Antagonism on Youtube: Metaphor in Online Discourse

by Stephen Pihlaja

Book Overview

This book focuses on the ways in which metaphor contributes to the development of Internet arguments, known as 'drama', particularly on YouTube. Although a growing body of research into YouTube interaction has developed descriptions of user experience on the site, empirical studies of the YouTube video page and discourse analysis of user interaction are rare. This research specifically focuses on user interaction around issues of Christian theology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147256667X
• ISBN13: 9781472566676
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"