Multimodality is an innovative approach to representation‎,‎ communication and interaction which looks beyond language to investigate the multitude of ways we communicate‎:‎ through images‎,‎ sound and music to gestures‎,‎ body posture and the use of space‎.‎ The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis‎,‎ Second Edition provides a comprehensive ‎'‎research tool kit‎'‎ for multimodal analysis‎,‎ with thirty‎-four chapters written by leading figures in the field on a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues‎.‎ This new edition includes twelve new chapters on theoretical and mathodological developments‎,‎ and multimodal research on digitally mediated texts and interaction‎.‎ The Handbook includes chapters on key themes within multimodality such as technology‎,‎ culture‎,‎ notions of identity‎,‎ social justice and power‎,‎ and macro issues such as literacy policy‎.‎Taking a broad look at multimodality‎,‎ the contributors engage with how a variety of other theoretical approaches have looked at multimodal communication and representation‎,‎ including visual studies‎,‎ anthropology‎,‎ conversation analysis‎,‎ socio‎-cultural theory‎,‎ sociolinguistics‎,‎ new literacy studies‎,‎ multimodal corpora studies‎,‎ critical discourse‎,‎ semiotics and eye‎-tracking‎.‎ Detailed multimodal analysis case studies are also included‎,‎ along with an extensive updated glossary of key terms‎,‎ to support those new to multimodality and to allow those already engaged in multimodal research to explore the fundamentals further‎.‎ The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers involved in the study of multimodal communication‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Carey Jewitt
• Publisher‎:‎ Routledge
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781138245198