There are numerous errors in academic writing especially in the recent past based on the fact that students tend to write what they believe to be correct in the social media. There is evidence to prove the existing issue
Evidence to support the claim
There is evidence in support that social media has adversely affected academic writing in the students.
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-The evidence shows miss words and misspellings, informal writing styles, textisms, and punctuations.
ii) The need to address the issue
It is important to consider the great need to address the emerging trends in academic writing as well as the need to properly handle these trends.
-This explains the recent increasing errors in academic writing in relation to the students' punctuation, word choice, sentence patterns, and grammar.
iii) The problem has not been addressed yet
-Discussing this issue gives the necessary debate on what should really be done to solve the problem of the negative influence of social media on academic writing.
References
Burkhardt, J. M. (2017). Chapter 5: How Can We Help Our Students? Library Technology Reports , 53 (8), 29-33.
The author talks of the need to help the students before the problem becomes too bad in the societies and schools. There is an urgent need of helping in dealing with academic writing and social media among the students. This greatly helps the students on knowing what can be correct in social media and incorrect in academic writing.
Risto, A. (2014). The Impact of Texting and Social Media on Students' Academic Writing Skills (Doctoral dissertation, Tennessee State University).
The source provides the evidence of the impact of texting and the general use of social media on the academic writing skills of the students in the schools and at homes as well. This helps in handling the existing errors of punctuation, word choice, grammar, and sentence pattern.
Vikneswaran, T., & Krish, P. (2016). Utilising social networking sites to improve writing: a case study with Chinese students in Malaysia. Technology, Pedagogy & Education , 25 (3), 287-300. doi:10.1080/1475939X.2015.1030441
The source is important for the discussion based on its belief in the need for implementing the online writing with an aim of enhancing the writing skills of students, and in an effort to discourage the use of social media to improve academic writing.
