English in Computer-Mediated Communication

This book addresses the nature of English use within contexts of computer-mediated communication (CMC). CMC includes technologies through which not only is language transmitted, but cultures are formed, ideologies are shaped, power is contested, and sociolinguistic boundaries are crossed and blurred. The volume therefore examines the English language in particular in CMC – what it looks like, what it accomplishes, and what it means to speakers.

"[...] this edited volume is a welcome and much needed addition to the growing collection of literature on sociolinguistics in CMC. Most importantly, the deviation away from framing technology as something predicted to always drastically influence or impact language is exactly the rebalancing that this area of interest needs if we are to move forward in our research."
Selina Sutton in : LINGUIST List 30.1257