Language, Identity, and Syrian Political Activism on Social Media - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language, Identity, and Syrian Political Activism on Social Media write by Francesco L. Sinatora. This book was released on 2019-09-04. Language, Identity, and Syrian Political Activism on Social Media available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Language, Identity, and Syrian Political Activism on Social Media is an empirical contemporary Arabic sociolinguistic investigation informed by theories and notions developed in the fields of Arabic linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and linguistic anthropology. Building on the Bakhtinian concept of linguistic hybridity, this book conducts a longitudinal analysis of Syrian dissidents’ social media practices between 2009 and 2017. It shows how dissidents have used social media to emerge in the discourse about the Syrian conflict and how language has been used symbolically as a tool of social and political engagement in an increasingly complex sociopolitical context. This monograph is ideal for students, sociolinguists and researchers interested in Arabic language and identity.
Narrating Migrations from Africa and the Middle East
Narrating Migrations from Africa and the Middle East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Narrating Migrations from Africa and the Middle East write by Ruth Breeze. This book was released on 2022-09-08. Narrating Migrations from Africa and the Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Exploring narratives produced by different groups of MENA and SSA migrants or refugees, this book focuses on the spatial and temporal aspects of their experiences. In doing so, the authors examine a wide range of accounts of journeys to host countries and memories (or recreations) of “home”. The spaces that migrants occupy (or not) in their new country; the spaces and times they share with local populations; and different conceptions of space and time across generations are also investigated, as are how feelings surrounding space and time are manifested within these different narratives and their affective-discursive practices. Taking both a traditional, linear view of migration as well as a multilinear, multimodal approach, the book presents an in-depth investigation into the ways in which people inhabit multiple real and digital spaces.
Social Media and Society
Social Media and Society - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Media and Society write by Majid KhosraviNik. This book was released on 2023-04-15. Social Media and Society available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Social Media and Society brings together a range of scholars working at the intersection of discourse studies, digital media, and society. It is meant to respond to changes in discourse technologies, i.e. the techno-discursive dynamic of social media discourses. The book critically engages with the digital dynamics of representations around discourses of identity, politics, and culture. Other than its topical focus on highly pertinent discourses, the book aspires to offer some fresh insights into the theory, methods, and implementation of CDS in digital environments. The book can be viewed as part of the developing research framework of Social Media Critical Discourse Studies which seeks to integrate the impact of new mediation technologies on discursive meaning-making with its critical contextualisation. In addition to its strongly global outlook, the book incorporates a wide range of research perspectives including CDA, sociolinguistics, political discourse studies, media and technology, discourse theory, popular culture, feminism etc.
Voice, Agency and Resistance
Voice, Agency and Resistance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Voice, Agency and Resistance write by Mark Nartey. This book was released on 2023-03-31. Voice, Agency and Resistance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on data from Africa, Latin America, North America, and the Arab Levant, this book demonstrates how members of marginalized (disempowered) groups sculpt a positive image for themselves, engage in solidarity formation for group empowerment, and (re)construct their experiences in a manner that gives them voice, agency, and a positive identity. It argues for a more interventionist stance in ideologically oriented discourse analysis and demonstrates why (critical) discourse analysts must not only expose and resist the inequities or injustices in society but, more crucially, also adopt an activist-scholar posture in order to push for positive social change. The book brings into focus: (a) how discourse can be used to center the voice and agency of minority groups, (b) how feminists re-make gender relations in our world, (c) how non-dominant groups actively resist injustices and discriminatory discourses directed against them, (d) how discourse can be used to advance the goals of repressed groups in order to instigate progressive social change, and (e) access to forms of discourse that can be empowering for marginalized groups’ participation in social domains. It will be of interest to postgraduate students and academics in (critical) discourse studies, communication, and media studies as well as non-academics such as activists, journalists, and sociopolitical commentators. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Critical Discourse Studies.
Languages, Identities and Intercultural Communication in South Africa and Beyond
Languages, Identities and Intercultural Communication in South Africa and Beyond - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Languages, Identities and Intercultural Communication in South Africa and Beyond write by Russell H Kaschula. This book was released on 2021-08-23. Languages, Identities and Intercultural Communication in South Africa and Beyond available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. African countries and South Africa in particular, being multilingual and multicultural societies, make for exciting sociolinguistic and applied language analysis in order to tease out the complex relationship between language and identity. This book applies sociolinguistic theory, as well as critical language awareness and translanguaging with its many facets, to various communicative scenarios, both on the continent and in South Africa, in an accessible and practical way. Africa lends itself to such sociolinguistic analysis concerning language, identity and intercultural communication. This book reflects consciously on the North–South debate and the need for us to create our own ways of interpretation emanating from the South and speaking back to the North, and on issues that pertain to the South, including southern Africa. Aspects such as language and power, language planning, policy and implementation, culture, prejudice, social interaction, translanguaging, intercultural communication, education, gender and autoethnography are covered. This is a valuable resource for students studying African sociolinguistics, language and identity, and applied language studies. Anyone interested in the relationship between language and society on the African continent would also find the book easily accessible.
