Language is not a mere tool for information communication, exchanging ideas or for writing. In language itself, it includes the persons thoughts or belief, personality, the mental state and so on. Also language shows the identification of the social-cultual community and history. Language is a intermediation between the people of same time and space which has a form and system. Therefore language experiences changes in form and system when the time or space of the language changes. Teenagers tend to be used to cyber space than the real world and they are making their own world in it. The words that are used in communication network is very different from ordinary language because of the desire of teenagers wanting to express their thoughts in a new way. And another concern is the anonymity in cyber space that produces the irresponsible and vulgar expressions. This research will focus on the differences between the cyber space and ordinary language and finding a language guidance for teenagers. Related with this, this research will compare and observe the two language forms and find a language guidance for teenagers to a healthy and desirable language habit.
This research has these concrete purpose.
First, making clear of the online language of youth daily life. Online language, using computers and cellphones as a intermediation has been used through imaginary space online environment and is spreading fast due to the features of online - easy access, simultaneity, openness. Online language was used only in computer conversations but now it has spread it's range to e-mails, notice boards, text messages and moreover, our daily life.
Second , confirm the influence of online language.
This research will confirm focusing on the positive and negative influence. Because we use computer frequently and using online language is inevitable teenagers have to have a cool and critical view and discriminate positive and negative influences. In this perspective, this research will have a purpose on confirming online language influence.
Third, present a language purification program.
Understanding that the situation of youth language usage is out of state and having a critical mind and realizing the need of concrete effort, this research will search for the solutions in school education aspect, social family aspect and teenage guidance aspect. Concerning the destruction of daily language by online language, this research has a purpose to help the middle and high school students of Pusan to form a right habit of PC online language and to use proper Korean.