EFFECT OF CULTURE ON LANGUAGE USED IN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Abstract
Communication technology exists to connect, inform, entertain and marketing. Developments in
communication technology force people to think differently about how they disclose
information.Atelephone call or a few clicks make any kind of message worldwide news. This
results from the fact that with cell phones, tablets and laptops,communication has become
extremely portable and even intrusive into people’s daily lives since everybody can communicate
at almost any time and from anywhere. The most commonly used type of communication
technology is radio, television and the internet. This offers both positive developments and
downsides. A people’s culture impacts greatly on the language used in communication
technology .Males and females differ in the way they speak, reason, feel and act. This is also
notable in the topics theyshare,what they wish to achieve by making posts and how they
communicate. This study focuses on how culture affects the language used in communication
technology.Identify the most commonly used forms of communication technology. The study used
both qualitative and quantitative approach.The objectives of this study were designed to answer
the questions of whether culture changes language used in communication technology, how
different cultures affect the language used in communication technology. The different cultures
and their varied effects on the language used in communication technology by the university
students. Purposive sampling will be used to get the respondents.Qualitative and
quantitativemethods were used to analyze thedata. The Uses and Gratification Theory byBlumler
and Katzwas used to inform this study.The findings of the study will be used to create awareness
and encourage society to embrace the dynamism in language and be able to communicate
adequately in varied situations