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Dialogue on the Internet Language, Civic Identity, and Computer-Mediated Communication
Richard Holt
Book Code: AB6798
ISBN: 1-56750-679-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-679-2
272 pages, n/a
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/30/2004
List Price: $102.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [M]any will find value in Holt's four-category approach to interpreting online dialogue; the categories are "other meaning," "other conception," "effort at sharing," "contesting ownership." Recommended. Large collections supporting research in communication; upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
    —Choice     May 2005
  • Holt (communication, Northern Illinois U.) analyzes civic discourse on the Internet from the perspective of "dialogism," which sees meaning as established by the struggle of representations conducted between that write, read, and represent written messages. He explains the development of "dialogism" from the standpoints of five intellectual traditions (Vico, pragmatism, phenomenology, Vygotsky, and Bakhtin) and contrasts it with "monological" perspectives.
    —Reference & Research Book News     August 2005
Description: Richard Holt draws on his extensive experience in discourse analysis and Web design to present a picture of the Internet as a potentially powerful tool of civic discourse in the third millennium. Beginning with background on two of the Internet's most prevalent communication forms, email discussion messages and Web pages/sites, the book introduces the concepts of monologism and dialogism. Holt advocates a method of discursive analysis called dual reading, in which Internet utterance is analyzed first monologically and then, dialogically. This method is demonstrated by analyzing email discussions that deal with such varied topics as media, espionage, sexual identity, presidential politics, hate speech, and hate crimes. This volume contains a multidisciplinary approach, involving a wide range of specializations, from computer science to philosophy. It will appeal to students, teachers, practitioners, and lay readers who are interested in Internet communication, politics, and popular culture. In contrast to many of the "doom and gloom" accounts of the deficiencies of the Internet, it offers a hopeful vision of the Internet as a means of civic discourse.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The World in the Post and the Page
  • The Development of Dialogism: An Exploration of Major Influence
  • E-Mail Discussion Messages: A Means for Constructing Civic Identity
  • Websites as Means for Propagating Civic, Political, and Ideological Concepts
  • Conclusion
  • References Cited
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2004046060
LCC Class: HM851
Dewey Class: 302
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