Episode 17: Time for a communication revolution?

There's no denying that communication has rapidly changed in the last thirty years, but are we humans keeping up with technology that we are creating? Social media platforms give us many new contexts in which to create and consume communication. How has the way we talk and behave changed since the invention of the internet? Cate talks to Dr Yin Yin Lu, 'doctor of the internet', about rhetoric, talking, and communication in the 21st century. Is it time for a communication revolution?

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As the UK faces a languages crisis, with numbers dropping up to 50% in take-up of GCSE Modern Languages since 2003 and a £48bn deficit in the UK economy due to a shortage of linguists, join languages teacher and entrepreneur Cate Hamilton as she talks to scientists, linguists, wordsmiths, and other interested guests about why being multilingual is (and always has been) normal, and why linguistics matters now more than ever. Let's talk about talking!