ANTA02H3 Quiz: Talking Text
Document Summary
Talking text and talking back: my bff jill- from boob tube to youtube. Explores the close relationship between poetic language and metalanguage. Analyzes a series of 2007-2008 u. s. tv ads related to text messaging. Explores commercials filled with fear of messaging slang as verbal disease. These commercials were invoked by mainstream media as evidence of language decay, but their circulation on youtube invited discussions. Young people could share the floor with adults. U. s tv commercials for at&t wireless: depict dramatizing both young texters" verbal ingenuity and the potential of their speech to disturb the social and linguistic conventions of everyday life. This article discusses these commercials as metalinguistic thoughts and examine the further metalinguistic commentary their widespread circulation-in the media, on the internet, and in people"s talk. Cell phones are universal accessories of teenagers. They have become part of adolescent sociality. Recent reports indicate that american cellphone users text more than they phone.