Contemporary Media Stylistics
Contemporary Media Stylistics by Helen Ringrow, published by Bloomsbury Academic on April 16, 2020, is a comprehensive exploration of the evolving landscape of media discourse. This 344-page volume presents recent stylistic frameworks that examine various forms of media, collating emerging research in the field of media stylistics. It addresses the rapid changes in media, featuring diverse methods and multimodal source material that reflect the complexities of contemporary communication.
Readers will find a range of topics that challenge traditional notions of media and examine the implications of technological advancements on media production and consumption. The book includes contributions that focus on contemporary contexts, such as social media platforms and popular culture, highlighting how these environments complicate established media models. Through the insights of leading scholars, this edition offers a nuanced perspective on the intersection of linguistics, social science, and media studies.
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Media discourse is changing at an unprecedented rate. This book presents the most recent stylistic frameworks exploring different and changed forms of media. The volume collates recent and emerging research in the expanding field of media stylistics, featuring a variety of methods, multimodal source material, and a broad range of topics. From Twitter and Zooniverse to Twilight and Mommy Blogs, the volume maps out new intellectual territory and showcases a huge scope, neatly drawn together by leading scholars Helen Ringrow and Stephen Pihlaja.
Contributors write on topics that challenge the traditional notions and conceptualisations of “media” and the consequences of technological affordances for the development of media production and consumption. There is a particular focus on the ways in which contemporary media contexts complicate and challenge traditional media models, and offer new and unique ways of approaching discourse in these contexts.
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