Image-based Online Communication: Observations on the Status of Images as Linguistic Constituentss in Computer-mediated Communication
Författare och institution:
Joe Trotta (Institutionen för språk och litteraturer); Markus Danielson (Institutionen för språk och litteraturer)
Publicerad i:
McLuhan Galaxy Conference: Understanding Media, Today, s. 689
ISBN:
978-84-938802-1-7
Publikationstyp:
Konferensbidrag, refereegranskat
Publiceringsår:
2011
Språk:
engelska
Sammanfattning (abstract):
In this paper we look at the use of digital photographs and images as a McLuhanesque extension of written language in computer-mediated communication (CMC). Borrowing the analytical tools of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), sociolinguistics, semiotics and conventional grammatical analysis, we explore user-generated multimodal utterances in the everyday conversational exchanges of selected internet messageboards. Representative examples are presented and discussed in terms of SFL metafunctions, sociolinguistic pressures, grammatical categories and occasionally semiotic signification. We highlight the use of images in CMC as markers of linguistic identity which are understood through the conventionalized meaning-making practices of some online communities.
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Språk och litteratur ->
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Engelska språket
Språk och litteratur ->
Språkstudier ->
Övriga germanska språk ->
Engelska språket
Nyckelord:
McLuhan, Semiotics, Multi-modality, Linguistics, Image-use, Online Culture, Computer-mediated communication
Postens nummer:
141237
Posten skapad:
2011-05-30 21:55
Posten ändrad:
2011-06-15 02:53