A Discursive Perspective on Wikipedia More than an Encyclopaedia?

This book provides a concise yet comprehensive guide to Wikipedia for researchers and students of linguistics, discourse and communication studies, redressing the gap in research on Wikipedia in these fields and encouraging scholars to explore Wikipedia further as a platform and a medium. Drawing on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kopf, Susanne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction – Contextualisation Matters
  • Chapter 2. Wikipedia’s modus operandi and architecture
  • Chapter 3. Wikipedia Talk Page Discourse I
  • Chapter 4. Wikipedia Talk Page Discourse II
  • Chapter 5. Wikipedia’s position and function in society
  • Chapter 6. Summary and outlook