A Dedication to the Banal: E-relevant Web Text Sites and their Role in User-generated Culture

E-relevant web text sites (EWT sites) are a relatively new phenomenon featuring banal yet remarkable user-generated texts on dedicated websites. This thesis analyses the sociosemiotic dimension of EWT sites in enabling neo-phatic communication: communication based on the relatable nature of EWT cont...

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Main Author: Dybka, Carly
Other Authors: Andacht, Fernando
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/24205
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3021