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Participation in Public and Social Media Interactions

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Title: Participation in Public and Social Media Interactions
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 256

Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.256

Editor: Marta Dynel
Editor: Jan Chovanec

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027268945 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027268945 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027268945 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027256614 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027256614 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027256614 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 100.70

Abstract:

This book deals with participation frameworks in modern social and public
media. It brings together several cutting-edge research studies that offer
exciting new insights into the nature and formats of interpersonal
communication in diverse technology-mediated contexts. Some papers introduce
new theoretical extensions to participation formats, while others present case
studies in various discourse domains spanning public and private genres.
Adopting the perspective of the pragmatics of interaction, these contributions
discuss data ranging from public, mass-mediated and quasi-authentic texts,
fully staged and scripted textual productions, to authentic, non-scripted
private messages and comments, both of a permanent and ephemeral nature. The
analyses include news interviews, online sports reporting, sitcoms, comedy
shows, stand-up comedies, drama series, institutional and personal blogs,
tweets, follow-up YouTube video commentaries, and Facebook status updates. All
the authors emphasize the role of context and pay attention to how meaning is
constructed by participants in interactions in increasingly complex
participation frameworks existing in traditional as well as novel
technologically mediated interactions.