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

• Autore: Myers Greg <1954->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 401/.41
• Soggetto topico: Language and the Internet; Communication and technology; Discourse analysis; Blogs; Wikis (Computer science)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Discourse of blogs and wikis
• ISBN: 0-8264-4339-7; 1-282-87466-7; 9786612874666; 1-4411-4623-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458780003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Continuum discourse series.