Visualizing Digital Discourse

Author : Crispin Thurlow,Christa Dürscheid,Federica Diémoz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501510113

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Visualizing Digital Discourse by Crispin Thurlow,Christa Dürscheid,Federica Diémoz Pdf

The first dedicated volume of its kind, Visualizing Digital Discourse brings together sociolinguists and discourse analysts examining the role of visual communication in digital media. The volume showcases work from leading, established and emerging scholars from across Europe, covering a diverse range of digital media platforms such as messaging, video-chat, gaming and wikis; visual modalities such as emojis, video and layout; methodologies like discourse analysis, ethnography and conversation analysis; as well as data from different languages. With an opening chapter by Rodney Jones, the volume is organized into three parts: Besides Words and Writing, The Social Life of Images, and Designing Multimodal Texts. From the perspective of these broad domains, chapters tackle some of the major ideological, interactional and institutional implications of visuality for digital discourse studies. The first part, beginning with a co-authored chapter by Crispin Thurlow, focuses on micro-level visual practices and their macro-level framing – all with particular regard for emojis. The second part, beginning with a chapter from Sirpa Leppänen, examines the ways visual resources are used for managing personal relations, and the wider cultural politics of visual representation in these practices. The third part, beginning with a chapter by Hartmut Stöckl, considers organizational contexts where users deploy visual resources for more transactional, often commercial ends.

Author : Marjut Johansson,Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen,Jan Chovanec
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030846022

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Analyzing Digital Discourses by Marjut Johansson,Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen,Jan Chovanec Pdf

This book contributes to the scholarly debate on the forms and patterns of interaction and discourse in modern digital communication by probing some of the social functions that online communication has for its users. An array of experts and scholars in the field address a range of forms of social interaction and discourses expressed by users on social networks and in public media. Social functions are reflected through linguistic and discursive practices that are either those of ‘convergence’ or ‘controversy’ in terms of how the discourse participants handle interpersonal relations or how they construct meanings in discourses. In this sense, the book elaborates on some very central concerns in the area of digital discourse analysis that have been reported within the last decade from various methodological perspectives ranging from sociolinguistics and pragmatics to corpus linguistics. This edited collection will be of particular interest to scholars and students in the fields of digital discourse analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, social media and communication, and media and cultural studies.

Author : Camilla Vásquez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350166844

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Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis by Camilla Vásquez Pdf

Introducing the key questions and challenges faced by the researcher of digital discourse, this book provides an overview of the different methodological dimensions associated with this type of research. Bringing together a team of experts, chapters guide students and novice researchers through how to conduct rigorous, accurate, and ethical research with data from a wide range of online platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and online dating apps. Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis focuses on the key issues that any digital discourse analyst must consider, before tackling more specific topics and approaches, including how to work with multilingual or multimodal data. Emphasizing concrete, practical advice and illustrated with plentiful examples from research studies, each chapter introduces a new research dimension for consideration, briefly exploring how other discourse analysts have approached the topic before using an in-depth case study to highlight the main challenges and provide guidance on methodological decision-making. Supported by a range of pedagogical tools, including discussion questions and annotated further-reading lists, this book is an essential resource for students and any researcher new to analyzing digital discourse.

Author : Crispin Thurlow,Kristine R. Mroczek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199795444

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Digital Discourse by Crispin Thurlow,Kristine R. Mroczek Pdf

Chapters cover a range of communicative contexts (journalism, gaming, tourism, leisure, performance, public debate), communicators (professional and lay, young people and adults, intimates and groups), and languages (Irish, Hebrew, Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, German, Greek, Arabic, and French).

Author : Alla Tovares,Cynthia Gordon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350119161

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Identity and Ideology in Digital Food Discourse by Alla Tovares,Cynthia Gordon Pdf

Exploring food-related interactions in various digital and cultural contexts, this book demonstrates how food as a discursive resource can be mobilized to accomplish actions of social, cultural, and political consequence. The chapters reveal how social media users employ language, images, and videos to construct identities and ideologies that both encompass and transcend food. Drawing on various discourse analytic frameworks to digital communication, contributors examine interactions across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. From the multimodal discourse of a Korean livestreaming online eating show, to food activism in an English blogging community and discussions of a food-related controversy on Omani Twitter, this book shows how language and multimodal resources serve not only to communicate about food, but also as a means of accomplishing key aspects of everyday social life.

