C23010310 RWDA

  SOCIAL READING Reading has always been 'social' according to Stein in 2008, (' Stein taxonomy '), but the paper medium covered it up - however, with social networks becoming an easy way to communicate, social reading has launched in new directions, such as digital reviews, fan pages and group discussions - allowing for reading to become a group task. Whilst group reading can be done in person, people have taken to the internet to share their favourite picks globally, but also take recommendations from the others.  · · ─────── ·𖥸· ─────── · · Websites such as ' Goodreads ' recommend books reviewed by readers globally with ratings, likes and comments.  When looking at reviews, stance is promoted through use of lexis and ratings and may encourage/deter a user from reading it. Users use emotive verbs and stance adverbs are used when writing reviews to announce thoughts about the book; this could be regarding the plot/storyline, character, context or an opin...

 Screen Identity  Identity is defined to be many thoughts and resources combined to create a presentation of expression, according to Bucholtz and Hall . This means that we don’t have one specific identity, but identities, which change over time. For some, this may be fairly static and stay consist, for others this is more fluid, and they frequently actively reconstruct who they are. However, having an online presence means that identity can easily be altered, shared, or hidden by the user who has the ultimate control of what they choose to post.  So, do you have an online replica of yourself - or someone not even remotely related?  ⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽༓☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ In 1987, Higgins presented the three ‘self-domains’ . -           The actual self (real) -           The ideal self (what you/others want) -           The ought self (what you be...