Overview
- Draws on a large empirical survey of Facebook users’ perceptions of online interaction in order to examine how people manage the potential giving and taking of offence
- Combines empirical study and innovative theoretical apparatus to offer a significant contribution to the understanding of language and communication via social media
- Author's reflect on the wider significance of this study for contemporary social relations and political stance-taking
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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This book explores communication on Facebook, developing the new theoretical concept of context design as a way of understanding the dynamics of online interaction. Against a backdrop of fake news and other controversies surrounding online political debate, the authors focus on inadvertent acts of offence on Facebook; that is, when users of the site unwittingly offend or are offended by the airing of political or religious views, or of opinions deemed racist or sexist. Drawing on a survey of Facebook users, they explain why instances of offence occur and what users report doing in response. They argue that Facebook users contribute to the construction of a particular social space, one that is characterised by online conviviality and a belief that Facebook is not the place for serious debate. These views in turn shape the kind of political debate that can take place on the site. This thought-provoking book will appeal to scholars and students of applied linguistics, and anyone interested in the role of social media in contemporary political and social life.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr Caroline Tagg is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Open University, UK.
Philip Seargeant is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Open University, UK.
Amy Aisha Brown is a Teaching Fellow in the School of English at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China.
Philip Seargeant is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Open University, UK.
Amy Aisha Brown is a Teaching Fellow in the School of English at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Taking Offence on Social Media
Book Subtitle: Conviviality and Communication on Facebook
Authors: Caroline Tagg, Philip Seargeant, Amy Aisha Brown
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56717-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56716-7Published: 11 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85982-8Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56717-4Published: 04 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 139
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Social Media, Media and Communication