Metaphors of the Web 2. 0 With Special Emphasis on Social Networks and Folksonomies |
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| Author:
| Tokar, Alexander |
| Series title: | Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-653-00721-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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This study is an attempt to semantically decompose the most popular metaphorical expressions associated with two particular Web 2.0 practices: social networks and folksonomies. What is a
friendon a social networking Web site like MySpace and StudiVZ? Is it polite to
poke strangers on Facebook and
give them
fiveson hi5? How can we
subscribeto RSS feeds, if we don't pay subscription fees? Do we really
broadcastourselves on our YouTube...
More DescriptionThis study is an attempt to semantically decompose the most popular metaphorical expressions associated with two particular Web 2.0 practices: social networks and folksonomies. What is a friendon a social networking Web site like MySpace and StudiVZ? Is it polite to poke strangers on Facebook and give themfiveson hi5? How can we subscribeto RSS feeds, if we don't pay subscription fees? Do we really broadcastourselves on our YouTube channels? These and other similar questions are dealt with from the perspective of the referential and the conceptual approaches to meaning, i.e., what these words stand for (referential/extensional approach) and which concepts they signify (conceptual/intensional approach). Thus, from the referential point of view, a friendon MySpace is only a hyperlink directing to a profile page of another MySpace user. But from the intensional point of view, a friendis a subscriber to the content generated by the profile owner.