Language learning through online platforms is becoming increasingly popular. The
technological affordances of YouTube provide a translanguaging space for learners and …

Ethnic minorities face challenges in sustaining their culture in regions dominated by ethnic
majorities. With the growing popularity of video blogging (vlogging) in China, many ethnic …

The paper investigates YouTube teachers' identity construction within dominant language
ideologies. Drawing on the constructs of language teacher professional identity, social …

Based on data from beauty vlogs published by well-known YouTubers, Bhatia explores how
they discursively negotiate multiple identities in a creative and participatory space, giving …

YouTube is increasingly used as a platform for knowledge sharing and construction. It
provides a space for micro-celebrities to interact with audience from different lingua-cultural …

This paper uncovers L1 Chinese speakers' online intercultural communication where they
deploy English as a lingua franca and other spatial repertoires to co-construct …

Despite the existence of many studies on the identity of language learners in the offline
settings, few focus on how English language learners in the expanding circle construct their …

Drawing on research about constructing identities through self-presentation (De Fina &
Georgakopoulou, 2012) and Bamberg's (2011a, b) sameness and difference, I demonstrate …

This monograph examines the ways in which Caribbean content creators use elements of
Caribbean Englishes and Creoles in their performances of identity in image macro memes …

Social media data deepen our understanding of connective posthuman experiences in
which users generate content and culturally and discursively influence each other through …