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Author Pihlaja, Stephen

Title Antagonism on Youtube : metaphor in online discourse / Stephen Pihlaja
Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014

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Contents Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; 1 Drama in the You Tube Community; 2 YouTube as a Field: Life in a You Tube Community; Entering the field; You Tube videos as data; Ethical considerations; Discourse analysis; 3 Withered Branches and Human Garbage: Biblical and Metaphorical Stories; The discourse dynamics of metaphor; Doing metaphor analysis; Biblical metaphor in Christian discourse; From branches to garbage; The development of Biblical metaphor in non-Christian user talk; Discussion
4 Fake Christians and Fluffy Christians: Metaphor in the Categorization of UsersMembership categorization analysis; Doing categorization analysis; Metaphorical categories and category-bound activities; The categorization devices of 'types of Christians'; The role of the Bible in categorization and interaction; Discussion; 5 'Friends of the World and Enemies of God': Metaphor in Conflicting Storylines; Positioning in social interaction; Doing positioning analysis; Shifting positionings and conflict; Discussion; 6 Metaphor in Drama; Appendix; References; Key terms and concepts
Summary Similar to many sites on the Internet, interaction on YouTube often features confrontational, antagonistic exchanges among users. YouTube comments threads in particular are known for their offensive, conflagratory content. This books looks at this form of discourse. The term 'drama' (or 'flame wars') appears often as a label for a phenomenon that is easily recognisable. In these cases, serious disagreements can become entangled with interpersonal relationships and users take positions for themselves in relation to others and social controversies. The focus of this book is on the ways in which
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT YouTube (Electronic resource) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007018180
YouTube (Electronic resource) fast
Subject Christianity -- Computer network resources
Metaphor -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Interpersonal conflict -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Discourse analysis -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Linguistics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Christianity -- Computer network resources
Interpersonal conflict -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Metaphor -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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