Introducing Multimodality

This accessible introduction to multimodality illuminates the potential of multimodal research for understanding the ways in which people communicate.

List of contents

List of tables
List of figures
About this book
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Navigating a diverse field
Chapter 2 Why engage with multimodality?
Chapter 3 Systemic functional linguistics
Chapter 4 Social semiotics
Chapter 5 Conversation analysis
Chapter 6 More approaches to multimodality
Chapter 7 Designing a multimodal study
Glossary
Self-study guide
References
Index

About the author

Carey Jewitt is Professor of Technology and Learning in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media at the Faculty of Education and Society, University College London. She is founding co-editor of the journal Multimodality & Society and has authored/co-authored and edited several books and journal articles in this area, including The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis and most recently Digital Touch.
Jeff Bezemer is Professor of Communication and Head of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media at the Institute of Education, University College London. He regularly publishes on multimodal interaction in healthcare, and is the co-author of Multimodality, Learning and Communication.
Kay O'Halloran is Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Communication and Media in the School of the Arts at the University of Liverpool. She is the series editor of Routledge Studies in Multimodality and is co-editor of Multimodal Studies: Exploring Issues and Domain.

Summary

This accessible introduction to multimodality illuminates the potential of multimodal research for understanding the ways in which people communicate.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Bezemer, Bezemer Jeff, Carey Jewitt, Carey (Institute of Education Jewitt, Jewitt Carey, Kay O'Halloran, O'Halloran Kay
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032845388
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284538-8
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Discourse Analysis, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Anthropology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, Semiotics / semiology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics