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...

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1. Verfasser: Heyd, Theresa
Format: Abschlussarbeit Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Schriftenreihe:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 174.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vii, 239 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
ISBN:9789027290533
9027290539
1282105272
9781282105270

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