Angelicia Anthony Thane
See details of research being done by Angelicia Anthony Thane, a PhD student in Applied Linguistics
Thesis title
A Critical Genre Analysis of Digital News Reporting: An Instagram Perspective
Supervisors
AProf Jean Parkinson and Prof Meredith Marra
Abstract
The proposed research aims to provide a comprehensive description of the 21st-century genre of digital news postings available on Instagram by exploring the necessary textual and contextual components involved in genre construction, interpretation and exploitation. Employing Bhatia's (2017) critical genre analysis (CGA) framework, the current study focuses on Covid-19 news reporting on Instagram where I tease apart and make sense of the interdependent interaction and integration between text, multimodal features, professional practices, and interdiscursive elements that give rise to the relatively new and hybrid genre. The unique multidimensional and multi-perspective approach adopted in this study attempts to demystify and explicate how and why Instagram news reporting are constructed, interpreted and exploited by professional members of the field, thereby, providing in-depth insights into the professional world of social media journalism.
Biography
Angelicia is currently pursuing her PhD in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand. She obtained her First-Class honours degree in Bachelor of Languages and Linguistics (English Language and Linguistics) from the University of Malaya in 2014, also earning the University Book Prize Award. She subsequently graduated with a Distinction for Master of Linguistic from the same university in 2017, focusing on genre analysis. Her primary research interests include critical genre analysis, multimodality, and social media discourse, adopting a multidimensional and multi-perspective stance to understand and account for the intrinsic link between text, context and society. Apart from social media and research, she is professionally the happiest when teaching and learning in a classroom, where she has experience working with learners of different age groups, from young learners (3 to 6-year-olds) to tertiary level students.
Presentations
Thane, A.A. (2016, October 5). Apology Strategies on Social Media: The Case of Malaysian Fast Food Restaurants [Poster Presentation – 1st prize for “Best Poster” Award]. 6th Faculty of Languages and Linguistics (FLL) Postgraduate Research Conference 2016.
Thane, A.A. (2017, October 25-26). Social Networking Sites (SNS) as a Language Learning Platform [Paper Presentation]. National Conference on Creativity in Education & Humanities (NCC) 2017.
Thane, A.A. (2018, August 25). Learning Language on Social Networking Sites (SNS): The Case of Facebook [Paper Presentation]. 5th Sunway Pre-University Conference 2018.
Thane, A.A. (2020, August 8). Classroom Practices: Of Digital Engagement and Creative Collaboration [Conference Presentation]. 5th International Creativity and Innovation Exhibition & Language Teaching Seminar (CAIELTS) 2020.
Thane, A.A. (2021, June 3-5). "Does it really taste so good?": A Genre Analysis of Online Food Review [Conference Presentation]. 6th International Conference of Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association (LSPPC) 2021.
Thane, A.A. (2021, September 8-10). "Does it really taste so good?": A Genre Analysis of Online Food Review [Poster Presentation – 2nd Prize for “Best Poster” award]. 2nd Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics International Conference (MAALIC) 2021.