Informalidad del lenguaje de las redes sociales en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

This research was carried out in order to analyze the use and interpretation of written language in social networks used by university students of the higher levels of the communication career of the Salesian Polytechnic University, given that it is based on the idea that said Users do not use spelling rules while sending messages written by these means, so an investigation was carried out that allowed us to carry out an analysis of the population under study. A survey designed on the Google forms platform and disseminated by Whatsapp was carried out, this was directed to the specific group to be investigated, with the collaboration of one hundred students from the higher levels of the communication career, said survey had a previously prepared questionnaire with specific questions that facilitate young university students their answers, this with the sole purpose that their results are precise and conclusive. It was possible to conclude through the investigation that today there is an extensive theory about social networks, many authors consider it as the largest means of mass communication currently in existence, this is due to the fact that millions of new users are incorporated every day. It was concluded that young people change the meaning of words in social networks to optimize time in writing, sometimes due to new fashions that are born over time, and even new words that have been admitted by the real academy of the language (RAE), this due in certain cases to the ignorance of the orthographic rules, this without taking into account that damage is being caused to traditional writing, and in certain cases changing or hindering the message that is wanted to transmit.