Date: 02-Feb-2010 From: Jennifer Tighe <jtighecontinuumbooks.com> Subject: The Discourse of Blogs and Wikis: Myers (Ed) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: The Discourse of Blogs and Wikis
Series Title: Continuum Discourse Series
Published: 2009
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
http://www.continuumbooks.com
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 for easier than ever publication *can claim to challenge institutional hierarchies *provide alternate perspectives on events *exemplify globalization *challenge demarcations between the personal and the public *construct new communities and more
Drawing on a wide range of popular blogs and wikis, the book works alongside an author blog - http://thelanguageofblogs.typepad.com/ - that contains regularly updated links, references and a glossary. An essential textbook for upper level undergraduates on linguistics and language studies courses, it elucidates, informs and offers insights into a major new type of discourse. This coursebook includes a companion website for student and lecturer use.
Linguistic Field(s):
Discourse Analysis
Text/Corpus Linguistics
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