Exploring Digital Communication Language in action

• Main Author: Tagg, Caroline (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2015
• Series: Routledge introductions to applied linguistics
• Subjects: Communication and technology > Study and teaching; Digital communications > Social aspects; Telecommunication > Study and teaching; Telematics > Social aspects; Online social networks; Applied linguistics > Study and teaching
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• Physical Description: viii, 291 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-282) and index
• ISBN: 9780415524919; 9780415524933

The books take an innovative 'practice to theory' approach, with a 'back-to-front' structure. This leads the reader from real-world problems and issues, through a discussion of intervention and how to engage with these concerns, before finally relating these practical issues to theoretical foundations. Exploring Digital Communication aims to discuss real-world issues pertaining to digital communication, and to explore how linguistic research addresses these challenges. The text is divided into three sections (Problems and practices; Interventions; and Theory), each of which is further divided into two subsections which reflect linguistic issues relating to digital communication. The author seeks to demystify any perceived divide between online and offline communication, arguing that issues raised in relation to digital communication throw light on language use and practices in general, and thus linguistic interventions in this area have implications not only for users of digital communication but for linguists' general understanding of language and society. Including relevant research examples, tasks and a glossary, this textbook is an invaluable resource for postgraduate and upper undergraduate students taking New Media or Communication Studies modules within Applied Linguistics and English Language courses.