A Discursive Perspective on Wikipedia: More than an Encyclopaedia?

Author:   Susanne Kopf
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
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9783031110238


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   06 October 2022
Format:   Hardback
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This book provides a concise yet comprehensive guide to Wikipedia for researchers and students of linguistics, discourse and communication studies, redressing the gap in research on Wikipedia in these fields and encouraging scholars to explore Wikipedia further as a platform and a medium. Drawing on Herring's situational and medium factors, as well as related developments in (critical) discourse studies, the author studies the online encyclopaedia both theoretically and empirically, examining its origins, production and consumption before turning to a discussion of its societal significance and function(s). This book will be of interest to Wikipedia scholars from a range of disciplines, as well as those with a broader interest in linguistics, discourse studies and the digital humanities. 

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Author:   Susanne Kopf
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.371kg
ISBN:  

9783031110238


ISBN 10:   3031110234
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   06 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction – Contextualisation Matters.- Chapter 2. Wikipedia’s modus operandi and architecture.- Chapter 3. Wikipedia Talk Page Discourse I.- Chapter 4. Wikipedia Talk Page Discourse II.- Chapter 5. Wikipedia’s position and function in society.- Chapter 6. Summary and outlook

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Susanne Kopf is an Assistant Professor of English Business Communication at  WU Vienna (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Austria. Her research interests include corpus-assisted (critical) discourse studies, Wikipedia and social media studies with a focus on exploring online communities’ debates and attitudes concerning well-known organizations and events.  

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