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Antagonism on Youtube : metaphor in online discourse /

Similar to many sites on the Internet, interaction on YouTube often features confrontational, antagonistic exchanges among users. YouTube comments threads in particular are known for their offensive, conflagratory content. This books looks at this form of discourse. The term 'drama' (or &#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pihlaja, Stephen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014.
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  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; 1 Drama in the You Tube Community; 2 YouTube as a Field: Life in a You Tube Community; Entering the field; You Tube videos as data; Ethical considerations; Discourse analysis; 3 Withered Branches and Human Garbage: Biblical and Metaphorical Stories; The discourse dynamics of metaphor; Doing metaphor analysis; Biblical metaphor in Christian discourse; From branches to garbage; The development of Biblical metaphor in non-Christian user talk; Discussion.
  • 4 Fake Christians and Fluffy Christians: Metaphor in the Categorization of UsersMembership categorization analysis; Doing categorization analysis; Metaphorical categories and category-bound activities; The categorization devices of 'types of Christians'; The role of the Bible in categorization and interaction; Discussion; 5 'Friends of the World and Enemies of God': Metaphor in Conflicting Storylines; Positioning in social interaction; Doing positioning analysis; Shifting positionings and conflict; Discussion; 6 Metaphor in Drama; Appendix; References; Key terms and concepts.