New PDF release: Antagonism on YouTube: Metaphor in Online Discourse

By Stephen Pihlaja

This e-book specializes in the ways that metaphor contributes to the improvement of net arguments, referred to as 'drama', really on YouTube. even if a transforming into physique of study into YouTube interplay has built descriptions of consumer adventure at the web site, empirical reviews of the YouTube video web page and discourse research of person interplay are infrequent. This learn in particular specializes in consumer interplay round problems with Christian theology and atheism at the web site, analysing how 'drama' emerges.

Since YouTube drama happens publicly, Antagonism on YouTube focuses on video pages instead of person experiences in their activities and responses. It investigates how and why YouTube drama develops via a scientific description and research of person discourse task. via shut research of video pages, this research contributes to a better educational knowing of net antagonism and YouTube interplay through revealing the criteria which give a contribution to the advance of drama over time.

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