Advancing Multimodal and Critical Discourse Studies

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Adam Jaworski
Anders Bjorkvall
Annabelle Mooney
Arlene Archer
Carey Jewitt
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Chiao-I Tseng
commodity upcycling
communication theory
Critical Discourse Studies
Critiical Discourse Analysis
David Machin
digital media
discourse analysis
Duc-Son Pham
Emilia Djonov
epistemology of meaning
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Experiential Meaning Potential
Gilbert Gabriel
global advertising
Gunther Kress
hashtags
independent publishing
ISIS Flag
ISIS Supporter
ISIS Territory
Kay L. O'Halloran
Kay L. O’Halloran
media studies
media studies methodology
Michele Zappavigna
Morten Boeriis
multimodal critical discourse analysis
Multimodal Discourse
Multimodal Discourse Analysis
Multimodal Social Semiotic Approach
Multimodal Social Semiotics
multimodality
Multiple Endings
news reporting
Per Ledin
Peter Wignell
Philip Bell
Rebecca Lange
Responsive Objects
Reverse Image Search
Ruth Wodak
Sabine Tan
Semiotic Potential
Semiotic Resources
social media
Social Semiotic
Social Semiotic Research
Social Semiotic Theory
social semiotics
sociolinguistics research
Staffan Selander
Sumin Zhao
Teal Triggs
Text Image Combinations
Theo Van Leeuwen
Totnes Pound
Tv Series
typography
Van Leeuwen
Van Leeuwen's Approach
Van Leeuwen's Social Semiotics
Van Leeuwen's Work
Van Leeuwen’s Approach
Van Leeuwen’s Social Semiotics
Van Leeuwen’s Work
visual communication
visual graphs
visual semiotics

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138697638
  • Weight: 460g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Sep 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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As a founder and leading figure in multimodality and social semiotics, Theo van Leuween has made significant contributions to a variety of research fields, including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, communication and media studies, education, and design. In celebration of his illustrious research career, this volume brings together a group of leading and emerging scholars in these fields to review, explore and advance two central research agendas set out by van Leeuwen: the categorisation of the meaning potential of various semiotic resources and the examination of their uses in different forms of communication, and the critical analysis of the interaction between semiotic forms, norms and technology in discursive practices. Through 11 cutting-edge research papers and an experimental visual essay, the book investigates a broad range of semiotic resources including touch, sound, image, texture, and discursive practices such as community currency, fitness regime, film scoring, and commodity upcycling. The book showcases how social semiotics and multimodality can provide insights into the burning issues of the day, such as global neoliberalism, terrorism, consumerism, and immigration.

Sumin Zhao is a Carlsberg Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Southern Denmark and the book review editor for Discourse and Communication. Her most recent publications apply a social semiotic approach to analyzing selfies and mobile applications. Her edited volume (with Djonov) Critical Multimodal Studies of Popular Discourse is now in paperback. Emilia Djonov is a Lecturer in early childhood at Macquarie University, Australia. Her research in multimodality, social semiotics, critical discourse analysis, and multiliteracies has been published in journals such as Visual Communication, Social Semiotics, and Text & Talk. She has co-edited the volume Critical Multimodal Studies of Popular Discourse (Routledge, 2014, with Zhao). Anders Björkvall is Professor of Swedish at Örebro University, Sweden. His main research interests include multimodality and ethnographies of artefacts and texts. Recent publications: "Multimodal discourse analysis" in Analyzing Text and Discourse (2017) and "Places and spaces for multimodal writing in ’one-to-one’ computing" in Multimodality in Writing (2015). Morten Boeriis is an Associate Professor at University of Southern Denmark. His most recent publications are on multimodal visual theory and film analysis. His interview book (co-written with Andersen, Maagerø and Tønnessen) Social Semiotics: Key Figures, New Direction is out on Routledge.