Nordic Perspectives on the Discourse of Things : : Sakprosa Texts Helping Us Navigate and Understand an Ever-Changing Reality.

• Author: Nyström Höög, Catharina.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rahm, Henrik.; Thomassen Hammerstad, Gøril.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; {copy}2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (171 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• Truth and Reality: Pivotal for the Concept Sakprosa
• Text, Context, Genre and Discourse: A Practice Perspective on Sakprosa Texts
• A Comment on Language Policy
• The Nordic Research Tradition
• The Chapters in This Volume
• References
• Texts as Cultural Artefacts: Theoretical Challenges to Empirical Research on Utterances and Texts
• Introduction: Textual Studies in Sakprosa Research
• Constitutive Features of Texts as Cultural Artefacts
• From Utterance to Text: The Growth of Normative Sensitivity in Children's Scribbling and Writing
• The Development of Constitutive Text Norms: Historical Evolvement of the Text Culture of Written News and Political Opinion
• Comparisons with Other Text Theories Used in Sakprosa Research
• Final Remarks on Epistemological Status of the Theory of Texts as Cultural Artefacts
• References
• Texts Complying with Societal Pressures: Changing Genres in Finnish Companies' CSR Reporting
• Introduction
• Genre Perspectives on CSR Reporting
• Data and Method
• Variability and Intertextuality in CSR Reporting
• Stable Versus Variable Reporting Formats
• CSR Reporting on Corporate Websites from the Perspective of Intertextuality
• Discussion and Conclusion
• References
• Digital Discourse Networks: Digital Media as a Socio-material Condition for Access and Circulation
• Introduction
• Methodological Remarks
• Digital Media as the Contemporary Discourse Network for Sakprosa
• The Background of Digital Media: The Archive, the Database, and Algorithms
• Sakprosa as Digitally Configured: The Case of Borger.dk
• Sakprosa as Digitally Configured: The Case of SAGE Publishing
• Conclusion
• References.
• Sheep, Watch Dogs and Wolves: How the Master in Non-Fiction Writing Formed Actors for the Field of sakprosa in Norway
• Introduction: Exploring a Master's Programme in the Developing Knowledge Field
• Background: The Epistemic Culture of sakprosa in Norway
• Theories: Conceptualizations and Practicing of Genres
• Determinations in a nexus of Practices
• Genre Didactics: Rhetorical Genre and Dialogism
• Findings and Discussions: The Roles of Sheep, the Watch Dogs and the Wolves
• The Architecture of the Programme
• The Roles in the Student's Texts
• Conclusion: The Master's Programme as Epistemic Practice
• References
• Crisis Communication on Social Media: Informalization in the Hour-by-Hour Struggle for Information
• Introduction
• Purpose of the Study
• Theoretical Framework
• Literature Review
• Data and Method
• Analytical Approach
• Data Analysis
• Case A: Terror Attack
• Case B: False Alarm
• Conclusion and Discussion
• References
• Concluding Remarks: The Power and Potential of the Concept Sakprosa (CPS): A Guided Tour Through Five Topoi
• Introduction
• Sakprosa: From Anti-rhetorical Style to Textual Super-genre
• Methodology
• The Five Topoi
• The City
• The Anthill
• The Choir
• The Thing Site
• The Borderland
• Descriptiveness Versus Normativity
• "The great globe itself, Yea, all which it inhabit"
• "The baseless fabric of this vision?"
• References
• Index.