Chinese Internet Buzzwords

Research on Network Languages in Internet Group Communication

Zhou Yan author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:19th Oct '21

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As the Internet has reshaped the way we communicate, people’s reading has become more fragmented and attention has been directed to a more concise and general form of language that outlines the most important information. This language of the internet, a language system that concentrates on the content of events and public emotions, has emerged and received wide currency.

This monograph is one of the first books to examine the language of the internet in the Chinese context. By analysing content and discourse, the author examines Chinese website buzzwords since 2010. She reveals the mechanisms of generation, the cultural nature and political characteristics of the network language, analyzes the causes of its emergence and popularity, and highlights its social and academic significance. Meanwhile, she argues that research in the area is essentially interdisciplinary, involving not only perspectives from Journalism and Communication Studies, but also Philosophy, Culture, Linguistics and Sociology.

Students and scholars of Communication Studies and Journalism, as well as Culture Studies should be greatly interested in this title.

ISBN: 9781032040677

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

126 pages