
Dialogue on the Internet
Language, Civic Identity, and Computer-Mediated Communication
Richard Holt(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 30. July 2004
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-56750-679-2 (ISBN)
Description
Richard Holt draws on his extensive experience in discourse analysis and Web design to present a picture of the Internet as a potentially powerful tool of civic discourse in the third millennium. Beginning with background on two of the Internet's most prevalent communication forms, email discussion messages and Web pages/sites, the book introduces the concepts of monologism and dialogism. Holt advocates a method of discursive analysis called dual reading, in which Internet utterance is analyzed first monologically and then, dialogically. This method is demonstrated by analyzing email discussions that deal with such varied topics as media, espionage, sexual identity, presidential politics, hate speech, and hate crimes.
This volume contains a multidisciplinary approach, involving a wide range of specializations, from computer science to philosophy. It will appeal to students, teachers, practitioners, and lay readers who are interested in Internet communication, politics, and popular culture. In contrast to many of the doom and gloom accounts of the deficiencies of the Internet, it offers a hopeful vision of the Internet as a means of civic discourse.
This volume contains a multidisciplinary approach, involving a wide range of specializations, from computer science to philosophy. It will appeal to students, teachers, practitioners, and lay readers who are interested in Internet communication, politics, and popular culture. In contrast to many of the doom and gloom accounts of the deficiencies of the Internet, it offers a hopeful vision of the Internet as a means of civic discourse.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56750-679-2 (9781567506792)
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RICHARD HOLT is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University.
Content
Introduction: The World in the Post and the Page
The Development of Dialogism: An Exploration of Major Influence
E-Mail Discussion Messages: A Means for Constructing Civic Identity
Websites as Means for Propagating Civic, Political, and Ideological Concepts
Conclusion
References Cited
Index
The Development of Dialogism: An Exploration of Major Influence
E-Mail Discussion Messages: A Means for Constructing Civic Identity
Websites as Means for Propagating Civic, Political, and Ideological Concepts
Conclusion
References Cited
Index