Technology

• Caroline Tagg references 'six degrees of separation' by Karinthy:

  • states that technology has made it much easier to connect with different people than ever before
• Naomi Baron:

  • convenience of communication technology and how this impacted communication and people's attitudes towards it
• Gretchen McCulloch:

  • explores how surge in online social media platforms has impacted language + communication over the last decade and a half.
• Human language technology (HLT) - any technological device or programme that enables more efficient/effective communication.
• Deborah Tannen (1990)

  • women are generally more supportive, intimate and emotional than men
  • e.g comments such as 'You okay?' tend to come more from women