Fernandez-Julia, Olga , Gomez-Camacho, Alejandro , Fernandez, Olga Moreno
No
Int. J. Educ. Res. Innov.
Article
Científica
01/01/2025
001441553100006
This study examines differences and similarities in the use of English words and multimodal elements in the digital texts of students from disadvantaged and non- disadvantaged backgrounds. It also analyses differences in the use of textisms between males and females. For this purpose, a case study was carried out comparing the writing of students in school areas with social transformation needs (ASTNs) and in schools in areas without social transformation needs (ANSTNs). The sample consisted of 126 students in the third and fourth years of compulsory secondary education, aged 14, 15 and 16. The results show a differentiated behaviour in both contexts. Furthermore, in line with previous literature, females use more textisms in general as well as lexical-semantic items, although this conclusion is only validated for ANSTNs. These findings confirm the need not to generalise about adolescents' digital writing, but to take into account their specific context, as there are large differences depending on the background.
Textisms; WhatsApp; Vulnerable contexts; ANSTNs; ASTNs