Algospeak
How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language
$22.95
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
The Etymologicon for the social media generation - from the @etymologynerd of Instagram and TikTok (aka Adam Aleksic), comes a deep dive into how algorithms, social media and the internet are changing the way we communicate and think.
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2025 & NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025
An incredible deep dive into how algorithms, social media and the internet are changing the way we communicate and think, from linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic (ak…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529949162 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529949165 |
| Author: | Adam Aleksic |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Adam Aleksic
Adam Aleksic is a linguist and content creator who posts educational videos as the “Etymology Nerd” to an audience of over three million.
As a linguistics student at Harvard College, he founded and served as president of the Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Society. He has discussed online language on NPR, repeatedly contributed to The Washington Post, and his work has been mentioned in The New York Times, The Economist, and The Guardian.
Aleksic has lectured on language and social media at Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, and other top universities, including delivering a TEDx talk at the University of Pennsylvania. He is based in New York City, where he spends a lot of time scrolling TikTok for “research.”
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