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СОЦИАЛНИ МРЕЖИ, СОЦИАЛНИ МЕДИИ И ЕЗИКОВА ГРАМОТНОСТ
SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND LANGUAGE LITERACY

Author(s): Galya Hristozova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Media studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Communication studies, Syntax
Published by: Бургаски свободен университет
Keywords: social networks; social media; social media literacy; Bulgarian literary language; spelling mistakes; grammar mistakes

Summary/Abstract: Thе study presents the methodology of selecting the social media, the topics, the politicians, the universities, the blogs and the forums researched in the project. The focus in the text is on the internet, the www, the social networks and the social media, and how they meet the changing needs of people and the necessity of relevant social media literacy today. The capacity of social media to multiply the uploaded content make them a powerful tool for spreading fake news, misspelling, wrong syntax and word-formation, incorrect use of vocabulary, dangerous ideologies and decadent values. Analyzed are various types of spelling and punctuation mistakes in the observed social media.

  • Issue Year: XL/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-30
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Bulgarian