Discourse of blogs and wikis / Greg Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myers, Greg, 1954-

Series:

Continuum discourse series.

Continuum discourse series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and the Internet.

Communication and technology.

Discourse analysis.

Blogs.

Wikis (Computer science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612874666

9780826443397

0826443397

9781282874664

1282874667

9781441146236

1441146237

OCLC:

676698482