Email hoaxes: form, function, genre ecology
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Beteilige Person: Heyd, Theresa (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co. ©2008
Schriftenreihe:Pragmatics & beyond 174
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index
Email Hoaxes; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Introducing the data; 3. Formal aspects of EHs: A microlinguistic analysis; 4. The dynamics of EH transmission: Chronological aspects; 5. The pragmatics of EHs; 6. Narrativity in EHs; 7. A genre study of EHs; References; Appendix; Index; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
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
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 239 pages)
ISBN:9027290539
9789027290533