Discourse and Identity on Facebook
(Bloomsbury, 2017)
Social network sites are dynamic online sociocultural arenas which give users ample and unprecedented opportunities for self-presentation through the meshing of language with other semiotic modes. With a focus on Facebook, one of the most widely-used online social network sites, this book brings together ideas and concepts related to language online, multimodality, and identity through five topical issues. These include place, time, profession and education, stance-taking, and privacy.
The book features a discourse-centred online ethnography that provides authentic verbal and multimodal Facebook posts in both Greek and English. These are complemented with insights from interviews with Facebook participants. The examples bring to life various engaging instances of self- and other-presentation on Facebook identifying the ways in which users can:
Focusing on discourse manifestations of identity, this book also shows how Facebook can function as a space for vernacular literacy practices, a cilo of relationships, a digital memory bank, a research tool, a knowledge forum, a cardiograph of a society, and a grassroots channel.
Features include:
The book will be a useful resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working with new media in the fields of language and linguistics, media and communication studies, sociology,
anthropology, and cultural studies.
More details can be found here.
The book is now available open access.
(Bloomsbury, 2017)
Social network sites are dynamic online sociocultural arenas which give users ample and unprecedented opportunities for self-presentation through the meshing of language with other semiotic modes. With a focus on Facebook, one of the most widely-used online social network sites, this book brings together ideas and concepts related to language online, multimodality, and identity through five topical issues. These include place, time, profession and education, stance-taking, and privacy.
The book features a discourse-centred online ethnography that provides authentic verbal and multimodal Facebook posts in both Greek and English. These are complemented with insights from interviews with Facebook participants. The examples bring to life various engaging instances of self- and other-presentation on Facebook identifying the ways in which users can:
- locate themselves in terms of place and time;
- announce activities, share and broaden their expertise and buttress solidarity among colleagues and fellow students;
- communicate emotions, tastes, thoughts, opinions and assessments;
- control the flow of textual information on their Facebook profiles to secure their privacy.
Focusing on discourse manifestations of identity, this book also shows how Facebook can function as a space for vernacular literacy practices, a cilo of relationships, a digital memory bank, a research tool, a knowledge forum, a cardiograph of a society, and a grassroots channel.
Features include:
- Chapter overviews outlining the key areas covered
- A chapter on methodology with practical information
- Activities, discussion tasks and ideas for mini-projects
- Suggestions for further reading
- Links to further resources such as useful websites and videos
- A glossary of technical terms
- A companion website providing supplementary material
The book will be a useful resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working with new media in the fields of language and linguistics, media and communication studies, sociology,
anthropology, and cultural studies.
More details can be found here.
The book is now available open access.
Book reviews
Sibo Chen in The Linguist List
Sibo Chen in The Linguist List
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Lianjiang Jiang in Discourse & Communication
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Lilian Lem Atanga in Language and Society
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Zeng Xiaorong in Discourse Studies
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Christian Hoffmann in Journal of Pragmatics
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Caroline Tagg in Punctum
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Shanshan Xie in Internet Pragmatics