Episode Details
Back to Episodes
Meme to Media: How Social Media Accelerates English Evolution
Episode 86
Published 6 days, 23 hours ago
Description
In this episode we trace how a joke on TikTok can become a New York Times headline in days, exploring the role of hashtags, algorithms, and platform affordances in accelerating lexical change. We examine the feedback loops that make words rise and fall faster than ever before, and what that means for the future of English.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices