Rodney H. Jones is Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Reading, UK.

Sylvia Jaworska is Associate Professor of Language and Professional Communication, University of Reading, UK.

Erhan Aslan is Lecturer of Applied Linguistics, University of Reading, UK.

CONTENTS

Contents cross-referenced

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgements

A Introduction: Key topics in the study of language and media

1 Language and mediation

2 Media, modes, and materialities

3 Media, genre, and style

4 Media storytelling

5 Media and discourse processes

6 Audiences, interaction, and participation

7 Media and the attention economy

8 Truth, lies, and propaganda

9 Media, censorship, and resistance

B Development: Approaches to language and media

1 Language, mediation, and sites of engagement

2 Making meaning with modes and materialities

3 Analyzing genres and styles in media

4 Telling and retelling stories

5 Production formats and discourse representation

6 Participation frameworks

7 Virality and memetics

8 Persuasive discourse and media rhetoric

9 Censorship and semiotic democracy

C Exploration: Analyzing language and media

1 Media uses and users

2 Analyzing intersemiotic relations

3 Analyzing news stories and media interviews

4 Analyzing narratives in the media

5 Analyzing media production

6 Analyzing participation in media

7 Analyzing spreadable media

8 Detecting biased, fallacious, and fake news

9 Offensive language and tactics of resistance

D Extension: Readings in language and media

1 Media, mediation, and mediated discourse (Ruth Finnegan; Sonia Livingstone; Ron Scollon)

2 Global modes and future modes (David Machin and Theo van Leeuwen; Astrid Esslin)

3 Media talk and media genres (Martin Montgomery, Paola Catenaccio)

4 Media storytelling and the shaping of reality (Michael Toolan; Ruth Page)

5 Media production (Colleen Cotter; Eva Gredel)

6 Participation frameworks and surveillant media (Anne O'Keeffe; Rodney H. Jones)

7 Spreadability: From news language to internet memes (Monika Bednarek and Helen Caple; Piia Varis and Jan Blommaert)

8 Political rhetoric and fake news (Martin Montgomery; Johan Farkas and Jannick Schou)

9 Resistance and citizen journalism (Paolo Peverini; Rodney H. Jones and Neville C.H. Li)

Glossarial index

References

Index