IMPACT OF

SOCIAL MEDIA ON
ENGLISH
Presented By:-

SHRIYA JADHAV
GAURI DHUMAL
PRANJALI GHARAT
SHRADDHA DESHMUKH
 Table of contents
01
BACKGROUND OF THE
02
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
STUDY STUDY

03
Social Media's Effect
04
CONCLUSION
on Language Explored
OBJECTIVES
Either Social Media is affecting
English Language, positively or
negatively.
To highlight that how language
attitudes are changing on social
media.
Is Social Media using standard
English or slang language?
How slang and textspeak affecting
written language?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY:
Transformative impact of social media on
student written communication skills.
Use of social media among students; its possible
effects on students’ writing skills
SMS text messaging functions and social media
could heighten the tendency among students to
adopt non- standard uses and contracted forms
of English words
Social Media's Effect on Language Explored...
Decline in writing abilities of students
Being unable to separate good English from bad English
Deprives people of real social interactions
De-emphasis on body language
Face-to-face communication becomes non-existent
Reading one's emotions
Impersonal
Distractions and resulting decrease in productivity
Personal communication vs. work communication
HYPOTHESIS STATEMENT

SOCIAL MEDIA
FRACTURED
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
- 52% thinks that social media
is fracturing English
Language,
- 36% believes that social
media is not fracturing
English
- Language and 12% thinks
that social media has both
positive and negative effects
on Language.
ABBRIVIATIONS OR SHORT TERMS
An image is worth
a thousand words
 Additional Psychological Effects
of Social Media on Youth

Inadequate sleep Lack of physical activity

Exposure to
cyberbullying
Positive use of social media :-
Illiterate people have an opportunity to put them in the learning
process of English by using social media platforms.
They can use it for entertainment purposes
It can be an easy and best way of connecting with people of this
age.
 Pros of Emojis 😄
Emojis Save Time

Emojis Reduce Ambiguity of Language

Emojis Add Expression

Cons of Using Emojis

Emojis Deteriorate Vocabulary

They Increase Generational Language Gap

They’re not Preferred for Formal Correspondence

They’re Hard to Judge

CONCLUSION:
 With the ever increasing use of text messaging among students
this practice is damaging the use of language in speaking and
writing

 Affect the standard forms in the long run.

 Bad impact of SMS on the formal writing of university students.

  Poor spelling and punctuation habits of learners

 Poor grades and a diminished knowledge of correct Standard English.

 The incorrect use of full stops, commas and exclamation marks.

That’s why we need to use standard form of language, so that the beauty and
pure form of language remains safe as language is also known as identity of
the group of people using that language.
 Thanks!

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