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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461950903321

Autore

Page Ruth E. <1972-, >

Titolo

Stories and social media : identities and interaction / / Ruth E. Page

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-46176-5

9786613461766

0-203-14861-4

1-136-51354-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; ; 3

Disciplina

302.23/1

Soggetti

Social media

Narration (Rhetoric) - Social aspects

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Storytelling - Social aspects

Online social networks

Online authorship

Online identities

Identity (Psychology)

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

Cover; Stories and Social Media : Identities and Interaction; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Permissions; Preface; 1. Introduction: Stories and Social Media in Context; 2. Second Stories Told in Discussion Forums; 3. Narratives of Illness and Personal Blogs; 4. Storytelling Styles in Facebook Updates; 5. Celebrity Practice: Stories Told in Twitter; 6. Narrative and Commentary in Collaborative Storytelling; 7. Space and Identity in Stories on the Move; 8. Fakes, Fictions, and Facebook "Rape": Narrative Authenticity; 9. Familiar, Reconfigured, and Emergent Dimensions of Narrative; Notes

GlossaryReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines everyday stories of personal experience that are published online in contemporary forms of social media. Taking



examples from discussion boards, blogs, social network sites, microblogging sites, wikis, collaborative and participatory storytelling projects, Ruth Page explores how new and existing narrative genres are being (re)shaped in different online contexts. The book shows how the characteristics of social media, which emphasize recency, interpersonal connection and mobile distribution, amplify or reverse different aspects of canonical storytelling. The new storytelli