Overview

Discourse, Technology and Change presents a detailed analysis of discourses that initiate, enable, and stabilise social change in organizational contexts. The book examines the function of written discourse within this setting to examine the dynamic relationships between writing, technology, and socio-cultural change. Focusing on everyday texts used to create technical and social change, the book offers a detailed study of the intersections of discourse, technology and persuasion illustrated through an empirical case study of technological change in an academic institution. The book seriously engages the claim that texts dually construct and reflect social networks and social action. Working at both the micro and macro textual level, the book examines the functions of change discourse, providing a framework for understanding how change is constituted within social networks. This cutting-edge monograph will be of interest to academics researching discourse analysis and applied linguistics.

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Author:   Brenton Faber
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780826494849

ISBN 10:   0826494846
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 June 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

1. Writing Research and Social Change \ 2. Theoretical Intersections: Discourse Technologies and Autonomous Change \ 3. Discourse/technology: Heterogeneous Narratives \ 4. Discourse, Stability, and Change \ 5. Migrations and Conversions \ 6. Linguistic Politeness in Technologized Means \ 7. Conclusion: Change Studies \ Bibliography \ Index

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the way the author attempts to integrate macro and micro approaches to text analysis, especially in the study of social change, is fascinating the canvass of this book is broad and amazing: it attracts scholars drawn from discourse studies, rhetoric, organization studies, management and technology studies, English and Language Teaching(ELT), and technology practitioners and researchers in technical communication, professional communication, public relations, technology management and information technology Book Reviews, Discourse& Communications--,

the way the author attempts to integrate macro and micro approaches to text analysis, especially in the study of social change, is fascinating the canvass of this book is broad and amazing: it attracts scholars drawn from discourse studies, rhetoric, organization studies, management and technology studies, English and Language Teaching(ELT), and technology practitioners and researchers in technical communication, professional communication, public relations, technology management and information technology Book Reviews, Discourse& Communications--Sanford Lakoff

the way the author attempts to integrate macro and micro approaches to text analysis, especially in the study of social change, is fascinating the canvass of this book is broad and amazing: it attracts scholars drawn from discourse studies, rhetoric, organization studies, management and technology studies, English and Language Teaching(ELT), and technology practitioners and researchers in technical communication, professional communication, public relations, technology management and information technology Book Reviews, Discourse& Communications--Sambit Mallick, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India

Author Information

Brenton Faber is a Professor in the Department of English at North Carolina State University, USA.

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