My master's thesis on online communication

[[wcip]Angel]

I cant see it. Im sure its due to some sort of ineptitude on my part, but when I open(after down loading it) it all I see is blank pages.

Any ideas?
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You're not the first one to experience this. I sent the link to a friend of mine, and it didn't work. I sent the file via MSN, and it worked fine. I could perhaps try and email you the file, if you like?

Neat.

Reading.

Gratz on your dinging your M.S. :)
EDIT> They let you reference Wikipedia in the UK? I thought at first maybe it was just a touch here and there to supplement common knowledge into your references, but there's actually quite a few references to it.

UK? I'm Norwegian :)

About Wikipedia, it's not a source I would use unless I was forced to. When there's not that many (up to date) books and articles on 1337-speak, I have to refer to the only source that has any information on it. The topic of 1337-speak doesn't lend itself well to the medium of books, as it is constantly shifting and changing. A book written 2 years ago will by now have serious flaws and parts that are partially or completely outdated.

I'm a little suprized that you didn't posit the possibility that many spelling errors are a result of the revisable nature of message boards.

Hmm. I think I mentioned in my text type analysis on emails that (think it was there) one reason why there's not that many spelling errors in emails as there are in forum posts, may be that posters know that they can edit and revise forum posts at any time after submission while this is not the case for emails, which makes them proofread emails with a higher level of scrutiny and attention to detail.

I've noticed in my own posts and many others that tense, grammar, and the proper prefixing/suffixing of a word will often change several times while playing with the phrasing of a post, and that it's quite easy to lose track, even during the initial composition.

Then again, if I were limited to 150 pages for my masters' thesis, I wouldn't touch internet grammar with a 10 foot pole either. =O)
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In my Research Proposal, I mentioned that I wanted to focus on spelling errors, grammar and vocabulary. As my thesis evolved, both my supervisor and I saw that it would be unmanagably to do anything about grammar. In order to treat the subject of grammar properly, my thesis could easily have doubled in pagecount.

Perhaps for my PhD dissertation? :P