Swedish in Finland: Pushed Back in the Cyberspace?
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 12 pages, pdf Description: This article provides an insight into the dynamics of language use among Swedish-speaking Finns regarding two specific aspects of internet use: browsing and blogging. The data was collected from persons with Swedish as their registered mother tongue in 2009. The results indicate a preference for using either Finnish or English when browsing and a preference for Swedish when blogging.