Discourse and Social Media

• Other Authors: Bouvier, Gwen (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York Routledge 2017
• Edition: Print book : English : First issued in paperback
• Subjects: Discourse analysis > Social aspects; Social media
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In providing a thorough review of the field to date, the opening chapter considers some of the common and divergent interests and priorities that exist in social media discourse analysis.

Table of Contents:

• 1. What is a discourse approach to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media: connecting with other academic fields? Gwen Bouvier 2. The pursuit of power in Iraqi political discourse: unpacking the construction of sociopolitical communities on Facebook Thulfiqar H. Al-Tahmazi 3. YouTube as a site of debate through populist politics: the case of a Turkish protest pop video Lyndon C. S. Way 4. 'Should each of us take over the role as watcher?' Attitudes on Twitter towards the 2014 Norwegian terror alert Joel Rasmussen 5. Radicalist discourse: a study of the stances of Nigeria's Boko Haram and Somalia's Al Shabaab on Twitter Innocent Chiluwa 6. Visual forms of address in social media discourse: the case of a science communication website Yiqiong Zhang, David Machin and Tao Song 7. Food fight: conflicting language ideologies in English and French news and social media Rachelle Vessey