falling by increasing the level of students’ education. The authors analyze the presence of Netspeak elements (such as emoticons, acronyms and abbreviations, salutation, complementary closing and nonstandard use of punctuation, slang, prolonged graphemes, omission of diacritics and the use of words in English) in asynchronous discussions within the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) course taught in 1st semester and within the MIS (Management Information Systems) taught in 7th semester at Zagreb School of Economics and Management. The methodology the authors use is the analysis of the posts in asynchronous discussion within the 1st and 7th semester using Pearson product moment coefficient of correlation, One Sample Statistics and Paired Samples Statistics. The results confirmed the hypothesis that the freshmen are more subjected to Netspeak even in formal discussions than the senior students, especially when it comes to the emoticons. Key Words: asynchronous discussion, Netspeak elements, spoken language,