1. List of contributors; 2. Introduction: Dialogue across Media (by Mildorf, Jarmila); 3. Part I. Creating characters through dialogue; 4. Pragmatic stylistics and dramatic dialogue: Re-assessing Gus's role in Pinter's The Dumb Waiter (by Mandala, Susan); 5. Dialogue and character in 21st century TV drama: The case of 'Sherlock Holmes' (by Richardson, Kay P.); 6. Look who's talking: Using transactional analysis in the writing of effective screenplay dialogue (by Batty, Craig); 7. All talk: Dialogue and intimacy in Spike Jonze's Her (by Thomas, Bronwen); 8. Part II. Involvement, audience design and social interaction; 9. Studying everyday conversation: News announcements and news receipts in telephone conversations (by Koivisto, Aino); 10. Dialogic interactions on radio: Studs Terkel's literary interviews (by Mildorf, Jarmila); 11. Dialogism in journalistic discourse: An analysis of Ian McEwan's "Savagely Awoken" (by Lambrou, Marina); 12. Friends and followers 'in the know': A narrative interactional approach to social media participation (by Georgakopoulou, Alexandra); 13. Dialogue with computers: Dialogue games in action (by Piwek, Paul); 14. Part III. Playfulness and narrative functions of dialogue; 15. Dialogue in Audiophonic Fiction: The Case of Audio Drama (by Bernaerts, Lars); 16. Dialogue in comics: Medium-specific features and basic narrative functions (by Mikkonen, Kai); 17. Dialogue in video games (by Domsch, Sebastian); 18. Dialogue and interaction in role-playing games: Playful communication as Ludic culture (by Mayra, Frans); 19. Index