The Influence of Mobile Phone Use by the Young Generation on their Linguistic Performance and Interactional Relationships

本研究的最终目的是为新媒体时代实现更丰富的传播提出方向。本研究调查了青少年使用移动的手机短信功能的情况。年轻一代对移动的手机短信功能的广泛使用一直是大众新闻文章中经常出现的话题。日本几乎所有的移动的电话都连接到互联网，所以移动的电话或多或少像一台移动的微型计算机，不像其他发达国家的手机，那里的短信仍然是最常见的。调查年轻人的移动的手机短信将揭示如何沟通和语言的使用正在改变在21^<st>世纪，并将显示我们的前景在未来。<Research methods>本研究对2003-2005年3年间收集的移动的电话信息进行了纵向调查，以了解这一特殊通信的特征。进行了问卷调查，以了解区域差异。<Research interests>1.性别差异如何体现在其使用和语言行为中2.交际关系和意识如何反映语言表达3.使用何种语言手段来表达使用者的情感状态4.口语和书面语成分是如何被吸收的5.哪些非常规语言成分暗示使用者的偏离倾向6.这种非面对面的语言变化可能导致什么样的语言变化调查发现，移动的手机短信的语言使用和行为是一种混合型的语言行为，既使用口语和书面语来使交流生动活泼，同时又利用媒体的特点来制造距离，这可能会导致不稳定的关系。

The final goal of this research is to propose directions to realize richer communication in the new media age. This research investigated young people's use of mobile phone messaging function. The young generation's extensive use of mobile phone messaging function has been a frequent topic of articles in mass journalism. Almost all of mobile phones in Japan are connected to internet, so the mobile phones are more or less like a mobile micro computer, unlike their counterpart in other advanced countries where text messaging is still most common. Investigating young people's mobile phone messaging will reveal how communication and language use is changing in the 21^<st> century, and will show us perspective in the future.<Research methods>Longitudinal investigation was made on mobile phone messages collected over the period of 3 years from 2003-2005 to find out characteristics of this particular communication. Questionnaire surveys were conducted in order to elicit regional differences.<Research interests>1.How gender differences appear in their use and linguistic behavior2.How interactional relationships and consciousness reflect the language expressions3.What kind of linguistic devices are used to express the users' emotional states.4.How spoken and written elements are observed.5.What kind of unconventional linguistic elements are suggestive of the users' inclination towards deviation.6.What kind of linguistic changes could this non face-to-face communication lead to.7.How dialects are treated in their messages.The investigation reveals the language use and behavior of mobile phone messages is that of hybrid ; both spoken and written devices are used to make the communication lively, at the same time, the media characteristics is made use of to create distance, which could lead to unstable relationships.