1st Edition

HPV Vaccination Discourse Online A Corpus Linguistic Approach

122 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

122 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This concise volume spotlights an innovative computer-aided approach to linguistic analyses of HPV vaccination discourse on Twitter. The book features a new corpus linguistic technique, developed by the lead author, to studying patterns of language use in large datasets over time, known as Keyword Co-Occurrence Analysis. The authors explore the potential of social media platforms as rich areas... Read more

1. Introduction, 2. Keyword Co-occurrence Analysis: Our methodology and data, 3. Discourses of HPV vaccination over time, 4. Summary of findings and implications, 5. Concluding remarks, References, Index 

Biography

Isobelle Clarke is a Lecturer in Security and Protection Science and UKRI Future Leader Fellow in the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster University, UK.

Elena Semino is Distinguished Professor in Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK, and Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science.

Zsófia Demjén is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics, at University College London, UK.

Tara Coltman-Patel is a former Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster University. She is a Research Consultant at the digital consumer intelligence and social listening firm, Brandwatch.

William Dance is a former Senior Research Associate in the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster University.

Richard Gleave is a part-time Senior Associate Tutor and D Phil student at Oxford University, UK, and the Director of Science Strategy at the UK Health Security Agency.