Style, Mediation, and Change

Preface and acknowledgements Contributors 1. Introduction: Conceptualising Style, Mediation, and Change Janus Mortensen, Nikolas Coupland and Jacob Thøgersen Part 1: Sociopolitical Change and the Emergence of New Styles and Genres 2. Style, Sociolinguistic Change and Political Broadcasting: The Case of the Spanish News Show Salvados Nuria Lorenzo-Dus 3. Radio Talk, Pranks and Multilingualism: Styling Greek Identities at a Time of Crisis Tereza Spilioti 4. Styling Syncretic Bilingualism on Welsh-language TV: Madamrygbi Nikolas Coupland Part 2: The Business of Style: The Style of Business 5. Brand Styling, Enregisterment, and Change: The Case of C'est Cidre Helen Kelly-Holmes 6. (Re-)circulating Popular Television: Audience Engagement and Corporate Practices: With Special Focus on The Big Bang Theory Monika Bednarek Part 3: The Art of Mediated Style: Blurring the Boundaries between 'Ordinary' and 'Elite' 7. Styling the 'Ordinary': Tele-factual Genres and Participant Identities Joanna Thornborrow 8. Art on Television: Television as Art Adam Jaworski Part 4: Styles of Technologically Mediated Talk: What's New Anyway? 9. Talking for Fun and Talking in Earnest: Two Styles of Mediated Broadcast Talk Martin Montgomery 10. The Meaning of Manner: Change and Continuity in the Vocal Style of News Reading and Information Announcements Theo van Leeuwen Part 5: Postscripts and Prospects 11. Style, Change, and Media: A Postscript Jannis Androutsopoulos 12. Style as a Unifying Perspective for the Sociolinguistics of Talking Media Nikolas Coupland and Janus Mortensen Index