A discursive perspective on Wikipedia : more than an encyclopaedia?
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A discursive perspective on Wikipedia : more than an encyclopaedia?
（Palgrave pivot）
Palgrave Macmillan, c2022
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
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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