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Comunicar Journal 22: Edu-communication in a Global World (Vol. 11 - 2004)
Abridged communication as an identity mark of young people today
Joaquín Marín-Montín
Young people of today have grown up in the information age, and they have a fast and intuitive inmersion in it. Therefore, abridged communication has emerged. Using chats and SMS, young people have created their own slang which they use to reconizge themselves as a group. This new way of communication identifies them as a group and differenciate them from others.
Keywords
Abridged communication, cell phone, group marks, cultural multiplicity, globalization, information age