Discourse and Technology
Multimodal Discourse Analysis
Published on 16. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-58901-101-4 (ISBN)
Description
The overarching theme of "Discourse and Technology" is cutting-edge in the field of linguistics: multimodal discourse. This volume opens up a discussion among discourse analysts and others in linguistics and related fields about the two-fold impact of new communication technologies: The impact on how discourse data is collected, transcribed, and analyzed - and the impact that these technologies are having on social interaction and discourse. As inexpensive tape recorders allowed the field to move beyond text, written or printed language, to capture talk - discourse as spoken language - the information explosion (including cell phones, video recorders, Internet chat rooms, online journals, and the like) has moved those in the field to recognize that all discourse is, in various ways, "multimodal," constructed through speech and gesture, as well as through typography, layout, and the materials employed in the making of texts. The contributors have responded to the expanding scope of discourse analysis by asking five key questions: Why should we study discourse and technology and multimodal discourse analysis? What is the role of the World Wide Web in discourse analysis?
How does one analyze multimodal discourse in studies of social actions and interactions? How does one analyze multimodal discourse in educational social interactions? And how does one use multimodal discourse analyses in the workplace? The vitality of these explorations opens windows onto even newer horizons of discourse and discourse analysis.
How does one analyze multimodal discourse in studies of social actions and interactions? How does one analyze multimodal discourse in educational social interactions? And how does one use multimodal discourse analyses in the workplace? The vitality of these explorations opens windows onto even newer horizons of discourse and discourse analysis.
Reviews / Votes
a most welcome collection of papers on an as-yet-little-explored topic WORD Together, the authors in this volume have contributed new visions to discourse studies in information communication technologies. This volume is a relevant up-to-date collection that should be part of the discourse and multimedia communication collection in libraries around the world. Discourse & SocietyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington, DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58901-101-4 (9781589011014)
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Content
1. Multimodal Discourse Analysis as the Confluence of Discourse and TechnologyRon Scollon and Philip LeVine 2. Ten Reasons Why Linguists Should Pay Attention to Visual CommunicationTheo Van Leeuwen 3. The Problem of Context in Computer Mediated CommunicationRodney H. Jones 4. "The Way to Write a Phone Call": Multimodality in Novices' Use and Perceptions of Interactive Written Discourse (IWD)Angela Goddard 5. Trying on Voices: Using Questions to Establish Authority, Identity, and Recipient Design in Electronic DiscourseBoyd Davis and Peyton Mason 6. Mock Taiwanese-Accented Mandarin in the Internet Community in Taiwan: The Interaction between Technology, Linguistic Practice, and Language IdeologiesHsi-Yao Su 7. Materiality in Discourse: The Influence of Space and Layout in Making MeaningIngrid de Saint-Georges 8. The Multimodal Negotiation of Service EncountersLaurent Filliettaz 9. Multimodal Discourse Analysis: A Conceptual FrameworkSigrid Norris 10. Files, Forms, and Fonts: Mediational Means and Identity Negotiation in Immigration InterviewsAlexandra Johnston 11. Modalities of Turn-Taking in Blind/Sighted Interaction: Better to Be Seen and Not Heard?Elisa Everts 12. "Informed Consent" and Other Ethical Conundrums in Videotaping InteractionsElaine K. Yakura 13. The Moral Spectator: Distant Suffering in September 11th Live FootageLilie Chouliaraki 14. Ethnography of Language in the Age of Video: "Voices" as Multimodal Constructions in Some Contexts of Religious and Clinical AuthorityJoel Kuipers 15. Multimodality and New Communication TechnologiesCarey Jewitt 16. Origins: A Brief Intellectual and Technological History of the Emergence of Multimodal Discourse AnalysisFrederick Erickson 17. Studying WorkscapesMarilyn Whalen and Jack Whalen with Robert Moore, Geoff Raymond, Margaret Szymanski, and Erik Vinkhuyzen