{"product_id":"discourse-and-identity-on-facebook","title":"Discourse and Identity on Facebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eSocial network sites are dynamic online socio-cultural arenas that provide users with opportunities for self-presentation. This book explores five topical issues related to language online, multimodality, and identity on Facebook, featuring a discourse-centred online ethnography and insights from interviews with participants. It highlights how users can locate themselves in terms of place and time, announce activities, share expertise, communicate emotions, control the flow of textual information, and engage in vernacular literacy practices on Facebook. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 27 December 2018\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial networking sites are vibrant online socio-cultural hubs that provide users with abundant and unparalleled opportunities for self-presentation by seamlessly blending language with various semiotic modes. In this comprehensive open-access book, we delve into the realm of language online, multimodality, and identity, with a specific focus on Facebook, one of the most widely-used online social network platforms. Through five topical issues, we explore the diverse aspects of place, time, profession and education, stance-taking, and privacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book features a discourse-centered online ethnography, showcasing authentic verbal and multimodal Facebook posts in both Greek and English. These posts are complemented by insightful interviews with Facebook participants, offering valuable insights into the experiences and practices of Facebook users. The examples provided vividly illustrate various engaging instances of self- and other-presentation on Facebook, highlighting the ways in which users can establish their location in terms of place and time, announce activities, share and expand their expertise, foster solidarity among colleagues and fellow students, express emotions, tastes, thoughts, opinions, and assessments, and control the flow of textual information on their Facebook profiles to safeguard their privacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoreover, this book delves into the discourse manifestations of identity on Facebook, highlighting how it can serve as a space for vernacular literacy practices, a repository of relationships, a digital memory bank, a research tool, a knowledge forum, a societal cardiograph, and a grassroots channel. The ebook editions of this book are freely accessible under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. The open access initiative for this book was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 510g\\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 158 x 234 x 16 (mm)\\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781350094703\\n                            \\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dr MarizaGeorgalou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44094404788474,"sku":"9781350094703","price":10.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/4a9031e1c5fedfebbafeb0c7b93bb2b2.jpg?v=1625195421","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/discourse-and-identity-on-facebook","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}