FORUM FINESSE: A Guide to Impact and Influence in Online Talk
Book Details
Author(s)K. Sherrerd Lowry
PublisherDuer Press
ISBN / ASINB00E5SH95W
ISBN-13978B00E5SH953
Sales Rank572,831
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Talking on the Internet can be fun and productive; this book offers a wealth of information--and some great entertainment--to anyone interested in using forums.
Mastering the art of effective communication requires practice. And whether for business or for pleasure, message boards and forums are ideal resources for rehearsing and honing the skills of understanding, responding, influencing, and persuading--with style and impact.
Time invested on forums can:
• Help you learn to be a persuasive communicator -- through both observation and participation
• Offer you a venue to demonstrate your skills, and to receive feedback
• Give you perspectives on public opinion -- local, national, and international
• Expose you to fresh, trending ideas and developments
• Provide quick answers to questions on a huge range of topics
• Deliver doses of humor and gratifying interaction, to refresh and stimulate
In this book, Dr. Lowry provides an introduction to the world of online asynchronous conversation. The complexities covered include such topics as: choosing a forum; self-presentation and anonymity; online aggression, trolling, viral marketing, and astro-turfing; Internet "laws" and netiquette; reputation and ranking; and the basics of argumentation. A full treatment of fallacies and tactics used to "win" (as contrasted with malicious tactics used to inflict distress) is given, along with discussion of scholarly work on bullying, mobbing, and other misbehavior.
The newcomer to forum use will find helpful tips, tricks, and guidance in this volume. The established user who's encountered annoyances will also benefit from the information provided. And even confirmed message board users who've never had a problem will find surprising and interesting tidbits to savor in the pages of "Forum Finesse: A Guide to Impact and Influence in Online Talk."
Mastering the art of effective communication requires practice. And whether for business or for pleasure, message boards and forums are ideal resources for rehearsing and honing the skills of understanding, responding, influencing, and persuading--with style and impact.
Time invested on forums can:
• Help you learn to be a persuasive communicator -- through both observation and participation
• Offer you a venue to demonstrate your skills, and to receive feedback
• Give you perspectives on public opinion -- local, national, and international
• Expose you to fresh, trending ideas and developments
• Provide quick answers to questions on a huge range of topics
• Deliver doses of humor and gratifying interaction, to refresh and stimulate
In this book, Dr. Lowry provides an introduction to the world of online asynchronous conversation. The complexities covered include such topics as: choosing a forum; self-presentation and anonymity; online aggression, trolling, viral marketing, and astro-turfing; Internet "laws" and netiquette; reputation and ranking; and the basics of argumentation. A full treatment of fallacies and tactics used to "win" (as contrasted with malicious tactics used to inflict distress) is given, along with discussion of scholarly work on bullying, mobbing, and other misbehavior.
The newcomer to forum use will find helpful tips, tricks, and guidance in this volume. The established user who's encountered annoyances will also benefit from the information provided. And even confirmed message board users who've never had a problem will find surprising and interesting tidbits to savor in the pages of "Forum Finesse: A Guide to Impact and Influence in Online Talk."
