Ruth Page is a Reader at the University of Birmingham, UK, in the Department of English Language and Linguistics. She has written several books including Stories and Social Media (2012).

David Barton is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK. He is co-author of Language Online (2013).

Carmen Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her major publications include Language Online (2013, with David Barton) and Multilingualism Online (2017).

Johann Wolfgang Unger is a Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK. His most recent publication is 'Digitally mediated discourse analysis' in Researching Discourse (Routledge, 2020).

Michele Zappavigna is Associate Professor in the School of Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales, Australia.