THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON TEENAGERS’ SPEECH CULTURE
Keywords:
social media, teenagers, speech culture, language education, digital literacy, communication stylesAbstract
This article explores the impact of social media on the speech culture of teenagers, with a focus on lyceum students. Drawing on both theoretical frameworks and original survey data, the study highlights how digital communication shapes
adolescents’ vocabulary, grammar, and register awareness. The findings reveal that while social media promotes informal, creative language use, it also poses challenges to formal speech development. The paper concludes with practical recommendations
for integrating digital literacy into language education to help students navigate both online and academic communication.
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