Discourse and technology : multimodal discourse analysis / Philip LeVine and Ron Scollon, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LeVine, Philip, 1959-

Scollon, Ronald, 1939-

Series:

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics

Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Technological innovations.

Interactive multimedia.

Multimedia systems.

Physical Description:

vii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Discourse & technology

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2004.

Summary:

The overarching theme of Discourse and Technology is cutting-edge in the field of linguisties: multimodal discourse. This volume opens up a discussion among discourse analysts and others in linguistics and related fields about the two-fold impact of new communication technologies: The impact on how discourse data is collected, transcribed, and analyzed; and the impact that these technologies have on social interaction and discourse. As inexpensive tape recorders allowed the field to move beyond text, written or printed language, to capture talk -- discourse as spoken language -- the information explosion (including cell phones, video recorders, Internet chat rooms, on-line journals, and the like) has moved those in the field to recognize that all discourse is, in various ways, "multimodal," constructed through speech and gesture, as well as through typography, layout, and the materials employed in the making of texts. The contributors have responded to the expanding scope of discourse analysis by asking five key questions: Why should we study discourse and technology and multimodal discourse analysis? What is the role of the World Wide Web in discourse analysis? How does one analyze multimodal discourse in studies of social actions and interactions? How does one analyze multimodal discourse in educational social interactions? and, How does one use multimodal discourse analyses in the workplace? The vitality of these explorations opens windows onto even newer horizons of discourse and discourse analysis.

Contents:

Multimodal Discourse Analysis as the Confluence of Discourse and Technology / Ron Scollon, Philip LeVine 1

Ten Reasons Why Linguists Should Pay Attention to Visual Communication / Theo Van Leeuwen 7

The Problem of Context in Computer-Mediated Communication / Rodney H. Jones 20

"The Way to Write a Phone Call": Multimodality in Novices' Use and Perceptions of Interactive Written Discourse (IWD) / Angela Goddard 34

Trying on Voices: Using Questions to Establish Authority, Identity, and Recipient Design in Electronic Discourse / Boyd Davis, Peyton Mason 47

Mock Taiwanese-Accented Mandarin in the Internet Community in Taiwan: The Interaction between Technology, Linguistic Practice, and Language Ideologies / Hsi-Yao Su 59

Materiality in Discourse: The Influence of Space and Layout in Making Meaning / Ingrid de Saint-Georges 71

The Multimodal Negotiation of Service Encounters / Laurent Filliettaz 88

Multimodal Discourse Analysis: A Conceptual Framework / Sigrid Norris 101

Files, Forms, and Fonts: Mediational Means and Identity Negotiation in Immigration Interviews / Alexandra Johnston 116

Modalities of Turn-Taking in Blind/Sighted Interaction: Better to Be Seen and Not Heard? / Elisa Everts 128

"Informed Consent" and Other Ethical Conundrums in Videotaping Interactions / Elaine K. Yakura 146

The Moral Spectator: Distant Suffering in Live Footage of September 11, 2001 / Lilie Chouliaraki 151

Ethnography of Language in the Age of Video: "Voices" as Multimodal Constructions in Some Contexts of Religious and Clinical Authority / Joel C. Kuipers 167

Multimodality and New Communication Technologies / Carey Jewitt 184

Origins: A Brief Intellectual and Technological History of the Emergence of Multimodal Discourse Analysis / Frederick Erickson 196

Studying Workscapes / Marilyn Whalen, Jack Whalen, Robert Moore, Geoff Raymond, Margaret Szymanski, Erik Vinkhuyzen 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1589011015

OCLC:

53485295