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Stories and social media : identities and interaction / Ruth E. Page.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Page, Ruth E., 1972-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 3.
- Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social media.
- Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects.
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Discourse analysis, Narrative.
- Storytelling--Social aspects.
- Storytelling.
- Online social networks.
- Online authorship.
- Online identities.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-51353-1
- 1-283-46176-5
- 9786613461766
- 0-203-14861-4
- 1-136-51354-X
- 9780203148617
- OCLC:
- 798531225
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