Digital Oratory as Discursive Practice

Download or read book Digital Oratory as Discursive Practice written by Fiona Rossette-Crake and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an appraisal of oratory, old and new, relating former discourse practice to a specific sub-set of contemporary, digital practices. The author explores the interface between language and society, providing an interdisciplinary study at the crossroads of discourse, linguistics, communication and rhetoric. The comparisons she draws are particularly pertinent in light of the steep rise in presentations given during video-conferences, webinars, and other online events during the COVID-19 pandemic, an event which accelerated previous moves towards digital communication and which is likely to have a long-term impact on communication styles. This book will be of interest to academics and students in fields including discourse analysis, applied linguistics, communication studies, digital studies and business studies.