Linguistic Analysis of Computer-Mediated Communication

6/19/01


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Linguistic Analysis of Computer-Mediated Communication

Definitions

A brief history of computer networking and CMC

Historical overview of CMDA

CMDA is interdisciplinary

Analytical methods

Aims of CMD research

Classifying CMC types

Socio-technical genres (modes):

Strengths and limitations of socio-technical genre classification

Variation approach to CMD classification

Medium variables

Situational variables

Example: an e-mail message

Medium variables (of e-mail)

Situational variables

Variables suggest ways in which this message may differ predictably from other samples of CMC, e.g.:

A linguistic approach to CMDA

Example: Linguistic structure

The analysis reveals:

Example: Meaning

The analysis reveals:

Example: Interactional coherence

The analyses reveal:

Example: Social functions

Some CMDA studies

The World Wide Web

Levels of Web Analysis

Example

Diapositiva PPT

Analysis of ILF page (Bud’s physics class)

Future directions

Ultimate goal:

End

Contact Information:

A version of this presentation is available on the WWW at: http://php.indiana.edu/~herring/Discourse.SLIS

Autor: Susan Herring