Baron Naomi S. Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World

Oxford University Press, 2008. — xiv, 289 pages. — ISBN: 978-0-19-531305-5.The genesis of this book lies in a pair of questions: What are we, as speakers and writers, doing to our language by virtue of new communication technologies, and how, in turn, do our linguistic practices impact the way we think and the way we relate to other people?Email to Your Brain: Language in an Online and Mobile World
Language Online: The Basics
Controlling the Volume: Everyone a Language Czar
Are Instant Messages Speech? The World of IM
My Best Day: Managing ‘‘Buddies’’ and ‘‘Friends’’
Having Your Say: Blogs and Beyond
Going Mobile: Cell Phones in Context
‘‘Whatever’’: Is the Internet Destroying Language?
Gresham’s Ghost: Challenges to Written Culture
The People We Become: The Cost of Being Always On