ISBN:
9781847699053
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (290 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Series Statement:
Multilingual Matters v.152
Parallel Title:
Print version Gruffydd Jones, Elin Haf Social Media and Minority Languages : Convergence and the Creative Industries
DDC:
302.2308
Keywords:
Minorities in the mass media industry
Abstract:
This book includes case studies, theoretical debates, international comparisons on minority languages, and presents a research agenda for the development of Minority Language Media studies. It addresses the challenges in multi-platform, mobile communication environments, focusing on the pitfalls and opportunities brought about by social media
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Ethnic/Linguistic Minority Media - What their History Reveals, How Scholars have Studied them and What We might Ask Next -- Part 1 Theoretical Debates on Convergence and Minority Languages -- 1 Minority Languages Media Studies and Communication for Social Change: Dialogue between Europe and Latin America -- 2 Towards Ethnolinguistic Identity Gratifi cations -- 3 Minority Language Media, Convergence Culture and the Indices of Linguistic Vitality -- Part 2: Web 2.0, Social Networking Sites and Minority Languages -- 4 Investigating the Differential Use of Welsh in Young Speakers' Social Networks: A Comparison of Communication in Face-to-Face Settings, in Electronic Texts and on Social Networking Sites -- 5 Luxembourgish on Facebook: Language Ideologies and Writing Strategies -- 6 Audience Design and Communication Accommodation Theory: Use of Twitter by Welsh - English Biliterates -- 7 Kashubian and Modern Media: The Infl uence of New Technologies on Endangered Languages -- 8 The Welsh Language on YouTube: Initial Observations -- 9 Learning Communities Mediated through Technology: Pedagogic Opportunities for Minority Languages -- 10 Enhancing Linguistic Diversity through Collaborative Translation: TraduXio, an Open Source Platform for Multilingual Workfl ow Management in Media -- 11 Experiences of Audience Interaction by BBC Network Radio Producers: Implications for Endangered Language Media -- Part 3: Media Convergence and Creative Industries -- 12 Towards a Template for a Linguistic Policy for Minority Language Broadcasters -- 13 Legislating the Language of Cinema: Developments in Catalonia -- 14 The Contribution of BBC ALBA to Gaelic: A Social and Economic Review -- 15 Multilingual Practice of the EITB Group and its TV Provision for Teenagers
Abstract:
16 Tell a Song/Waiata Mai/Abair Amhrán: Singing Out -- 17 Languages: Obstacles and Brand Values in the Age of Media Convergence -- Concluding Remarks: Towards an Understanding of Media Impact on Minority Language Use -- Index
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