ISBN:
9783319567174
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (IX, 139 p. 9 illus, online resource)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
Series Statement:
Social Sciences
Parallel Title:
Druckausg.
Parallel Title:
Printed edition
Keywords:
Communication
;
Social media
;
Applied linguistics
;
Sociolinguistics
;
Discourse analysis
;
Linguistics
;
Social Media
;
Design
Abstract:
This book explores communication on Facebook, developing the new theoretical concept of context design as a way of understanding the dynamics of online interaction. Against a backdrop of fake news and other controversies surrounding online political debate, the authors focus on inadvertent acts of offence on Facebook; that is, when users of the site unwittingly offend or are offended by the airing of political or religious views, or of opinions deemed racist or sexist. Drawing on a survey of Facebook users, they explain why instances of offence occur and what users report doing in response. They argue that Facebook users contribute to the construction of a particular social space, one that is characterised by online conviviality and a belief that Facebook is not the place for serious debate. These views in turn shape the kind of political debate that can take place on the site. This thought-provoking book will appeal to scholars and students of applied linguistics, and anyone interested in the role of social media in contemporary political and social life
Abstract:
Chapter 1. Creating Facebook: A Study of Online Conflict and Conviviality -- Chapter 2. Online Communication as Context Design -- Chapter 3. Giving and Taking Offence: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches -- Chapter 4. Social Media and Intradiverse Networks -- Chapter 5. The Impact of Intradiversity on Online Offence -- Chapter 6. Constructing Conviviality in Online Interaction
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-56717-4
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