Genres of War: Informing a City
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Genres of War : Informing a City. / Skouvig, Laura.
Genre theory in Information studies . ed. / Jack Andersen. Emerald Group Publishing, 2015. p. 135-156 (Studies in Information, Vol. 11).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Genres of War
T2 - Informing a City
AU - Skouvig, Laura
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Purpose This chapter presents a case study of the communication of information in Copenhagen during the siege in 1807. The purpose of this chapter is to investigate how information was formed by different genres and how these genres relate to different genre systems. Finally, a purpose of this chapter is to shed light over how information from different genre systems merged into an information network mainly found on the streets and squares of Copenhagen.Findings This chapter has not aimed at generalized findings. If any findings should be recounted it would be that the chapter has mapped how, for example, a specific genre as the proclamation was shaped by different genre systems and directed its readers to a desired field of actions. Those actions depended on the specific purposes of the proclamations.Originality/value A traditional focus on the siege has been political and military issues. Lately, research has focused on a cultural approach within the frames of urban history. This chapter contributes to this cultural approach by investigating the informational aspects from a genre perspective.
AB - Purpose This chapter presents a case study of the communication of information in Copenhagen during the siege in 1807. The purpose of this chapter is to investigate how information was formed by different genres and how these genres relate to different genre systems. Finally, a purpose of this chapter is to shed light over how information from different genre systems merged into an information network mainly found on the streets and squares of Copenhagen.Findings This chapter has not aimed at generalized findings. If any findings should be recounted it would be that the chapter has mapped how, for example, a specific genre as the proclamation was shaped by different genre systems and directed its readers to a desired field of actions. Those actions depended on the specific purposes of the proclamations.Originality/value A traditional focus on the siege has been political and military issues. Lately, research has focused on a cultural approach within the frames of urban history. This chapter contributes to this cultural approach by investigating the informational aspects from a genre perspective.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Information history
KW - genre systems
KW - the second battle of Copenhagen
KW - information spheres
U2 - 10.1108/S2055-537720140000011008
DO - 10.1108/S2055-537720140000011008
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-1-78441-255-5
T3 - Studies in Information
SP - 135
EP - 156
BT - Genre theory in Information studies
A2 - Andersen, Jack
PB - Emerald Group Publishing
ER -
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