Select an internet genre. Identify and examine the paralinguistic cues that occur in the online exchanges. What do these cues tell you about the people participating in the exchange?
Filled up with nonverbal sensory information such as:
Tone of voices
Physical context
Gestures
Online
Add emotional cues and create the impression by
Using capital letters (means “SHOUTING”)
Typing in paralinguistic sounds and indicating pauses (i.e., “Uhm… that’s an interesting”)
Using acronyms
Using emoticons