Style, Mediation, and Change

Janus Mortensen is Associate Professor at the Center for Internationalization and Parallel Language Use (CIP) at the University of Copenhagen. He is a founding member of the Research Centre for Cultural and Linguistic practices in the International University (CALPIU, Roskilde University), and co-editor of Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, the journal of the Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen.Nikolas Coupland is Emeritus Professor, Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University, Wales and Honorary Professor, Department of Nordic Research, University of Copenhagen University, Denmark. He is an elected Fellow of both the UK Academy of Social Sciences and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He was founding editor, with Allan Bell, of the Journal of Sociolinguistics.Jacob Thøgersen is Associate Professor at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics the University of Copenhagen. He has previously held positions at the LANCHART Research Center (working on the LARM audio research archive), Center for Internationalization and Parallel Language Use (CIP), both University of Copenhagen, as well as the University of Iceland and the Danish Language Council.

offers a new and culturally diverse perspective on style as a sociolinguistic concept, and how style in particular can be used to study mediated discourses.

• Preface and acknowledgements Contributors 1. Introduction: Conceptualising Style, Mediation, and Change Janus Mortensen, Nikolas Coupland and Jacob Thøgersen Part 1: Sociopolitical Change and the Emergence of New Styles and Genres 2. Style, Sociolinguistic Change and Political Broadcasting: The Case of the Spanish News Show Salvados Nuria Lorenzo-Dus 3. Radio Talk, Pranks and Multilingualism: Styling Greek Identities at a Time of Crisis Tereza Spilioti 4. Styling Syncretic Bilingualism on Welsh-language TV: Madamrygbi Nikolas Coupland Part 2: The Business of Style: The Style of Business 5. Brand Styling, Enregisterment, and Change: The Case of C'est Cidre Helen Kelly-Holmes 6. (Re-)circulating Popular Television: Audience Engagement and Corporate Practices: With Special Focus on The Big Bang Theory Monika Bednarek Part 3: The Art of Mediated Style: Blurring the Boundaries between 'Ordinary' and 'Elite' 7. Styling the 'Ordinary': Tele-factual Genres and Participant Identities Joanna Thornborrow 8. Art on Television: Television as Art Adam Jaworski Part 4: Styles of Technologically Mediated Talk: What's New Anyway? 9. Talking for Fun and Talking in Earnest: Two Styles of Mediated Broadcast Talk Martin Montgomery 10. The Meaning of Manner: Change and Continuity in the Vocal Style of News Reading and Information Announcements Theo van Leeuwen Part 5: Postscripts and Prospects 11. Style, Change, and Media: A Postscript Jannis Androutsopoulos 12. Style as a Unifying Perspective for the Sociolinguistics of Talking Media Nikolas Coupland and Janus Mortensen Index