The Language of Social Media
Identity and Community on the Internet
Editors: Seargeant, P., Tagg, C. (Eds.)
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- About this book
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This timely book examines language on social media sites including Facebook and Twitter. Studies from leading language researchers, and experts on social media, explore how social media is having an impact on how we relate to each other, the communities we live in, and the way we present a sense of self in twenty-first century society.
- About the authors
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Ana Deumert, University of Cape Town, South Africa Henna Jousmäki, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Samu Kytölä, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Carmen Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong Aoife Lenihan, University of Limerick, Ireland Sirpa Leppänen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Frank Monaghan, The Open University, UK Ruth Page, University of Leicester, UK Saija Peuronen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Philip Seargeant, The Open University, UK Caroline Tagg, University of Birmingham, UK Toshie Takahashi, Waseda University, Japan Camilla Vásquez, University of South Florida, USA Elina Westinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Michele Zappavigna, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Reviews
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“This volume collects 10 diverse studies analysing language, identity and community on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and TripAdvisor. … the book is a significant contribution to the field of social media and identity construction for students and fellow researchers alike.” (Andrew Brindle, Discourse & Society, Vol. 28 (2), 2017)
“This volume opens a window for doing more research into language use on social media sites. … an insightful and exciting read for scholars in computer-mediated communication, discourse analysis and social media studies. The volume also offers insights for Chinese scholars who may seek to explore how the affordances of Chinese social media sites … shape Chinese people’s semiotic style choice. Readers may use this volume as a platform for further study of cross-cultural online communicative practices … .” (Wenge Chen, Pragmatics and Society, Vol. 7 (2), 2016)
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Introduction: The language of social media
Pages 1-20
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The performance of a ludic self on social network(ing) sites
Pages 23-45
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Hoaxes, hacking and humour: analysing impersonated identity on social network sites
Pages 46-64
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‘Usually not one to complain but…’: constructing identities in user-generated online reviews
Pages 65-90
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Language choice and self-presentation in social media: the case of university students in Hong Kong
Pages 91-111
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Language of Social Media
- Book Subtitle
- Identity and Community on the Internet
- Editors
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- P. Seargeant
- C. Tagg
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-02931-7
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137029317
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-02930-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-44013-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 260
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