The impact of Whatsapp on the formal writing of high school students: a case study

Abstract

This article aims to address the impacts caused by the constant access to messaging applications on the standard writing of high school students. In this context, it presents WhatsApp as a vehicle that directly interferes with the growth of formal writing deviations of the aforementioned students. The theoretical framework used in this research adopts the assumptions of Antunes (2003), Barbeiro and Pereira (2017), as well as the BNCC (2018). For the construction of the work, qualitative research was used, supported by questionnaires and observation of the focus group. The research showed that standard writing was negatively impacted by the use of messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, since students do not differentiate between formal and non-formal language use situations.