(Russian) Writer-Bloggers: Digital Perfection and the Aesthetics of Imperfection. Issue 4 (1st July 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: 2014-07-01
• Subjects: online language -- (micro)blogging -- literature -- creativity -- authenticity; Telematics -- Periodicals; Computer networks -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Communication -- Periodicals; 302.20285
• DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12086
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1083-6101

Abstract

Abstract: 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.