Hello Kayla, you might find my recent book with Carmen Lee useful: D. Barton & C. Lee Language online, Routledge 2013. It revolves around social media. It's about how people use the internet in their everyday lives, and includes identity formation, using multimodal resources, online/offline, affordances, and much more... http://bit.ly/Z0eosi I am also working on a book on methodology for Routledge with Ruth Page, Johnny Unger and Michelle Zappavigna, Researching language in social media. It should be out early/mid 2014. Thanks, David David Barton Linguistics, Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YD, UK d.barton@lancs.ac.uk www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/david/david.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 17:58:25 -0400 From: "Kayla D. Hales" <haleskay@msu.edu> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Understanding Social Media Hello All, I am designing a new Masters level course titled "Understanding Social Media." Information from the course description is below. If any of you have taken or taught similar courses or have ideas about the most relevant content to include in the course, I would greatly appreciate you sharing those thoughts/that content; this includes any journal articles or syllabi you have personally written/created. Thank you in advance. Course objectives: To develop an understanding of social media and their implications. Best Regards, Kayla D. Hales, Ph.D. Email: <mailto:HalesKay@msu.edu> HalesKay@msu.edu Assistant Professor Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences