Dear Airong Wang, I suggest you take a look at the following two special editions in language@internet for helpful articles which either apply such methods in online contexts or discuss them: 1) Special issue on data and methods in computer-mediated discourse analysis, edited by Androutsopoulos and Beisswenger (2008). URL: http://www.languageatinternet.org/articles/2008 In this special issue, the following two articles may be especially useful: Beisswenger, Michael. 2008. Situated chat analysis as a window to the user’s perspective: Aspects of temporal and sequential organization. * Language@internet 5*, article 6. Available at: http://www.languageatinternet.org/articles/2008/1532. Androutsopoulos, Jannis. 2008. Potentials and limitations of discourse-centered online ethnography. *Language@Internet 5,* article 8. http://www.languageatinternet.de/articles/2008/1610/index_html. 2) Special issue on computer-mediated conversation, edited by Susan Herring. URL for part I: http://www.languageatinternet.org/articles/2010URL for part II: http://www.languageatinternet.org/articles/2011 There is indeed a lack of research on language use and power from a (socio)linguistic perspective. I faced a similar struggle when writing my PhD, which is on language and power in blogs. Kind regards, Brook Bolander On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Wang Airong <airong.wang@miun.se> wrote:
Dear list members,
I am looking for references on online conversational dynamics, who initiate the talk, who support the talk, who respond the talk, who end the talk, etc. I am trying to see how various factors such as gender, age, language proficiency, subject knowledge and culture, all contribute to relative power structures in the conversations, especially in 3D virtual world. I tried to find some references concerning conversational or discourse analysis , but have not got much. Thus, I am very appreciated that you have some recommendations especially about conversational or discourse analysis for online activities or 3d virtual world activities.
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