Suzie Wong Scollon

Nexus Analysis

Discourse and the Emerging Internet

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Produktbeschreibung

In this intellectually exciting yet accessible book, Ron Scollon and Suzie Wong Scollon present a working example of their theory in action and provide a personal snapshot of a key moment in the history of communication technology, as the Internet transformed Alaskan life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU26860
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9780415320634
• ISBN-10: 0415320631
• Artikelnr.: 13682387

Autorenporträt

Ron Scollon is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA. Suzie Wong Scollon is Network Coordinator, Associated Sociocultural Research Projects, Georgetown University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Discourse Analysis and Social Action 2. Cycles of Discourse 3. From the Essay to Email: New Media Technology and Social Change 4. Engaging the Nexus of Practice: Oil, the Cold War, and Social Change in Alaska in the 1980's 5. Navigating the Nexus of Practice: Mapping the Circumferences and Timescales of Human Action 6. Navigating the Nexus of Practice: Discourse Analysis and Institutional Power 7. Changing the Nexus of Practice: Technology, Social Change, and Activist Discourse Analysis References Appendix: A Fieldguide for Nexus Analysis

Rezensionen

'In this intellectually exciting yet accessible book, Ron Scollon and Suzie Wong Scollon provide the reader with not only a working example of a new theory in action, but also a personal and engaging snapshot of a key moment in the history of communication technology, as Internet technology transformed Alaskan life.' - Folia Linguistica

'In this intellectually exciting yet accessible book, Ron Scollon and Suzie Wong Scollon provide the reader with not only a working example of a new theory in action, but also a personal and engaging snapshot of a key moment in the history of communication technology, as Internet technology transformed Alaskan life.' - Folia Linguistica