Author : Fiona Rossette-Crake
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031189845

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Digital Oratory as Discursive Practice by Fiona Rossette-Crake Pdf

This book offers an appraisal of oratory, old and new, relating former discourse practice to a specific sub-set of contemporary, digital practices. The author explores the interface between language and society, providing an interdisciplinary study at the crossroads of discourse, linguistics, communication and rhetoric. The comparisons she draws are particularly pertinent in light of the steep rise in presentations given during video-conferences, webinars, and other online events during the COVID-19 pandemic, an event which accelerated previous moves towards digital communication and which is likely to have a long-term impact on communication styles. This book will be of interest to academics and students in fields including discourse analysis, applied linguistics, communication studies, digital studies and business studies.

Author : Esme Winter-Froemel,Álvaro S. Octavio de Toledo y Huerta
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110665437

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Manual of Discourse Traditions in Romance by Esme Winter-Froemel,Álvaro S. Octavio de Toledo y Huerta Pdf

The series Manuals of Romance Linguistics (MRL) aims to present a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of Romance linguistics. It will comprise approximately 60 volumes that can either be consulted individually or used as a series of books providing a detailed overall picture of the current state of research in Romance linguistics. A special focus will be placed on the presentation and analysis of the smaller languages, the linguae minores.

Author : Alexander Onysko,Peter Siemund
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782832503744

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Englishes in a Globalized World: Exploring Contact Effects on Other Languages by Alexander Onysko,Peter Siemund Pdf

Author : Massimiliano Demata,Virginia Zorzi,Angela Zottola
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027256959

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Conspiracy Theory Discourses by Massimiliano Demata,Virginia Zorzi,Angela Zottola Pdf

Conspiracy Theory Discourses addresses a crucial phenomenon in the current political and communicative context: conspiracy theories. The social impact of conspiracy theories is wide-ranging and their influence on the political life of many nations is increasing. Conspiracy Theory Discourses bridges an important gap by bringing discourse-based insights to existing knowledge about conspiracy theories, which has so far developed in research areas other than Linguistics and Discourse Studies. The chapters in this volume call attention to conspiracist discourses as deeply ingrained ways to interpret reality and construct social identities. They are based on multiple, partly overlapping analytical frameworks, including Critical Discourse Analysis, rhetoric, metaphor studies, multimodality, and corpus-based, quali-quantitative approaches. These approaches are an entry point to further explore the environments which enable the proliferation of conspiracy theories, and the paramount role of discourse in furthering conspiracist interpretations of reality.

Author : Rodney H. Jones,Christoph A. Hafner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000394016

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Understanding Digital Literacies by Rodney H. Jones,Christoph A. Hafner Pdf

Understanding Digital Literacies Second Edition provides an accessible and timely introduction to new media literacies. This book equips students with the theoretical and analytical tools with which to explore the linguistic dimensions and social impact of a range of digital literacy practices. Each chapter in the volume covers a different topic, presenting an overview of the major concepts, issues, problems, and debates surrounding it, while also encouraging students to reflect on and critically evaluate their own language and communication practices. Features of the second edition include: • expanded coverage of a diverse range of digital media practices that now includes Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Tinder, and WhatsApp; • two entirely new chapters on mobility and materiality, and surveillance and privacy; • updated activities in each chapter which engage students in reflecting on and analysing their own media use; • e-resources featuring a glossary of key terms and supplementary material for each chapter, including additional activities and links to useful websites, articles, and videos. This book is an essential textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying courses in new media and digital literacies.

