Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Discourse analysis
|
Buy Now
Discourse and Identity on Facebook (Paperback)
Loot Price: R615
Discovery Miles 6 150
You Save: R351
(36%)
|
|
Discourse and Identity on Facebook (Paperback)
Series: Bloomsbury Discourse
Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days
|
Social network sites are dynamic online socio-cultural 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 silo of relationships, a
digital memory bank, a research tool, a knowledge forum, a
cardiograph of a society, and a grassroots channel.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.