Yancey - Writing in the twenty first century

In this article, Yancey describes the shift in the way we in the 21st century have convoluted conventional writing structures, and goes on to further explain what ways we can enhance, and progress our writing, as well as describing the various nuances created through means of text and social networking sites, and how we can work to correct these issues before they further corrupt the English language and it's composition.

Yancey makes plenty of valid points as to where composition began and where it's purposes have been misconstrued, and continues to explain how we can benefit from new technologies such as text messaging, social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace, and how they have both enhanced and subsequently hindered our means of communicating, all the while remaining objective, showing where the idea of writing has come and in some ways, gone. Her topic of the web 2.0 culture is almost too true; as we see these examples all around us with people holed up in their bedrooms writing for some of the worlds most famous blog sites, which have in turn, become news media outlets, and the internet's inherent usage as a instantaneous means of communication, and the formation of what has come to be known as an 'internet celebrity'.

Yancey's perspective on writing is true to life, as we see examples explained in totality on an almost daily basis. Blogs, Social networking sites, and instant messaging have blurred the boundaries of conventional communication and made it such that anyone can speak their mind, do it in any manner they please, and of course, at the mere push of a button.