Author : Martin Engebretsen,Helen Kennedy
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789463722902

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Data Visualization in Society by Martin Engebretsen,Helen Kennedy Pdf

Today we are witnessing an increased use of data visualization in society. Across domains such as work, education and the news, various forms of graphs, charts and maps are used to explain, convince and tell stories. In an era in which more and more data are produced and circulated digitally, and digital tools make visualization production increasingly accessible, it is important to study the conditions under which such visual texts are generated, disseminated and thought to be of societal benefit. This book is a contribution to the multi-disciplined and multi-faceted conversation concerning the forms, uses and roles of data visualization in society. Do data visualizations do 'good' or 'bad'? Do they promote understanding and engagement, or do they do ideological work, privileging certain views of the world over others? The contributions in the book engage with these core questions from a range of disciplinary perspectives.

Author : Ken Hyland,Brian Paltridge,Lillian Wong
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350156098

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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Discourse Analysis by Ken Hyland,Brian Paltridge,Lillian Wong Pdf

An essential reference to contemporary discourse studies, this handbook offers a rigorous and systematic overview of the field, covering the key methods, research topics and new directions. Fully updated and revised throughout to take account of developments over the last decade, in particular the innovations in digital communication and new media, this second edition features: · New coverage of the discourse of media, multimedia, social media, politeness, ageing and English as lingua franca · Updated coverage across all chapters, including conversation analysis, spoken discourse, news discourse, intercultural communication, computer mediated communication and identity · An expanded glossary of key terms Identifying and describing the central concepts and theories associated with discourse and its main branches of study, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes a sustained and compelling argument concerning the nature and influence of discourse and is an essential resource for anyone interested in the field.

Author : Emilia Di Martino
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030968182

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Indexing ‘Chav’ on Social Media by Emilia Di Martino Pdf

The book sets out to examine the concept of 'chav', providing a review of its origins, its characterological figures, the process of enregisterment whereby it has come to be recognized in public discourse, and the traits associated with it in traditional media representations. The author then discusses the 'chav' label in light of recent re-appropriations in social network activity (particularly through the video-sharing app TikTok) and subsequent commentary in the public sphere. She traces the evolution of the term from its use during the first decade of the twenty-first century to make sense of class, status and cultural capital, to its resurgence and the ways in which it is still associated with appearance in gendered and classed ways. She then draws on recent developments in linguistic anthropology and embodied sociocultural linguistics to argue that social media users draw on communicative resources to perform identities that are both situated in specific contexts of discourse and dynamically changing, challenging the idea that geo-sociocultural varieties and mannerisms are the sole way of indexing membership of a community. This volume contends that equating 'chav' with 'underclass' in the most recent uses of the concept on social networks may not be the whole story, and the book will be of interest to sociocultural linguistics and identity researchers, as well as readers in anthropology, sociology, British studies, cultural studies, identity studies, digital humanities, and sociolinguistics.

Author : Sofia Rüdiger,Daria Dayter
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027260499

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Corpus Approaches to Social Media by Sofia Rüdiger,Daria Dayter Pdf

From Twitter to Reddit, Facebook, and WhatsApp – social media is a part of modern everyday life. Studying the language used on social media platforms presents great opportunities as well as challenges to corpus linguists. The contributions in Corpus Approaches to Social Media address technical, ethical, and methodological issues by showcasing in-depth social media studies as conducted by corpus scholars. The chapters are based on a variety of social media platforms and include corpus perspectives on the language of online communities, linguistic variation in short media texts, and the role of images in computer-mediated communication. A particularly strong point of the collection are the detailed accounts of the methodological aspects of working with social media corpora. The volume features research applying traditional corpus linguistic methods to social media data as well as novel and innovative research methods for the analysis of multimodal material and atypical corpus texts.

Author : Svenja Völkel,Nico Nassenstein
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110726626

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Approaches to Language and Culture by Svenja Völkel,Nico Nassenstein Pdf

This book provides an overview of approaches to language and culture, and it outlines the broad interdisciplinary field of anthropological linguistics and linguistic anthropology. It identifies current and future directions of research, including language socialization, language reclamation, speech styles and genres, language ideology, verbal taboo, social indexicality, emotion, time, and many more. Furthermore, it offers areal perspectives on the study of language in cultural contexts (namely Africa, the Americas, Australia and Oceania, Mainland Southeast Asia, and Europe), and it lays the foundation for future developments within the field. In this way, the book bridges the disciplines of cultural anthropology and linguistics and paves the way for the new book series Anthropological Linguistics.