This book offers a comprehensive linguistic analysis of contemporary US television series.
Adopting an interdisciplinary and multimethodological approach, Monika Bednarek brings …

Cult Collectors examines cultures of consumption and the fans who collect cult film and TV
merchandise. Author Lincoln Geraghty argues that there has been a change in the fan …

Films and TV series are popular cultural products with massive global audiences. They
construct and reflect social realities, invite audience engagement and create other …

Memes dienen nicht nur der popkulturellen Unterhaltung oder der Kunst, sie werden auch in
der Politik, in lokalen und internationalen Wahlkämpfen oder auf Demonstrationen …

Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves
not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voices …

authoritative overview of this dynamic and growing area of research. Covering cuttingedge
debates in eight parts, it is designed as a series of mini edited collections, enabling the …

The use of humour in public discourse about science has grown remarkably over the past
few years, and when used in science communication activities is being seen as a great way …

The topic of character construction and interpretation in fiction, or fictional characterisation,
seems to spill into a multitude of disciplines and be approachable from a multitude of …

This article provides an overview of linguistic research into dialogue in episodic television
and the linguistics of screenwriting. It classifies relevant research into five categories:(1) …

Studies of popular culture show that contemporary images of science have become far less
negative and much more complex than earlier stereotypical depictions. Scientists are now …