Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction
Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction

Author: Ron Scollon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-11

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1317881656

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Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction makes an explicit link between media studies and social interactionalist discursive research where previously the two fields of study have been treated as separate disciplines. This text presents an integrated theory illustrated by ample concrete examples, bringing together the latest research in these two fields. It offers a critique to the sender-receiver model implicit in media studies, and argues for an analysis of media discourse as social interaction, on the one hand among journalists and newsmakers as a community of practice, and among readers and viewers as a spectating community of practice on the other. The book also argues for a coherent and interdiscursive methodology for the ethnographic study of the role of the news media in the social construction of identity and is based on a considerable body of ethnographic and textual analysis of both print and television news media. The theory of mediated discourse presented in this volume will be of great interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates studying media studies, sociology of language, discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication and applied linguistics. It will also be welcomed by scholars and professionals involved in research in these areas.

Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction
Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction

Author: Ronald Scollon

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780582327269

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This text bridges the gap in research between media studies and sociolinguistics, and presents a new study on the role of language in the news media.

Mediated Discourse
Mediated Discourse

Author: Ron Scollon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-26

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1134535880

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Mediated Discourse: The Nexus of Practice sets out a discursive theory of human action. Language and action are intimately related. The difficult question to answer is how they are related. Mediated Discourse Theory looks into social relationships to see how the use of language is both a form of action in itself and is also indirectly related to all other forms of human action. Through the empirical study of a one year old child learning to exchange objects with caregivers, Scollon challenges the commonly held claim that all practices are represented in discourse and that all discourse has the function of structuring practice. Calling upon work in interactional sociolinguistics, critical discourse analysis, anthropological linguistics, sociocultural psychology, and intercultural communication, the Mediated Discourse Theory set out in this book resolves current problematic issues such as how practices are learned across the boundaries of groups and how individuals come to be socialized as social actors.

Discourse in Action
Discourse in Action

Author: Rodney H Jones

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-09-21

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1134258127

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From emails relating to adoption over the Internet to discussions in the airline cockpit, the spoken or written texts we produce can have significant social consequences. The area of Mediated Discourse Analysis considers texts in their social and cultural contexts to explore the actions individuals take with texts - and the consequences of those actions. Discourse in Action: brings together leading scholars from around the world in the area of Mediated Discourse Analysis reveals ways in which its theory and methodology can be used in research into contemporary social situations explores real situations and draws on real data in each chapter shows how analysis of texts in their social contexts broadens our understanding of the real world. Taken together, the chapters provide a comprehensive overview to the field and present a range of current studies that address some of the most important questions facing students and researchers in linguistics, education, communication studies and other fields.

Discourse as Social Interaction
Discourse as Social Interaction

Author: Teun Adrianus van Dijk

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1997-02-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781446239957

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How do people engage in and competently manage discourse and interaction with others? Whether in informal, everyday conversations or professional dialogues, people "do" things while they are speaking or writing. Focusing on the fundamental interactional, social, political and cultural functions of text and talk, this comprehensive volume shows that discourse is not merely form and meaning but also action. This social dimension of discourse is further highlighted by examining the role of social identity and group membership, such as those based on gender, 'race' and ethnicity: How do members of various groups typically speak among each other and how do they communicate with people of other groups or cultures? What is the role of discourse in the perpetuation of sexism or racism? Several chapters use critical discourse analysis to examine the reproduction of social power, dominance and inequality, and special attention is paid to political and corporate discourse. Other contributions show that the complex interplay of the forms, meanings, and actions of discourse both shape and are shaped by culture.

Language and Social Interaction at the Century's Turn
Language and Social Interaction at the Century's Turn

Author: Karen Tracy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780805898071

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What are the most interesting and important directions for language and social interaction study? This special issue brings together more than 20 essays from prominent scholars in sociology, linguistics, communication, psychology, and education who study language and social interaction practices, problems, and processes. Authors, all members of ROLSI's editorial board, offer proposals about methodological issues, controversies that need attention, desirable metatheoretical changes, and so on.

Computer-mediated Communication
Computer-mediated Communication

Author: Susan C. Herring

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 9027250510

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Text-based interaction among humans connected via computer networks, such as takes place via email and in synchronous modes such as “chat”, MUDs and MOOs, has attracted considerable popular and scholarly attention. This collection of 14 articles on text-based computer-mediated communication (CMC), is the first to bring empirical evidence from a variety of disciplinary perspectives to bear on questions raised by the new medium. The first section, linguistic perspectives, addresses the question of how CMC compares with speaking and writing, and describes its unique structural characteristics. Section two, on social and ethical perspectives, explores conflicts between the interests of groups and those of individual users, including issues of online sex and sexism. In the third section, cross-cultural perspectives, the advantages and risks of using CMC to communicate across cultures are examined in three studies involving users in East Asia, Mexico, and students of ethnically diverse backgrounds in remedial writing classes in the United States. The final section deals with the effects of CMC on group interaction: in a women's studies mailing list, a hierarchically-organized workplace, and a public protest on the Internet against corporate interests.

Discourse as Social Interaction
Discourse as Social Interaction

Author: Teun A Van Dijk

Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited

Published: 1997-05-06

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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The second volume of this introduction to discourse studies focuses on the fundamental interactional, social, political and cultural functions of text and talk, and shows that discourse is not merely form and meaning, but also action.