Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

In Language Online, David Barton and Carmen Lee explore the evolving landscape of digital communication. This extensively updated second edition reflects the latest research and developments, addressing key contemporary issues such as online aggression, digital activism, and the growing impact of AI on human communication. It also examines how digital communication has shaped and been shaped by global events like the COVID-19 pandemic and incorporates multimodal discourse.

With case studies from diverse geographical contexts, languages, and platforms, the book illustrates how digital language practices vary across cultures. This edition places greater emphasis on the intersection between online and offline communication, highlighting how digital interactions are deeply integrated into everyday life.

Written in a clear and accessible style, Language Online balances theory with practical analysis, providing valuable insights into the relationship between language and digital technologies. Complete with discussion topics and real-world examples, this is an essential read for students and scholars of new media, literacy, and multimodality in language and linguistics.

 

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Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

In Language Online, David Barton and Carmen Lee explore the evolving landscape of digital communication. This extensively updated second edition reflects the latest research and developments, addressing key contemporary issues such as online aggression, digital activism, and the growing impact of AI on human communication. It also examines how digital communication has shaped and been shaped by global events like the COVID-19 pandemic and incorporates multimodal discourse.

With case studies from diverse geographical contexts, languages, and platforms, the book illustrates how digital language practices vary across cultures. This edition places greater emphasis on the intersection between online and offline communication, highlighting how digital interactions are deeply integrated into everyday life.

Written in a clear and accessible style, Language Online balances theory with practical analysis, providing valuable insights into the relationship between language and digital technologies. Complete with discussion topics and real-world examples, this is an essential read for students and scholars of new media, literacy, and multimodality in language and linguistics.

 

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Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

by David Barton, Carmen Lee
Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

by David Barton, Carmen Lee

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In Language Online, David Barton and Carmen Lee explore the evolving landscape of digital communication. This extensively updated second edition reflects the latest research and developments, addressing key contemporary issues such as online aggression, digital activism, and the growing impact of AI on human communication. It also examines how digital communication has shaped and been shaped by global events like the COVID-19 pandemic and incorporates multimodal discourse.

With case studies from diverse geographical contexts, languages, and platforms, the book illustrates how digital language practices vary across cultures. This edition places greater emphasis on the intersection between online and offline communication, highlighting how digital interactions are deeply integrated into everyday life.

Written in a clear and accessible style, Language Online balances theory with practical analysis, providing valuable insights into the relationship between language and digital technologies. Complete with discussion topics and real-world examples, this is an essential read for students and scholars of new media, literacy, and multimodality in language and linguistics.

 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032207957
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/30/2025
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 260
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Barton was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK. He is co-author of Academics Writing: The Dynamics of Knowledge Creation (2019) and Researching Language and Social Media (2022). 

Carmen Lee is Professor in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is the author of Multilingualism Online (2017) and co-author of Researching Language and Social Media (2022).

Table of Contents

List of figures

Preface to the first edition

Preface to the second edition

Chapter 1 Language In The Digital World    

Chapter 2 Ten Reasons Why Studying the Online World is Crucial for Understanding Language    

Chapter 3 Acting in a Textually Mediated Social World    

Chapter 4  Multilingual Resources and Practices Online

Chapter 5  Writing the Self Online   

Chapter 6  Metalinguistic Discourse Online

Chapter 7  Multimodal Stance-taking Online

Chapter 8 Language and Learning Online 

Chapter 9 Political Discourse on Social Media

Chapter 10 Verbal Aggression Online

Chapter 11  Vernacular Literacies Online   

Chapter 12  Researching Language Online   

Chapter 13 Flows Of Language Online and Offline    

Appendices

Bibliography

Index

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