Alla Tovares is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics at Howard University, USA.Cynthia Gordon is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA.

This pioneering work on online food discourse beautifully integrates fascinating empirical studies with theoretical advances and critical depth. A crucial read for scholars of food, language, and discourse.

• Introduction, Cynthia Gordon and Alla Tovares1. “Vegetables as a Chore”: Constructing and Problematizing a “Picky Eater” Identity Online, Didem I?kizog?lu and Cynthia Gordon2. The Multidimensionality of Eating in Contemporary Information Society: A Corpus-based Discourse Analysis of Online Audience Reactions to a TV Show About Food, Jana Declercq, Ste´phan Tulkens, and Geert Jacobs3. Mediatizing the Fashionable Eater in @nytfood #tbt Posts, Gwynne Mapes 4. Constructing Veganism Against the Backdrop of Omnivore Cuisine: The Use of Adjectives and Modifiers in Vegan Food Blogs, Cornelia Gerhardt 5. What if the Customer is Wrong?: Debates About Food on Yelp and TripAdvisor, Camilla Va´squez 6. Mukbang as Your Digital Tablemate: Creating Commensality Online, Hanwool Choe 7. Growing Online: Activist Identities in the “Grow Your Own” English Blogging Community, Nadine Pierce, Isidoropaolo Casteltrione, and Ana Tominc 8. Food, Activism, and Chips Oman on Twitter, Najma Al Zidjaly, Einas Al Moqbali, and Ahad Al Hinai 9. Parmesan and Patriotism on YouTube: Food as Ideology in Today’s Russia, Alla Tovares Afterword: Food, Language, and Social Media: Past, Present, and Future, Alla Tovares and Cynthia GordonIndex

Alla Tovares is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics at Howard University, USA.Cynthia Gordon is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA.

This pioneering work on online food discourse beautifully integrates fascinating empirical studies with theoretical advances and critical depth. A crucial read for scholars of food, language, and discourse.

• Introduction, Cynthia Gordon and Alla Tovares1. “Vegetables as a Chore”: Constructing and Problematizing a “Picky Eater” Identity Online, Didem I?kizog?lu and Cynthia Gordon2. The Multidimensionality of Eating in Contemporary Information Society: A Corpus-based Discourse Analysis of Online Audience Reactions to a TV Show About Food, Jana Declercq, Ste´phan Tulkens, and Geert Jacobs3. Mediatizing the Fashionable Eater in @nytfood #tbt Posts, Gwynne Mapes 4. Constructing Veganism Against the Backdrop of Omnivore Cuisine: The Use of Adjectives and Modifiers in Vegan Food Blogs, Cornelia Gerhardt 5. What if the Customer is Wrong?: Debates About Food on Yelp and TripAdvisor, Camilla Va´squez 6. Mukbang as Your Digital Tablemate: Creating Commensality Online, Hanwool Choe 7. Growing Online: Activist Identities in the “Grow Your Own” English Blogging Community, Nadine Pierce, Isidoropaolo Casteltrione, and Ana Tominc 8. Food, Activism, and Chips Oman on Twitter, Najma Al Zidjaly, Einas Al Moqbali, and Ahad Al Hinai 9. Parmesan and Patriotism on YouTube: Food as Ideology in Today’s Russia, Alla Tovares Afterword: Food, Language, and Social Media: Past, Present, and Future, Alla Tovares and Cynthia GordonIndex

Alla Tovares is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics at Howard University, USA.Cynthia Gordon is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA.

This pioneering work on online food discourse beautifully integrates fascinating empirical studies with theoretical advances and critical depth. A crucial read for scholars of food, language, and discourse.

• Introduction, Cynthia Gordon and Alla Tovares1. “Vegetables as a Chore”: Constructing and Problematizing a “Picky Eater” Identity Online, Didem I?kizog?lu and Cynthia Gordon2. The Multidimensionality of Eating in Contemporary Information Society: A Corpus-based Discourse Analysis of Online Audience Reactions to a TV Show About Food, Jana Declercq, Ste´phan Tulkens, and Geert Jacobs3. Mediatizing the Fashionable Eater in @nytfood #tbt Posts, Gwynne Mapes 4. Constructing Veganism Against the Backdrop of Omnivore Cuisine: The Use of Adjectives and Modifiers in Vegan Food Blogs, Cornelia Gerhardt 5. What if the Customer is Wrong?: Debates About Food on Yelp and TripAdvisor, Camilla Va´squez 6. Mukbang as Your Digital Tablemate: Creating Commensality Online, Hanwool Choe 7. Growing Online: Activist Identities in the “Grow Your Own” English Blogging Community, Nadine Pierce, Isidoropaolo Casteltrione, and Ana Tominc 8. Food, Activism, and Chips Oman on Twitter, Najma Al Zidjaly, Einas Al Moqbali, and Ahad Al Hinai 9. Parmesan and Patriotism on YouTube: Food as Ideology in Today’s Russia, Alla Tovares Afterword: Food, Language, and Social Media: Past, Present, and Future, Alla Tovares and Cynthia GordonIndex