Digital Oratory as Discursive Practice
From the Podium to the Screen
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
Published:17th Dec '22
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This book offers an appraisal of oratory, old and new, relating former discourse practice to a specific sub-set of contemporary, digital practices. The author explores the interface between language and society, providing an interdisciplinary study at the crossroads of discourse, linguistics, communication and rhetoric. The comparisons she draws are particularly pertinent in light of the steep rise in presentations given during video-conferences, webinars, and other online events during the COVID-19 pandemic, an event which accelerated previous moves towards digital communication and which is likely to have a long-term impact on communication styles. This book will be of interest to academics and students in fields including discourse analysis, applied linguistics, communication studies, digital studies and business studies.
“Digital Oratory as Discursive Practice: From the Podium to the Screen is a comprehensive study of communicative choices contemporary orators make in particular contexts, the technologies prompting them to make those choices, and the cultural and economic ideologies that render those choices meaningful. … The book is an indispensable guide for all communication scholars interested in how oratory is done … .” (David Boromisza-Habashi, International Journal of Communication, Vol. 17, 2023)
ISBN: 9783031189838
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323 pages
1st ed. 2022