Handbook on language and media
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:
Section 1. Research frameworks and methods: Summarizing the fields
Section 2. Media contexts and domains: Locating relevance
Section 3. Media and modes: Mapping out variation in language use
Section 4. Language in focus: Highlighting sociocultural complexity
Section 5. Operationalizing media practice: Identifying outcomes and impacts
- 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.
Section 1. Research frameworks and methods: Summarizing the fields
Section 2. Media contexts and domains: Locating relevance
Section 3. Media and modes: Mapping out variation in language use
Section 4. Language in focus: Highlighting sociocultural complexity
Section 5. Operationalizing media practice: Identifying outcomes and impacts