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Publication details [#65811]

Reyes, Antonio. 2019. Virtual communities: Interaction, identity and authority in digital communication. Text & Talk 39 (1) : 99–120.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
authority | comment | identity negotiation | interaction | internet | language use | metalanguage
Language as a subject
Spanish
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/TEXT/html

Annotation

By assaying interaction and identity in Spanish digital communication, this paper presents empirical modes to explain contrasts in virtual communities, revises firm criteria like time and regularity in interaction, and presents novel criteria (hierarchy and authority) to stress the distinctions concerning virtual communities.