But some linguists and music historians say the reality is more nuanced. For one thing, frequent use of "I" doesn't signal a haughtier sense of one's status but the opposite, according to James Pennebaker, the social psychologist who invented the text-analysis program used in the 2011 study of song lyrics. The higher a person's standing, the less frequently that person uses 'I' words, according to Pennebaker in his book, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us.
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I've heard of SnapChat, but not the other three. Scary to think! I have teens and one of them does use SnapChat, but he's on Instagram more. I worry about it all! #emac6300
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All hail the unintended consequences of advancement in technology and industrialization as a whole. I think I, like many people, am in that dizzying stage of love and hate relationship with all things digital.
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People who tell the truth use the word 'I' more.
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No, "we" isn't necessarily such a communal word after all. It often comes off as presumptive and exclusionary, and can be seen as one group speaking—out of turn—for others.
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