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'I especially loved the little Nana dancing on the balcony': The emergence, formation, and circulation of chronotopes in mass-mediated communication.
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Language in Society . Sep2023, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p669-689. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- In this article I focus on the formation and evaluation of chronotopes in social media. More specifically, I analyze the case of a 'chronotope of the balcony performance' that emerged in Italy in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown. The corpus of the study is constituted by 125 top postings resulting from a Twitter search based on the words Italy , lockdown , and balcony. In line with other scholars (see Goebel 2020), I argue that chronotopes in mass-mediated environments are formed through repetition and recycling of the same or similar semiotic material. I show how in social media expanded participation and the use of trans-semiotic and trans-medial resources ensure wide circulation of images and texts. I also point to the central role of stance taking by users in the constitution of the chronotope as a cultural object, particularly through generalizations and upscaling. (Chronotopes, Covid-19, discourse circulation, stance, scales) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CHRONOTOPE
*COMMUNICATION
*SOCIAL media
*COVID-19 pandemic
*STAY-at-home orders
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00474045
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Language in Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 172285183
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404522000185