5. Message boards
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Jenny Arendholz
Abstract
This chapter provides readers with an introduction to the origins, technological exigencies and communicative challenges of message boards from a pragmatic point of view. Furthermore, it offers an in-depth state of the art report about literature regarding various pragmatic investigations of message boards (and related online platforms), spanning the period of their inception in the mid 1990s until today. Most studies cited in this chapter focus on interpersonal pragmatics, including analyses of interpersonal relations, identity construction and advice giving or seeking. There are only a handful of papers that adopt a different perspective, which shows that in contrast to other forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC) such as emails or blogs, scholarly research on message boards is still limited, both topically as well as in terms of figures. Message boards still need to gain a fixed place in standard literature about CMC.
Abstract
This chapter provides readers with an introduction to the origins, technological exigencies and communicative challenges of message boards from a pragmatic point of view. Furthermore, it offers an in-depth state of the art report about literature regarding various pragmatic investigations of message boards (and related online platforms), spanning the period of their inception in the mid 1990s until today. Most studies cited in this chapter focus on interpersonal pragmatics, including analyses of interpersonal relations, identity construction and advice giving or seeking. There are only a handful of papers that adopt a different perspective, which shows that in contrast to other forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC) such as emails or blogs, scholarly research on message boards is still limited, both topically as well as in terms of figures. Message boards still need to gain a fixed place in standard literature about CMC.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media 1
- 2. Participation as user involvement 31
- 3. Participation as audience design 61
- 4. Publicness and privateness 83
- 5. Message boards 125
- 6. Blogs 151
- 7. YouTube 173
- 8. Twitter 201
- 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook 225
- 10. Discourse and organization 245
- 11. Discourse and topic 275
- 12. Discourse and cohesion 317
- 13. Discourse and cognition 345
- 14. Discourse and ideology 381
- 15. Facework and identity 407
- 16. Evaluation 435
- 17. Politeness and impoliteness 459
- 18. Flaming and trolling 493
- 19. Narration 523
- 20. Fandom 545
- 21. Getting “liked” 575
- 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement 607
- 23. Compliments and compliment responses 633
- 24. Requesting and advice-giving 661
- About the authors 691
- Name index 699
- Subject index 721
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Acknowledgements ix
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media 1
- 2. Participation as user involvement 31
- 3. Participation as audience design 61
- 4. Publicness and privateness 83
- 5. Message boards 125
- 6. Blogs 151
- 7. YouTube 173
- 8. Twitter 201
- 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook 225
- 10. Discourse and organization 245
- 11. Discourse and topic 275
- 12. Discourse and cohesion 317
- 13. Discourse and cognition 345
- 14. Discourse and ideology 381
- 15. Facework and identity 407
- 16. Evaluation 435
- 17. Politeness and impoliteness 459
- 18. Flaming and trolling 493
- 19. Narration 523
- 20. Fandom 545
- 21. Getting “liked” 575
- 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement 607
- 23. Compliments and compliment responses 633
- 24. Requesting and advice-giving 661
- About the authors 691
- Name index 699
- Subject index 721
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Acknowledgements ix
