Millennials Talking Media

Creating Intertextual Identities in Everyday Conversation

Sylvia Sierra (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2022
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-093112-4 (ISBN)

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"Friends don't let friends skip leg day." "You shall not pass!" "I'll be back." The way we read these lines-whether or not you picture Gandalf, hear the deep monotone of the Terminator, or smile—makes it clear that media consumption affects our everyday lives, language, and how we identify as part of a group.

Millennials Talking Media examines how U.S. Millennial friends embed both old media (books, songs, movies, and TV shows) and new media (YouTube videos, videogames, and internet memes) in their everyday talk for particular interactional purposes. Sylvia Sierra presents case studies featuring the recorded talk of Millennial friends to demonstrate how and why these speakers make media references and use them to handle awkward moments and other interactional dilemmas. Sierra's analysis shows how such references contribute to epistemic management and frame shifts in conversation, which ultimately work together to construct a shared sense of Millennial identity.

Building on contemporary work in media studies, Sierra weaves together the most current linguistic theories regarding knowledge, framing, and identity to create a book that will be of interest to Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Z alike.

Sylvia Sierra is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University. She is a discourse analyst with a Ph.D. in linguistics from Georgetown University. She researches everyday interaction in online and offline contexts. Her research explores the relationships between knowledge, experience, media, and identity in discourse. Her work has been published in premier journals such as Language in Society and the Journal of Pragmatics.

Introduction: Intertextual Media References in Millennial Friend Discourse

Chapter Two: "One of us": Signaling Media References
Chapter Three: "I'm a sweet intertextual": Demonstrating Engagement with Media References
Chapter Four: "Friends don't let friends skip rat day": Referencing Memes, Shifting Epistemic Frames, and Constructing Intertextual Identities
Chapter Five: "This is like an RPG where you pick up friends along the way": Overlapping and Embedding Videogame Frames, Negotiating Epistemics, and Constructing Intertextual Identities

Conclusion: Frames, Epistemics, and Intertextual Identity Construction among Millennial Friends

Postscript
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.11.2021
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 156 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-19-093112-4 / 0190931124
ISBN-13	978-0-19-093112-4 / 9780190931124
Zustand	Neuware