1. In my opinion, the rise of social networking does indeed affect the use of language. Some prime examples are the use of "smiley-faces" which indicate how a person is feeling at a given moment by just using symbols such as :'( would mean crying ;-) would mean winking/flirting. Another example would be found in text messaging, text messaging is a language in its own, to communicate that you'll be right back one would simply write the acronym "BRB". A final example would be using everyday words to mean something completely different, for example while some people associate blood with the liquid that flows through your body a group of teenagers might associate it with a gang.
2. I would say yes, because many things that are found on the Internet and in other forms of technology are written in English. Aside from that reason, most of the vernacular used on the Internet and other social networking are mainly English based.
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