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Wired Style

Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age is an internet-focused style guide, published in 1996 by Wired magazine and written by Constance Hale (joined by Jessie Scanlon in the second edition). It was created to document rapid shifts in linguistic norms caused by the internet in its early phases. The book gives advice on style and…

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Author
Constance Hale · Jessie Scanlon (second edition)
Genre
Style guide
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Wired

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Wired Style

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related to Reception · 24
Wired Style → Alan Pell Crawford, Annie Howard, Bryan, Charles, Computer Shopper, Contemporaneous, Crawley, Elements, Garner, Gretchen McCulloch, He, In, In Public Relations Quarterly, John Frazer Dobson, Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik, Retrospective, Slate, Style, Technical Communication
related to background · 14
Wired Style → According, Americans, Amidst, Constance Hale, Hale, Internet Archive, It, Jessie Scanlon, Pew Research Center, Silicon Valley, Since, The, Wired, World Wide Web
related to Contents · 10
Wired Style → BTW, In, It, It's, Neologisms, Net, The, Way New Journalism, WTF, WTFIGO
Author · 2
Wired Style → Constance Hale, Jessie Scanlon (second edition)
Genre · 1
Wired Style → Style guide
ISBN · 1
Wired Style → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…
Publication date · 1
Wired Style → 1996
Publisher · 1
Wired Style → Wired

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Wired StyleAuthorJessie Scanlon (second edition)1.00infobox
Wired StyleGenreStyle guide1.00infobox
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Wired StylePublication date19961.00infobox
Wired StylePublisherWired1.00infobox
Wired Stylerelated to backgroundAccording0.60section
Wired Stylerelated to backgroundPew Research Center0.60section
Wired Stylerelated to backgroundAmericans0.60section
Wired Stylerelated to backgroundWorld Wide Web0.60section
Wired Stylerelated to backgroundSince0.60section
Wired Stylerelated to backgroundAmidst0.60section

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