<p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media</em> provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research in media linguistics. This handbook analyzes both language theory and practice, demonstrating the vital role of this research in understanding language use in society. With over thirty chapters contributed by leading academics from around the world, this handbook:</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>addresses issues of language use, form, structure, ideology, practice, and culture in the context of both traditional and new communication media;</li> <br><br><li>investigates mediated language use in public spheres, organizations, and personal communication, including newspaper journalism, broadcasting, and social media;</li> <br><br><li>examines the interplay of language and media from both linguistic and media perspectives, discussing auditory and visual media and graphic modes, as well as language and gender, multilingualism, and language change; </li> <br><br><li> <br><br><p>analyzes the advantages and shortcomings of current approaches within media linguistics research and outlines avenues for future research.</p> </li> <br><br> </ul><p>The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media is a must-have survey of this key field, and is essential reading for those interested in media linguistics.</p> <p>Introduction - <em>Colleen Cotter and Daniel Perrin</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Part A Research frameworks and methods: Summarising the field(s)</strong>1 Media Linguistic Approaches - <em>Daniel Perrin</em>2 Sociolinguistic Approaches - <em>Jane Stuart-Smith</em>3 Cognitive Approaches - <em>Anna Pleshakova</em>4 Critical Approaches - <em>Michal Kryzyzanowski and David Machin</em>5 Ethnographic Approaches - <em>Colleen Cotter and Diana ben-Aaron</em> <br>6 Corpus Approaches - <em>Sylvia Jaworska</em></p><p></p><p>Part B Media contexts and domains: Locating relevance<br>7 Media Discourse, Technological Change and Broadcast Talk - <em>Martin Montgomery</em>8 Politics and Framing - <em>Elisabeth Wehling</em> <br>9 Media Markets and Political Economy - <em>Mark Allen Peterson</em>10 Journalism and Public Discourse - <em>Martin Conboy and Scott Eldridge</em> <br>11 Organizations and Corporate Communication - <em>Geert Jacobs</em>12 Social Media and Community Building - <em>Aleksandra Gnach</em></p><p></p><p>Part C Media and modes: Mapping out variation in language use<br>13 Auditory Media - <em>Jürg Häusermann</em> <br>14 Visual Media - <em>Helen Caple</em>15 Surveillant Media - <em>Rodney Jones</em><br>16 Linguistic Modes - <em>Diana ben-Aaron</em><br>17 Graphic Modes - <em>Wibke Weber and Martin Engebretsen</em><br>18 Combining Modes - <em>Agnieszka Lyons</em><br>19 Future Modes - <em>Astrid Ensslin</em></p><p></p><p>Part D Language in focus: Highlighting sociocultural complexity<br>20 Language Policy and the Media - <em>Rachelle Vessey</em><br>21 Media, Language, and Gender - <em>Tommaso Milani</em><br>22 Media and Minority Languages - <em>Elisabeth Le and Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed</em> <br>23 Multilingualism and Media - <em>Daniel Perrin, Maureen Ehrensperger-Dow and Marta Zampa</em><br>24 Media and Translation - <em>Krisztina Károly</em> <br>25 Media and Language Change - <em>Jannis Androutsopoulos</em><br>26 Media and Quoting - <em>Lauri Haapanen and Daniel Perrin</em></p><p></p><p><b>Part E Operationalizing media practice: Identifying outcomes and impact</b>27 Interacting to Mediatize - <em>Steven Clayman and Laura Loeb </em>28 Routinizing Communication - <em>Martin Luginbühl</em>29 Schematisizing Information - <em>Jürgen Spitzmüller</em><br>30 Transforming Knowledge - <em>Gitte Gravengaard</em><br>31 Participating with Media - <em>Jan Chovanec</em><br>32 Tracing and Tracking Impact - <em>Cornelius Puschmann and Antonio Compagnone</em></p><p></p><p>Index</p>