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Radio National: Gender convergence in teenager swearing

Audio Radio National: Gender convergence in teenager swearing

TLF ID M015889

Explore how the use of swearing by teenagers is changing. Maria Zijlstra talks to Mike Thelwall, Professor of Information Science at the University of Wolverhampton, about the upsurge in swearing on social networking sites, especially among girls. He contends that, in the UK in particular, swearing is losing its shock value and is becoming a normal aspect of teenage culture.

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