Digital Communication and Media Linguistics With Case Studies in Journalism, PR, and Community Communication
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This textbook offers an interdisciplinary, comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the media linguistics approaches to explain and understand digital communication and multimodality. Linking the fields of communication studies, applied linguistics and journalism, it grounds communication practices in a deep understanding of the social and societal implications of language use in digital media. The tools to analyse multimodal texts are analysed in light of the advantages and constraints that different communication modes pose, both individually and in combination. Aimed at upper…
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Key features
- Presents an interdisciplinary, comprehensive and timely overview of the theories and methods developed in media linguistics to address multimodality and the vast changes brought by digital communication
- Provides the tools to analyse multimodal texts in light of the advantages and constraints that different communication modes pose, both individually and in combination
- Highlights the current complexity of the digital media through emergent paradigms, such as the algorithms culture, allowing students to explore questions on how algorithms influence our digital society
- Pedagogical features include case studies and real world examples, highlighting the interplay between language use and digital communication as well as encouraging the reader to reflect on the themes covered and put acquired knowledge into practice
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108780445
- Subjects Applied Linguistics,Film, Media, Mass Communication,Language and Linguistics,Media, Mass Communication
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 02 March 2023
- ISBN: 9781108490191
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 0.82kg
- Page extent: 280 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 02 March 2023
- ISBN: 9781108748278
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 0.64kg
- Page extent: 280 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 18 February 2023
- ISBN: 9781108780445
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