How has the language of the chat room text been influenced by technology?

How has the language of the chat room text been influenced by technology?

The new forms of technology have managed to change the world in what seems like overnight. One day there were hand written letters and phone calls, the next there were emails and text messages. Some people long for the good old days when communication was more personal. Some people love that they can simply type a message and click send. No matter what type of person you are though, there is no getting around the fact that technology has changed the spoken (and written) word forever.

The audience for this chat room is clearly people involved in the chat (people who listen to snow patrol). The overall register of the chat is very informal, there is no flow in the conversation and people in the chat are struggling to keep on topic. This text is multimodal, it is typed on a computer so it is written language although it is in a 'chat room' making it spoken language too. The purpose of the chat room is to get people talking about the release of snow patrols new album. 

The language used in the chat room seems as though it has been heavily influenced through the use of technology. You can see this based on the language used in the chat room. They initialise words like you to a simple 'u' and see to just 'c'. They do this as it is much easier and quicker than writing out a full word. One person in the chat room keeps using the word 'meh'. This is a word used only on the internet by people who are not that interested in what other people are saying. The person saying it clearly isn't interested in the topic of the chat room and just wants to aggravate the person trying to get answers to his question. 

In conclusion I think that it is evident that technology is changing the way people speak not only online but in real life too, more and more words being used in everyday activity online are being added to the English Dictionary every year, selfie, twerk and derp just to name a few. Some say it won't be long until internet speech dominates the English language, personally I disagree, I think it's just a phase but the internet is expanding more and more everyday.