The Development of Mass Media and its Influence on Language Changes

Abstract

In my thesis, I intend to elaborate on certain language changes that are related to mass media genres. Both media and language play an important role in our society as they mutually support each other. In my work, I analyze different kinds of sources and literatures based on the development of media as well as of language change. Technological inventions have always defined the way people communicate and new inventions were introduced to accelerate and simplify human interactions. My main research is concerned with the internet-based language changes and with the important milestones of the development of mass media.