Language and Media: A Resource Book for Students

Routledge English Language Introductions provide an accessible overview of language study, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries, and key readings. The second edition of Language and Media covers major approaches and methodological tools, practical examples, and key readings from leading scholars. It emphasizes the increasingly creative ways ordinary people are engaging in media production and addresses urgent current concerns such as fake news, clickbait, virality, and surveillance. The new edition includes special attention on new media forms, additional material on mobility and materiality, memes and virality, discourse processes, collaborative production, user-created content, reality TV, fake news, algorithms and bots, media surveillance, privacy boundaries, and the 'right to be forgotten' related to Internet archiving. Written by three experienced teachers and authors, the textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 302 pages
Publication date: 13 October 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Routledge English Language Introductions are comprehensive resources for students, covering core areas of language study in a single volume. Designed for beginners with no prior knowledge, these books offer an accessible overview of the subject, featuring activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries, and key readings. The innovative and flexible two-dimensional structure is divided into four sections: introduction, development, exploration, and extension, providing self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be explored across these sections, allowing readers to build upon their knowledge gradually.

This revised second edition of Language and Media:

Provides an accessible introduction and comprehensive overview of the major approaches and methodological tools used in the study of language and media.

Focuses on a broad range of media and media content, from traditional print and broadcast formats to recent digital media formats.

Incorporates practical examples using real data, including newspaper articles, press releases, television shows, advertisements (print, broadcast, and digital), blogs, social media content, internet memes, culture jamming, and protest signs.

Includes key readings from renowned scholars in the field, such as Jan Blommaert, Sonia Livingstone, David Machin, Martin Montgomery, Ruth Page, Ron Scollon, and Theo van Leeuwen.

Offers a wide range of activities, questions, and points for further discussion.

The book emphasizes the increasingly creative ways ordinary people engage in media production. It also addresses pressing current concerns surrounding media and media production/reception, such as fake news, clickbait, virality, and surveillance.

Features of the new edition include:

Updated coverage of recent developments in the field, including new media platforms and technologies

Expanded discussion of the role of language and media in shaping public opinion and political discourse

Greater emphasis on the ethical implications of media production and consumption

Additional case studies and examples from a diverse range of cultural and geographical contexts

Enhanced accessibility with improved typography and layout

Overall, this second edition of Language and Media is an essential resource for students, scholars, and professionals interested in the study of language and media in today's rapidly changing world.

Weight: 582g
Dimension: 174 x 244 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138644410
Edition number: 2 New edition