TY - BOOK ID - 16005478 TI - Taking Offence on Social Media : Conviviality and Communication on Facebook AU - Tagg, Caroline. AU - Seargeant, Philip. AU - Brown, Amy Aisha. PY - 2017 SN - 3319567179 3319567160 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Online social networks. KW - Facebook (Firm) KW - Communication. KW - Communication, Primitive KW - Mass communication KW - Sociology KW - Applied linguistics. KW - Sociolinguistics. KW - Discourse analysis. KW - Social media. KW - Applied Linguistics. KW - Discourse Analysis. KW - Social Media. KW - Media and Communication. KW - User-generated media KW - Communication KW - User-generated content KW - Discourse grammar KW - Text grammar KW - Semantics KW - Semiotics KW - Language and languages KW - Language and society KW - Society and language KW - Sociology of language KW - Language and culture KW - Linguistics KW - Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) KW - Social aspects KW - Sociological aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16005478 AB - This book explores communication on Facebook, developing the new theoretical concept of context design as a way of understanding the dynamics of online interaction. Against a backdrop of fake news and other controversies surrounding online political debate, the authors focus on inadvertent acts of offence on Facebook; that is, when users of the site unwittingly offend or are offended by the airing of political or religious views, or of opinions deemed racist or sexist. Drawing on a survey of Facebook users, they explain why instances of offence occur and what users report doing in response. They argue that Facebook users contribute to the construction of a particular social space, one that is characterised by online conviviality and a belief that Facebook is not the place for serious debate. These views in turn shape the kind of political debate that can take place on the site. This thought-provoking book will appeal to scholars and students of applied linguistics, and anyone interested in the role of social media in contemporary political and social life. ER -