Handbooks of pragmatics. Volume 11 Pragmatics of social media

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the pragmatics of social media, i.e. of digitally mediated and Internet-based platforms which are interactively used to share and edit self- and other-generated textual and audio-visual messages. Its five parts offer state-of-the-art reviews and critical evaluations in the light of on-going developments: Part I __The Nature of Social Media__ sets up the conceptual groundwork as it explores key concept such as __social media, participation, privacy/publicness__. Part II __Social Media Platforms__ focuses on the pragmatics of single platforms such as YouTube, Facebook. Part III __Social Media and Discourse__ covers the micro-and macro-level organization of social media discourse, while Part IV __Social Media and Identity__ reveals the multifarious ways in which users collectively (re-)construct aspects of their identities. Part V __Social Media and Functions/Speech Acts__ surveys pragmatic studies on speech act functions such as disagreeing, complimenting, requesting. Each contribution provides a state-of-the-art review together with a critical evaluation of the existing research. * Authoritative state-of-the-art overview of the pragmatics of social media. * Focusses on digitally mediated and Internet-based platforms interactively used to share and edit self- and other-generated textual and audio-visual messages. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the pragmatics of social media, i.e. of digitally mediated and Internet-based platforms which are interactively used to share and edit self- and other-generated textual and audio-visual messages. Its five parts offer state-of-the-art reviews and critical evaluations in the light of on-going developments: Part I The Nature of Social Media sets up the conceptual groundwork as it explores key concept such as social media, participation, privacy/publicness. Part II Social Media Platforms focuses on the pragmatics of single platforms such as YouTube, Facebook. Part III Social Media and Discourse covers the micro-and macro-level organization of social media discourse, while Part IV Social Media and Identityreveals the multifarious ways in which users collectively (re- )construct aspects of their identities. Part V Social Media and Functions/Speech Acts surveys pragmatic studies on speech act functions such as disagreeing, complimenting, requesting. Each contribution provides a state-of-the-art review together with a critical evaluation of the existing research. Christian R. Hoffmann, and Wolfram Bublitz, Augsburg, Germany This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the pragmatics of social media, i.e. of digitally mediated and Internet-based platforms which are interactively used to share and edit self- and other-generated textual and audio-visual messages. Its five parts offer state-of-the-art reviews and critical evaluations in the light of on-going developments: Part I The Nature of Social Media sets up the conceptual groundwork as it explores key concept such as social media, participation, privacy/publicness. Part II Social Media Platforms focuses on the pragmatics of single platforms such as YouTube, Facebook. Part III Social Media and Discourse covers the micro-and macro-level organization of social media discourse, while Part IV Social Media and Identity reveals the multifarious ways in which users collectively (re- )construct aspects of their identities. Part V Social Media and Functions/Speech Acts surveys pragmatic studies on speech act functions such as disagreeing, complimenting, requesting. Each contribution provides a state-of-the-art review together with a critical evaluation of the existing research Preface to the handbook series Acknowledgements Table of contents 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media Part I. The nature of social media 2. Participation as user involvement 3. Participation as audience design 4. Publicness and privateness Part II. Social media platforms 5. Message boards 6. Blogs 7. YouTube 8. Twitter 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook Part III. Social media and discourse 10. Discourse and organization 11. Discourse and topic 12. Discourse and cohesion 13. Discourse and cognition 14. Discourse and ideology Part IV. Social media and identity 15. Facework and identity 16. Evaluation 18. Flaming and trolling 19. Narration 20. Fandom Part V. Social media and functions 21. Getting “liked” 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement 23. Compliments and compliment responses 24. Requesting and advice-giving About the authors Name index Subject index