[Air-L] New book: Discourse and Identity on Facebook

[mariza georgalou]

Dear colleagues,


I am pleased to announce the publication of my book 'Discourse and Identity
on Facebook' (Bloomsbury, 2017).


With a focus on Facebook, one of the most widely-used online social network
sites, this book brings together ideas and concepts related to language
online, multimodality, and identity through five topical issues. These
include place, time, profession and education, stance-taking, and privacy.


The book features a discourse-centred online ethnography that provides
authentic verbal and multimodal Facebook posts in both Greek and English.
These are complemented with insights from interviews with Facebook
participants. The examples bring to life various engaging instances of
self- and other-presentation on Facebook identifying the ways in which
users can:


- locate themselves in terms of place and time;

- announce activities, share and broaden their expertise and buttress
solidarity among colleagues and fellow students;

- communicate emotions, tastes, thoughts, opinions and assessments;

- control the flow of textual information on their Facebook profiles to
secure their privacy.


Focusing on discourse manifestations of identity, this book also shows how
Facebook can function as a space for vernacular literacy practices, a cilo
of relationships, a digital memory bank, a research tool, a knowledge
forum, a cardiograph of a society, and a grassroots channel.


Features include:


- Chapter overviews outlining the key areas covered

- A chapter on methodology with practical information

- Activities, discussion tasks and ideas for mini-projects

- Suggestions for further reading

- Links to further resources such as useful websites and videos

- A glossary of technical terms

- A companion website providing supplementary material


The book will be a useful resource for advanced undergraduates,
postgraduates and researchers working with new media in the fields of
language and linguistics, media and communication studies, sociology,
anthropology, and cultural studies.



More details can be found here:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discourse-and-identity-on-facebook-9781474289122/




Best wishes,

Mariza Georgalou

www.marizageorgalou.com