Pragmatics of Social Media.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (738 pages)
- Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS] Series ; v.11 .
- Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS] Series .
Intro -- Preface to the handbook series -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media -- Part I. The nature of social media -- 2. Participation as user involvement -- 3. Participation as audience design -- 4. Publicness and privateness -- Part II. Social media platforms -- 5. Message boards -- 6. Blogs -- 7. YouTube -- 8. Twitter -- 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook -- Part III. Social media and discourse -- 10. Discourse and organization -- 11. Discourse and topic -- 12. Discourse and cohesion -- 13. Discourse and cognition -- 14. Discourse and ideology -- Part IV. Social media and identity -- 15. Facework and identity -- 16. Evaluation -- 18. Flaming and trolling -- 19. Narration -- 20. Fandom -- Part V. Social media and functions -- 21. Getting "liked" -- 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement -- 23. Compliments and compliment responses -- 24. Requesting and advice-giving -- About the authors -- Name index -- Subject index.
This new landmark series provides a comprehensive overview of the entire field of pragmatics. It is based on a wide conception of pragmatics as the study of intentional human interaction in social and cultural contexts. In-depth articles discuss the foundations, major theories and most recent developments of pragmatics including philosophical, sociocultural and cognitive as well as methodological, contrastive and diachronic perspectives.