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Many Voices, Many Selves: An Analysis Of Education Blog Discourses, Kelli Lynn Finney
Many Voices, Many Selves: An Analysis Of Education Blog Discourses, Kelli Lynn Finney
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At this point, the majority of computer mediated communication (CMC) studies have employed a variation analysis approach, quantitatively describing language on the Internet and comparing CMC to speech and writing. While these studies have provided valuable information about CMC, they have also left many gaps, especially related to social and ideological issues such as language use.
This study responds to the need for more qualitative studies of language on the Internet by examining one form of CMC: education blogs. The study analyzes a selection of posts from five blogs published between March 21, 2012 and March 28, 2013. These five …