Multimodality in Practice

<p>In this wide-ranging collection leading scholars researchers and emergent researchers from around the world come together and present examples of multimodal discourse analysis in practice. The book illustrates new theoretical methodological and empirical research into new technologies such as the internet software CD-ROM video and older technologies such as film newspapers brands or billboards. Each chapter demonstrates how aspects of multimodal theory and method can be used to conduct research into these and other multimodal texts. Taken together the book advances the field of multimodal discourse analysis and offers a range of current studies that address some of the most important questions facing researchers and students when investigating new or old technologies multimodally in linguistics education communication studies sociology anthropology and other fields.</p>