If you've ever wondered how to set up you home cinema system, or why the commercials on TV seem louder than the program, be sure to tune in tonight when Michael Cremean joins us live in the Tech Talk Studios to answer all your audio questions. Michael runs a successful audio post production house which has hundreds of TV commercials and programs pass through its doorway each year. Also: Generation Y are making their mark on society in many ways. What with the armament of technology at their disposal in the form of MP3 Players, personal communications devices, the internet and social networking, and not to forget the ubiquitous mobile phone, it’s no wonder that their legacy will be remembered for generations to come. Throughout the course of history, no other generation has altered the English language to the extent that the youth of today have. Whether it’s good or bad, the fact of the matter is there are more new words creeping into today’s vocabulary than at any other time in the evolution of the English language. Social Networking sites such as Twitter, My Space and Facebook are as much responsible for the language evolution of today as are the users of the said technology. The internet has certainly made these arenas possible, but the ease of access online through personal, wireless, take it anywhere gadgets, has also attracted the Gen Y’s into cyberspace. Never in the history of the human race have we been so connected. In fact, if you value your personal well being, you should never try and separate a young person from their mobile phone, as this device is the portal to their social life. The Short Messaging Service, or SMS as we know it, was a technology built for the sole purpose of allowing the telephone company to tell the customer that someone had left them a message on their phone. Little did they know that this technology would become as popular as it has today, and for a purpose in which it was not intended. SMS would also be one of the most inefficient and expensive ways of communicating, yet it’s simplicity and facelessness is most appealing to its users. To this end, when challenged with a numerical keypad and 160 characters, abbreviations of commonly used words are bound to occur. This has linguists around the world in a flap. So is Instant Messaging bad for us? Australian children's language expert and author of Kidspeak, June Factor urged the less text-savvy to stop looking at the lingo of messaging in a simple and pejorative manner. Dr Factor said "It is always counter-productive to pour scorn, abuse and contempt on a language particular to a subgroup," Rather, she said, it would be beneficial for teachers to examine IM communications in the classroom and compare and contrast it to other language forms. She went on to say the dilemma arises when kids see it as a whole language system and are using it to replace the more complex and nuanced forms of writing. When used in context, the increasingly fashionable lingo was a legitimate form of abbreviated language. Also on This Weeks Show Michael Cremean joins us live in the studio to answer your questions about anything audio Adam Turner takes a look at the HTC Shift. Apple dismiss Safari vulnerability and Tassie a step closer to broadband

[ Mon, 19 May 2008 23:04:13 +1000 ]

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