Young People's Translocal New Media Uses: A Multiperspective Analysis Of Language Choice And Heteroglossia

• Published in: Journal of computer-mediated communication Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 1080 - 1107
• Main Authors: Leppänen, Sirpa, Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne, Piirainen-Marsh, Arja, Nikula, Tarja, Peuronen, Saija
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2009
• ISSN: 1083-6101; 1083-6101
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01482.x

The aim of this paper is to shed light on the particularities of the linguistic, social and cultural action of young Finns in translocal new media spaces, and the ways in which they themselves make sense of and account for their actions. We present findings from 4 case studies, each of which illustrates aspects of translocality in young Finns' new media uses. Theoretically and methodologically the case studies draw on sociolinguistics, discourse studies, and ethnography, making use of the concepts of language choice and linguistic and stylistic heteroglossia. Through the 4 cases in focus, the paper shows how young people's linguistically and textually sophisticated new media uses are geared by and express translocal affective, social, and cultural alignments and affinities.