Online Peer Advice: Giving Advice on Chinese Social Networking Sites ()
ABSTRACT
This
study investigates advice-giving in peer-to-peer comment sections on Chinese social networking sites. The results show
that advice, explanation, experience, and assessment are the four most
frequent discursive moves in Chinese advice given by peers on social networking
sites. Involvement, mitigation, and face-threatening strategies are also
utilized frequently by those peers to give directives and express empathy and
solidarity on Chinese online sites, thereby building supportive relationships
among them in online communities. The online peer advice-giving in this study
is influenced by multiple aspects of the platform, participants, and language
use, presenting distinctive characteristics that differ from other studies.
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Wang, J. (2023) Online Peer Advice: Giving Advice on Chinese Social Networking Sites.
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
13, 449-460. doi:
10.4236/ojapps.2023.133036.
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