
In conclusion, a digital genre model is outlined that bridges both the old/new and the formal/functional gaps and may be applied to many other digital genre ecologies. Heyd offers an elaborate account of the communicative purpose of EHs for the first time, a term that has become a focal point in genre theory in recent years. Besides a structural and microlinguistic analysis, it identifies key issues such as pragmatic duality, narrativity and textual variation and change in email hoaxes. This study examines formal and functional aspects of email hoaxes and provides ample evidence both from a systematized corpus and in situ data collected online. Email hoaxes are deceptive messages that spread in digital social networks they are a fascinating object for discourse linguistics as they exemplify a major pragmatic tendency in CMC, namely deceptivity and a lowering of sincerity standards. This book addresses the issue of genrefication by giving an in-depth analysis of email hoaxes as a candidate for digital genre status. How genres emerge and evolve on the Internet has become one of the central questions in studies of computer-mediated communication (CMC). The dynamics of EH transmission: Chronological aspects Formal aspects of EHs: A microlinguistic analysis In conclusion, a digital genre model is outlined that bridges both the old/new and the formal/functional gaps and may be applied to many other digital genre ecologies.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p.

This study examines formal and functional aspects of email hoaxes and provides ample evidence both from a systematized corpus and in situ data collected online. How genres emerge and evolve on the Internet has become one of the central questions in studies of computer-mediated communication (CMC).

