Nav Media Aur Bhasha | Hindi is Being Used In Facebook and Twitter | Vijaya Singh Book in Hindi

Parallel to print and electronic media, a new digital media has developed, engaging people from all walks of life, especially the youth community. This new media has numerous forms and platforms, of which social media is the digital platform. Among the many platforms for expression, Facebook and Twitter are particularly prominent. Users on these platforms are found to exercise considerable freedom, or rather, liberty, in their linguistic use. They often do so informally and are completely free from the pressures of correctness or grammar, because at the heart of this digital interaction is simply communication. In their Hindi usage, users are seen freely using words and forms from English or other languages, as well as from their mother tongue. New abbreviations are also being coined and used. This is not only affecting the form and structure of Hindi, but may also lead to its creolization. This book presents a linguistic analysis based on actual data of Hindi used in these two forms of new media: Facebook and Twitter, the changes taking place in it, and the impacts on it. It also sheds essential light on the development of these two new media. This study is an important initiative in the context of the Hindi language. Discerning readers and scholars will certainly find it useful.