Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication

Alexandra Georgakopoulou is Professor of Discourse Analysis and Sociolinguistics, King’s College London.Tereza Spilioti is Senior Lecturer in Language and Communication at Cardiff University, UK.Contributors: Ashraf R. Abdullah, Jannis Androutsopoulos, Jo Angouri, Naomi S. Baron, Erika Darics, Charles M. Ess, Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Sage Lambert Graham, Rebecca Hagelmoser, Susan C. Herring, Theresa Heyd, Lars Hinrichs, Josh Iorio, Carey Jewitt, Rodney H. Jones, Elizabeth Keating, Helen Kelly-Holmes, Nenagh Kemp, Michele Knobel, Samu Kytölä, Colin Lankshear, Carmen Lee, Lisa Newon, Yukiko Nishimura, Ruth Page, John C. Paolillo, Cornelius Puschmann, Philip Seargeant, Tereza Spilioti, Lauren Squires, Caroline Tagg, Jana Tereick, Piia Varis, Sam Waldron, Clare Wood.

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsContributorsEditors’ IntroductionSection 1. Methods and PerspectivesApproaches to language variationNetwork analysisDigital ethnographyMultimodal analysis Section 2. Language Resources, Genres, and DiscoursesDigital genres and processes of remediationStyle, creativity and playMultilingual resources and practices in digital communicationDigital discourses: a critical perspective Section 3. Digital LiteraciesDigital media and literacy developmentVernacular literacy: orthography and literacy practicesTexting and language learning Section 4. Digital Communication in PublicDigital media in workplace interactionsDigital advertisingCorporate blogging and corporate social mediaTwitter: design, discourse, and the implications of public text Section 5. Digital Selves and Online and Offline LivesThe role of the body and space in digital multimodalitySecond Life: language and virtual identityOnline multiplayer gamesRelationality, friendship & identity in digital communicationSection 6. Communities, Networks, RelationshipsOnline communities and communities of practiceFacebook and the discursive construction of the social networkYouTube: language and discourse practices in participatory cultureTranslocalitySection 7. New Debates and Further DirectionsSocial reading in a digital worldNew frontiers in interactive multimodal communicationMoving between the big and the small: identity and interaction in digital contextsSurveillanceChoose now! media, literacies, identities, politics Index

"This book brings together the insights of an outstanding group of researchers in the area of digital communication, drawn from a range of linguistic fields. The approaches surveyed range from network analysis, and digital ethnography, to multimodal discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics. It is key reading for anyone aiming to understand digital cultures, and computer-mediated communication." - Michele Zappavigna, The University of New South Wales, Australia"This handbook provides a comprehensive and critical overview of cutting-edge research, drawing on data from many different languages and varied contexts. The collection addresses current trends as well as methodological challenges within the field of computer-mediated communication in linguistics and will provide novices and seasoned scholars with a rich resource for future studies." - Miriam A. Locher, University of Basel, Switzerland"The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication showcases critical syntheses of the established literature on key topics and issues, including discourse analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and literary studies...the handbook is a substantial contribution to the burgeoning field of digital communication, which can intrigue and inspire further fruitful research. Readers can surely benefit greatly from this comprehensive collection of research; therefore, I highly recommend it for anyone aiming to understand digital cultures and computer-mediated communication." - Zsuzsanna Zsubrinszky, Budapest Business School, LINGUIST List