SMS communication: a linguistic approach
"The media often point an accusatory finger at new technologies; they suggest that there is always a loss of information or quality, or even that computer-mediated communication is destroying language. Most linguists, on the contrary, are firmly convinced that it is better to co…
Given the extensive use of LOL (Laughing Out Loud), MDR (Mort De Rire) and PTDR (PéTé De Rire) in French texting and the inclusion of lol in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011 and in Le Petit Robert in 2013, this paper aims to study the functioning of these three initialisms.…
Et si nous étions devenus, sans le savoir, les principaux acteurs de l'économie numérique ? Si nos vies, nos inter-actions, nos créations étaient la source déterminante de la valeur et de la croissance ? Un monde nouveau, né de la révolution numérique, consacre le règne de milli…
Media and technology in emerging African democracies
"Students of media and communication have been armed with a powerful tool to move the African continent into the second and third generations of the New Millennium. These two authors have brought their classroom experience in communications to bear on what continental scholars n…
Media and technology in emerging African democracies
"Media and Technology in Emerging African Democracies is a standard text that will give students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with some of the best literature in media technology impact in emerging African democracies with relevant concentration on information and co…
"Students of media and communication have been armed with a powerful tool to move the African continent into the second and third generations of the New Millennium. These two authors have brought their classroom experience in communications to bear on what continental scholars n…