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February 27, 2026Open Access

Impact of Social Media Abbreviations on Academic Writing

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JDJuri Dhekial

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Overview

Demonstrates limited effects of social media language on academic writing, suggesting instructional challenges for educators.

Key Points

  • The research aims to assess the effect of social media language on students' academic writing standards.
  • Literature review of empirical studies on social media language in academic settings
  • Analysis of student writing samples for social media vernacular usage
  • Assessment of educators' perceptions of writing standards
  • Social media language use in academic writing is limited and does not represent a decline in literacy
  • Students can switch between informal and formal writing but struggle with context-appropriate register
  • Educators' concerns may be influenced by anecdotal evidence rather than empirical trends

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Juri Dhekial (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a1359eed1d949a99abfa00https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18775561
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