Naomi Baron, Linguistics Professor, American University

As author of the book, "Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World," and as professor of linguistics and language at American University in Washington, D.C., Naomi Baron is uniquely qualified to parse the layers of meaning in emoticons and other Net-speak. In this, Prof. Baron's second appearance on IE Radio, she'll also answer questions on the growing emergence of mobile and always-on Internet links in our daily lives.