GSE Faculty Research
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
January 2008
Start Page
65
Last Page
88
Abstract
In this paper, I illustrate the cyclical proliferation of mass-mediated communicative repertoires through small-scale mechanisms of classroom discourse. I draw on examples of current advertising, classroom discourse data from diverse studies, my own study of an elementary ESL group's interaction, and mass mediated representations of classroom discourse on websites and TV shows about school to illustrate the relationship between mass media and classroom discourse. I analyze how mass-mediated metadiscourse creates new participation frameworks in classrooms that propel small-scale changes in classroom discourse and potentially facilitate the integration of new voices. Finally I discuss the implications of this analysis for how future research conceptualizes the roles of multilingual/multicultural students and teachers and the multiple communicative repertoires they command.
Keywords
mass media, classroom discourse, linguistic anthropology, consumerism
Recommended Citation
Rymes, B. R. (2008). The Relationship between Mass Media and Classroom Discourse. 65-88. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/gse_pubs/156
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Date Posted: 22 April 2008
Comments
Reprinted from Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2008, pages 65-88.
Publisher URL: http://www.wpel.net/