(Russian) Writer‐Bloggers: Digital Perfection and the Aesthetics of Imperfection1. Issue 4 (2nd June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rutten, Ellen
• Is Part Of: Journal of computer-mediated communication. Volume 19:Issue 4(2014:Jul.)
• Page Start: 744
• Page End: 762
• Publication Date: 2014-06-02
• Subjects: Telematics -- Periodicals; Computer networks -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Communication -- Periodicals; 302.20285
• DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12086
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1083-6101

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jcc412086-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p id="jcc412086-para-0002"> <italic>This article explores readings of (micro)blogging services as outlets for playful, "imperfect" language. Adopting a transcultural approach, it examines a blog category that has attracted scarce academic attention to date: the creative worker's blog. Through a qualitative analysis of metalinguistic statements by 14 Russian writer‐bloggers, the author tests 2 interdependent hypotheses: (H1) through metalinguistic statements and pragmatic strategies, writers present language play and "imperfect" language as prototypical for new media; and (H2) If H1 is correct, the writer‐blogger's preference for "imperfect" language caters into a broader cultural‐philosophical anxiety – one of foregrounding imperfection as an aesthetic counterresponse to digital perfection</italic>.</p> </abstract>