ABSTRACT

In this introduction to the special issue Disseminating knowledge: The effects of digitalised academic discourse in language, genre and identity, the authors discuss the impact that digital technologies and the Web have had on academia. They show how this attests to interrelations between new digital platforms of knowledge creation and dissemination and their use within discourse communities as elements of innovation and change in the shaping and reshaping of existing academic practices. The introduction also discusses the various methodological approaches that have been adopted with a view to investigating digital academic discourse. Exploring some current academic discoursal practices and their specific textual manifestations in the form of digitally-mediated genres, the authors highlight the complexities of the study of digital academic communication.

摘要

在特刊的介绍中传播知识：数字化学术话语对语言、体裁和身份的影响，作者讨论了数字技术和网络对学术界的影响。他们展示了这如何证明知识创造和传播的新数字平台与其在话语社区中的使用之间的相互关系，作为创新和改变现有学术实践的塑造和重塑的要素。引言还讨论了为研究数字学术话语而采用的各种方法论方法。作者探索了一些当前的学术话语实践及其以数字为媒介的体裁形式的特定文本表现，强调了数字学术传播研究的复杂性。