eBook, ePUB

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research in media linguistics. This handbook analyzes both language theory and practice, demonstrating the vital role of this research in understanding language use in society. With over thirty chapters contributed by leading academics from around the world, this handbook:

• addresses issues of language use, form, structure, ideology, practice, and culture in the context of both traditional and new communication media;
• investigates mediated language use in public spheres, organizations, and personal communication, including newspaper journalism, broadcasting, and social media;
• examines the interplay of language and media from both linguistic and media perspectives, discussing auditory and visual media and graphic modes, as well as language and gender, multilingualism, and language change;
• analyzes the advantages and shortcomings of current approaches within media linguistics research and outlines avenues for future research.

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media is a must-have survey of this key field, and is essential reading for those interested in media linguistics.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 3.26MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech
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Autor

Colleen Cotter is Reader in Media Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, UK. Daniel Perrin is Professor of Media Linguistics at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 588
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317375241
• Artikelnr.: 49040590

Rezensionen

"Cotter and Perrin have assembled a stellar cast of established and emerging sociolinguists, discourse analysts and communication scholars to deliver a cutting-edge, critical and comprehensive reference book for the study of print, broadcast and online media."
Adam Jaworski, The University of Hong Kong

"Bringing together an impressive and convincing selection of leading names and emerging scholars, and covering a range of contexts, media and technological domains, and methodological approaches, this collection represents an essential 'state of the art' for all those interested in the field of media linguistics."
Helen Kelly-Holmes, University of Limerick, Ireland