Blog #4 Genres within Pinterest

A genre is a helpful tool used to guide readers on what interests they have and what topic is covered in the content provided. A genre is used as a way to distinguish certain topics and interest in to groups and label them. Through the use of Pinterest and how it is organised. Pinterest invites users to categorise and structure each individual interest. Genres are used by users according to how they wish to use the site. Specific material is targeted to each user depending on what genre interests them. Users are guided through certain themes to develop their own genres.

Linkage to Genres and the organisation of Pinterest

Pinterest is an internet diary and is overwritten with current and traditional expectations of the interests of its users ( McNeill, 2011).  Dr Van Luyn (2013) defines a Genre as an expression of ones self through a product that can either have “Standard” or “flexible and creative” generic terms. Pinterest expresses its genres through visual content that lead to other sites for recipes, DIY tutorials, and clothing websites. Genres are usually associated with categories of movies, however as discussed it can relate to certain types of text and content.

Pinterest creates many pathways for informative and blog writing. To communicate to users, writers need to use a genre to achieve a connection and inform users. Genre communicates through all types of media, print, and products. Rapidly evolving is genre as an online communication tool through social networks.

References:

McNeill, L. (2011). Diary 2.0?: A genre moves from page to screen, in Rowe, C. & Wyss, E. L. (Eds.) Language and new media: Linguistic, cultural, and technological evolutions (pp. 314). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.

Van Luyn, A. (2013). BA1002: Our Space: Networks, narratives and the making of place, Lecture 6: Genre [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http: learnjcu.edu.au