WhatsApp doesn't lead to language deterioration
Thursday, January 10, 2019 - 10:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Active users of social media like WhatsApp don't write more poorly at school, although there's a small relation between passively using WhatsApp and poorer writing. This was shown in a study done among young people by linguist Lieke Verheijen, who will receive her Ph.D. on this subject from Radboud University on 25 January.