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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458780003321

Autore

Myers Greg <1954->

Titolo

Discourse of blogs and wikis [[electronic resource] /] / Greg Myers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

0-8264-4339-7

1-282-87466-7

9786612874666

1-4411-4623-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Continuum discourse series

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

Language and the Internet

Communication and technology

Discourse analysis

Blogs

Wikis (Computer science)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : a linguist in the blogosphere -- Genre : what is a blog? what is a wiki? -- This text and other texts : creative linking -- Place : where is a blog? -- Time : now and then -- Audiences: a checklist on engaging readers -- Opinions : where do I stand? -- Evidence : how do we know? -- Collaboration : 'history' pages on Wikipedia -- Arguing : 'talk' pages on Wikipedia -- A note on studying the language of blogs and wikis.

Sommario/riassunto

Blogs and Wikis have not been with us for long, but have made a huge impact on society.  Wikipedia is the best known exemplar of the wiki, a collaborative site that leads to a single text claimed by no-one; blogs, or web-logs, have exploded into the mainstream through novelisations, film adaptations and have gathered huge followings. Blogs and wikis also serve to provide a coherent basis for a discourse analysis of specific web language. . What makes these forms distinctive as genres, and what ramifications does the technology have on the language?  



Myers looks at how blogs and wikis:. *allow

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Record Nr.

UNISA996205645403316

Titolo

Telegram & gazette

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Worcester, Mass., : Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 1989-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Newspapers.

Worcester (Mass.) Newspapers

Massachusetts Worcester

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

On Sundays published as: Sunday telegram.

Issued in morning and evening eds.