Discourse of Digital Civic Engagement: Perspectives from the Developing World by

Description: Discourse of Digital Civic Engagement by Rotimi Taiwo, Tunde Opeibi Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This book is an impressive collection of chapters which investigates the role that digital communication technologies play in political discourse and civic engagement in Nigeria, Africas largest democracy. The collection, written by fifteen seasoned African scholars and, drawn from diverse backgrounds approaches digital civic engagement from different perspectives of discourse analysis, such as, critical discourse analysis, corpus-assisted discourse model, socio-semiotic approaches and multimodal discourse analysis, computer-mediated discourse analysis, appraisal theory, as well as sociolinguistic and applied linguistic approaches. The authors demonstrate how the Internet has become the space for citizens participation in the process of democratisation, as well as the key driver of change in many developing nations. The process of civic engagement which manifests through the verbal and visual semiotic resources on different social networking spaces, such as online newspapers feedback forums, Facebook, Badoo, Twooo, texting and instant messaging, discussion forums, political cartoons, and Charismatic religious sermons are explored.This book is a must read for researchers who are interested in the discourse of online civic engagement in the developing world. Author Biography Rotimi Taiwo PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, of the same University. He was a post-doctoral fellow of Alexander von Humboldt at the University of Freiburg, Germany and a visiting professor at the University of Munster, Germany. His research focus in recent times has been on the application of (critical) discourse analytic and text-linguistic theories to the Internet and mobile telecommunications. He was the editor of the journal Ife Studies in English Language. He also serves as a consulting editor for Linguistik Online (Switzerland), The Internet Journal of Language, Culture and Society (Australia); Journal of Language Studies (Ota, Nigeria). Details ISBN 1634841204 ISBN-13 9781634841207 Title Discourse of Digital Civic Engagement Author Rotimi Taiwo, Tunde Opeibi Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 232 Publisher Nova Science Publishers Inc GE_Item_ID:135716555; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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