Social Media and Minority Languages Convergence and the Creative Industries

Preface A note on the Mercator Network Introductory Essay

1. Donald R. Browne and Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed: Ethnic/Linguistic minority media: What their history reveals, how scholars have studied them, and what we might ask next

SECTION I Theoretical Debates on Convergence and Minority Languages

2. Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed: Minority Language Media studies and Communication for Social Change: Dialogue between Europe and Latin America

3. László Vincze and Tom Moring: Towards Ethnolinguistic Identity Gratifications

4. Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones: Minority Language Media, convergence culture and the indices of linguistic vitality

SECTION II Web 2.0, Social Networking Sites, and Minority Languages

5. Daniel Cunliffe, Delyth Morris and Cynog Prys: Investigating the differential use of Welsh in young speakers' social networks: A comparison of communication in face-to-face settings, in electronic texts and on social networking sites

6. Melanie Wagner: Luxembourgish on Facebook: Language ideologies and writing strategies

7. Ian Johnson: Audience design and communication accommodation theory: use of twitter by Welsh - English biliterates

8. Nicole Dolowy-Rybinska: Kashubian and modern media – the influence of new technologies on endangered languages

9. Daniel Cunliffe and Rhodri ap Dyfrig: The Welsh language on YouTube: Initial observations

10. Niall Mac Uidhilin: Learning communities mediated through technology: Pedagogic opportunities for Minority Languages

11. Philippe Lacour, Any Freitas, Aurélien Bénel, Franck Eyraud, Diana Zambon: Enhancing linguistic diversity through collaborative translation: TraduXio, an open source platform for multilingual workflow management in media

12. Philippa Law: Experiences of audience interaction by BBC network radio producers: Implications for endangered language media

SECTION III Media Convergence and Creative Industries

13. Eithne O'Connell: Towards a template for a linguistic policy for minority language broadcasters

14. Júlia Cordonet and David Forniès: Legislating the language of cinema: developments in Catalonia

15. Douglas Chalmers, Mike Danson, Alison Lang, Lindsay Milligan: The contribution of BBC ALBA to Gaelic: a social and economic review

16. Amaia Pavón and Aitor Zuberogoitia: Multilingual practice of the EITB Group and its TV provision for teenagers

17. Ruth Lysaght: Tell a Song/Waiata Mai/ Abair Amhrán: Singing Out

18. Bea Narbaiza, Josu Amezaga, Edorta Arana, Patxi Azpillaga: Languages: Obstacles and brand values in the age of media convergence

CONCLUDING REMARKS Mike Cormack: Towards an understanding of media impact on Minority Language use

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