Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis

<p>Multimodality is an innovative approach to representation communication and interaction which looks beyond language to investigate the multitude of ways we communicate: through images sound and music to gestures body posture and the use of space. </p><p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis</em> Second Edition provides a comprehensive 'research tool kit' for multimodal analysis with thirty-four chapters written by leading figures in the field on a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues. This new edition includes twelve new chapters on theoretical and mathodological developments and multimodal research on digitally mediated texts and interaction. </p><p>The <em>Handbook </em>includes chapters on key themes within multimodality such as technology culture notions of identity social justice and power and macro issues such as literacy policy. Taking a broad look at multimodality the contributors engage with how a variety of other theoretical approaches have looked at multimodal communication and representation including visual studies anthropology conversation analysis socio-cultural theory sociolinguistics new literacy studies multimodal corpora studies critical discourse semiotics and eye-tracking.</p><p>Detailed multimodal analysis case studies are also included along with an extensive updated glossary of key terms to support those new to multimodality and to allow those already engaged in multimodal research to explore the fundamentals further.</p><p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis </em>is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers involved in the study of multimodal communication. </p>