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Influence of Social Media, Facebook, on Language

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Rapid development of internet technology; has reshaped the communication area. With the new media products consisting of the combination of the internet and computer systems, the phenomenon of interaction gained strength, so social networks became popular. In this study, the effect of social media on the language is discussed in the context of the literature.

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