Genres on the Web: Computational Models and Empirical Studies

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Riding the Rough Waves of Genre on the Web....Pages 3-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Conventions and Mutual Expectations....Pages 33-46
Identification of Web Genres by User Warrant....Pages 47-67
Problems in the Use-Centered Development of a Taxonomy of Web Genres....Pages 69-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Cross-Testing a Genre Classification Model for the Web....Pages 87-128
Formulating Representative Features with Respect to Genre Classification....Pages 129-147
In the Garden and in the Jungle....Pages 149-166
Web Genre Analysis: Use Cases, Retrieval Models, and Implementation Issues....Pages 167-189
Marrying Relevance and Genre Rankings: An Exploratory Study....Pages 191-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Classification of Web Sites at Super-genre Level....Pages 211-235
Mining Graph Patterns in Web-based Systems: A Conceptual View....Pages 237-253
Genre Connectivity and Genre Drift in a Web of Genres....Pages 255-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Genre Emergence in Amateur Flash....Pages 277-302
Variation Among Blogs: A Multi-dimensional Analysis....Pages 303-322
Evolving Genres in Online Domains: The Hybrid Genre of the Participatory News article....Pages 323-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Any Land in Sight?....Pages 351-354
Back Matter....Pages 355-362