Email hoaxes : form, function, genre ecology /
How genres emerge and evolve on the Internet has become one of the central questions in studies of computer-mediated communication (CMC). This book addresses the issue of genrefication by giving an in-depth analysis of email hoaxes as a candidate for digital genre status. Email hoaxes are deceptive...
| Основен автор: | Heyd, Theresa. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser., 174. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=243156 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Email hoaxes. |
| Резюме: |
How genres emerge and evolve on the Internet has become one of the central questions in studies of computer-mediated communication (CMC). This book addresses the issue of genrefication by giving an in-depth analysis of email hoaxes as a candidate for digital genre status. Email hoaxes are deceptive messages that spread in digital social networks; they are a fascinating object for discourse linguistics as they exemplify a major pragmatic tendency in CMC, namely deceptivity and a lowering of sincerity standards. This study examines formal and functional aspects of email hoaxes and provides ample. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (vii, 239 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789027290533 9027290539 1282105272 9781282105270 |