Discourse of Twitter and Social Media

How We Use Language to Create Affiliation on the Web

AvMichele Zappavigna,Ken Hyland

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Social media such as microblogging services and social networking sites are changing the way people interact online and search for information and opinions. This book investigates linguistic patterns in electronic discourse, looking at online evaluative language, Internet slang, memes and ambient affiliation using a large Twitter corpus (over 100 million tweets) alongside specialized case studies. The author argues that we are currently witnessing a cultural movement from online conversation to what can be termed searchable talk - online talk where people affiliate by making their discourse findable (for example, via metadata such as Twitter hashtags) by others holding similar interests. This cutting edge text will be of interest to all scholars and students dealing with electronically mediated discourse.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-04-26
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:498 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Continuum Discourse
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN:9781441141866

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Mer om författaren

Michele Zappavigna is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.

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[This] is a useful book that contributes valuable concepts of “searchable talk” and “ambient affiliation” to the social media literature. Moreover, it not only exemplifies its claims by means of case studies on microblogging from an interdisciplinary point of view but also informs its readers about the issues to take into account while conducting similar research. In sum, it is a great resource for those interested in pursuing research in social media.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface (by Professor Jim Martin); 1. Introduction: Social Media and the Cultural Movement Toward 'Searchable Talk'; 2. Social Media as Corpora; 3. Evaluative Language Online; 4. Internet Slang; 5. Internet Memes; 6. Internet Humour and Fail: "The world is full of No. fail tonight"; 7. Online Political Discourse; 8. Ambient Affiliation; 9. Conclusion: Social Media and Internet Linguistics; References; Appendices; Index.