Metaphors of the Web 2.0: With Special Emphasis on Social Networks and Folksonomies

Author:   Alexander Tokar
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing
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9781299429796


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   01 January 2011
Format:   Electronic book text
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Metaphors of the Web 2.0: With Special Emphasis on Social Networks and Folksonomies


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This study is an attempt to semantically decompose the most popular metaphorical expressions associated with two particular Web 2.0 practices: social networks and folksonomies. What is a friend on a social networking Web site like MySpace and StudiVZ? Is it polite to poke strangers on Facebook and give them fives on hi5? How can we subscribe to RSS feeds, if we don't pay subscription fees? Do we really broadcast ourselves on our YouTube channels ? These and other similar questions are dealt with from the perspective of the referential and the conceptual approaches to meaning, i.e., what these words stand for (referential/extensional approach) and which concepts they signify (conceptual/intensional approach). Thus, from the referential point of view, a friend on MySpace is only a hyperlink directing to a profile page of another MySpace user. But from the intensional point of view, a friend is a subscriber to the content generated by the profile owner.

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Author:   Alexander Tokar
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN:  

9781299429796


ISBN 10:   1299429793
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   01 January 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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