David Barton was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK. He is co-author of Academics Writing: The Dynamics of Knowledge Creation (2019) and Researching Language and Social Media (2022). Carmen Lee is Professor in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is the author of Multilingualism Online (2017) and co-author of Researching Language and Social Media (2022).

• List of figuresPreface to the first editionPreface to the second editionChapter 1 Language In The Digital World Chapter 2 Ten Reasons Why Studying the Online World is Crucial for Understanding Language Chapter 3 Acting in a Textually Mediated Social World Chapter 4 Multilingual Resources and Practices OnlineChapter 5 Writing the Self Online Chapter 6 Metalinguistic Discourse OnlineChapter 7 Multimodal Stance-taking OnlineChapter 8 Language and Learning Online Chapter 9 Political Discourse on Social MediaChapter 10 Verbal Aggression OnlineChapter 11 Vernacular Literacies Online Chapter 12 Researching Language Online Chapter 13 Flows Of Language Online and Offline AppendicesBibliographyIndex

Praise for the first edition:"Using a methodology grounded in both linguistics and digital literacies, Barton and Lee provide a valuable introduction to studying language online. They also carefully define terms and concepts that are used in both of these fields and are central to the study of language online – text and practices, among others... This volume will interest those who want to understand how language is changing as a result of new technologies and those pursuing their own research into language use online."A.M. Laflen, Marist College, USA in CHOICE"The second edition of Language Online provides up-to-date coverage of essential topics, methods, and concepts for digital language and literacy research. New directions in the field are presented in a vivid and accessible manner, such as social media and language learning, the impact of algorithms on digital discourse, and the interweaving of on- and offline communication. Inclusive in style and rich in examples, this is set to become a standard textbook for years to come"Jannis Androutsopoulos, University of Hamburg