Language and Media

From the lucrative blockbusters distributed by powerful Hollywood studios to the brief videos assembled and circulated by ordinary people, contemporary screen culture is populated by a growing variety of audiovisual texts travelling across different languages and cultures. Through a range of example..

From the lucrative blockbusters distributed by powerful Hollywood studios to the brief videos assembled and circulated by ordinary people, contemporary screen culture is populated by a growing variety of audiovisual texts travelling across different languages and cultures. Through a range of example..

The book is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the language of the news and an essential guide for the linguistic interpretation of news texts...

In this study, Bateman and Schmidt provide a methodologically sound and detailed account of how to analyse films within a framework based on the current state of the art in multimodal research. With this new analytic tool set, the reader will approach the study of film organisation with new levels o..

In this study, Bateman and Schmidt provide a methodologically sound and detailed account of how to analyse films within a framework based on the current state of the art in multimodal research. With this new analytic tool set, the reader will approach the study of film organisation with new levels o..

A comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Draws on examples from children's drawings to textbook illustrations, photo-journalism to fine art, as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture to examine how images convey meaning...

Researching Language and Social Media is a highly accessible and practical book that guides students through the process of undertaking research to explore the language that people use when they communicate on social media sites...

Researching Language and Social Media is a highly accessible and practical book that guides students through the process of undertaking research to explore the language that people use when they communicate on social media sites...

This volume showcases linguistic approaches to the study of pop culture and their potential to inform linguistic theory building and analytical frameworks. Eamples from a range of pop culture registers provide a description of these forms through linguistic study and outline methodological issues in..

This book provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research in Media Linguistics. Addressing issues of language use, form, structure, ideology, practice, and culture in the context of traditional and new communication media, this handbook investigates the dynamics of med..