The influence of social networks in English language

English is one of the most spoken languages in the world with about 500 speakers, is the most commonly used in social networks, 80% of people use English to communicate on social networks.
This language is spoken in more than 75 territories of the world. Although many people do not speak English in their vocabulary, at least they use 30 words in English, some examples: bye, ok, like, jeans, laptop, spa and more; all this due to the use of social networks.

Social Networks are the strongest Internet, and is a phenomenon that is due to the power of communication that the Internet facilitates. Social networks facilitate communication and the search for information. Social media is clearly having an impact on language, an alphabet soup of acronyms, abbreviations, and neologisms has grown up around technologically mediated communication to help us be understood. The most used social networks are YouTube (be famous now), Facebook (communicate with the people you love most) and Twitter (say it in 140 characters).

By: Fátima Rosales Arellano