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The Language of Social Media

Identity and Community on the Internet

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Philip Seargeant

    1. The Open University, UK

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  2. Caroline Tagg

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: The language of social media

    1. Introduction: The language of social media

      • Philip Seargeant, Caroline Tagg
      Pages 1-20

  4. The Construction of Community on Social Media

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. CoffeeTweets: bonding around the bean on Twitter

      • Michele Zappavigna
      Pages 139-160

    3. Audience design and language choice in the construction and maintenance of translocal communities on social network sites

      • Caroline Tagg, Philip Seargeant
      Pages 161-185

    4. Youth, social media and connectivity in Japan

      • Toshie Takahashi
      Pages 186-207

    5. Investigating language policy in social media: translation practices on Facebook

      • Aoife Lenihan
      Pages 208-227

    6. Seeing Red: social media and football fan activism

      • Frank Monaghan
      Pages 228-254

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 255-260
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Open University, UK

    Philip Seargeant

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Caroline Tagg

About the editors

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

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