TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose To provide a small overview of genre theory and its associated concepts and to show how genre theory has had its antecedents in certain parts of the social sciences and not in the humanities.Findings The chapter argues that the explanatory force of genre theory may be explained with its emphasis on everyday genres, de facto genres.Originality/value By providing an overview of genre theory, the chapter demonstrates the wealth and richness of forms of explanations in genre theory.
VL  - 11
SN  - 978-1-78441-255-5, 978-1-78441-254-8/2055-5377
DO  - 10.1108/S2055-537720140000011002
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-537720140000011002
AU  - Andersen Jack
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - What Genre Theory Does
T2  - Genre Theory in Information Studies
T3  - Studies in Information
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -