Pragmatics of Social Media (Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS], 11)

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the pragmatics of social media, i.e. of digitally mediated and Internet-based platforms which are interactively used to share and edit self- and other-generated textual and audio-visual messages. Its five parts offer state-of-the-art reviews and critical evaluations in the light of on-going developments: Part I The Nature of Social Media sets up the conceptual groundwork as it explores key concept such as social media, participation, privacy/publicness. Part II Social Media Platforms focuses on the pragmatics of single platforms such as YouTube, Facebook. Part III Social Media and Discourse covers the micro-and macro-level organization of social media discourse, while Part IV Social Media and Identity reveals the multifarious ways in which users collectively (re-)construct aspects of their identities. Part V Social Media and Functions/Speech Acts surveys pragmatic studies on speech act functions such as disagreeing, complimenting, requesting. Each contribution provides a state-of-the-art review together with a critical evaluation of the existing research.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110439697
• ISBN13: 9783110439694
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 737 Pages
• Weight: 2.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.6" x 6.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary