Video: The commonly known forms of genre (Mo, 2013)
Therefore it can be assumed that online text must fall into a category of genre too. Blog Genre is one of the emerging genres of online writing. However the World Wide Web is such a fast growing phenomenon that some new genres often appear faster than it can be categorised.
Couchsurfing has many different avenues for writing, one of them is forum. Here people can contribute in written form, describing experience, commenting on posts, asking questions or giving answers. To identify one clear genre and mode within Couchsurfing, 'the couch request' must be examined. Couchsurfing provides a template for writing a couch request, in a similar way that DiYanni (2004) does for essays. The mode used in a couch request is persuasive; the writer is convincing another to allow the writer in to their house and life. Whomever is writing must have a good grasp on persuasive writing to convince another of such a allowance. If a writer did not use genre and mode well, he/she would not be able to achieve their aim. As we defined in our lecture genre is a pre-condition for communication and Couchsurfing is no exception.
Genre is a part of all types of communication; the World Wide Web (WWW) is rapidly evolving the genre world. Couchsurfing is just one social network that is helping define new genres of communication.
References
DiYanni, R (2004) Twenty - Five Great Essays Second Edition. New York:Longman Publishing Group
Mo, A. (2013). The Film Genre [Video file]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ccTaqJsh1VY
Mo, A. (2013). The Film Genre [Video file]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ccTaqJsh1VY
Very interesting read Lucy. Couchsurfing is something I have always wanted to give a try. I particularly like how you have compared persuasive essays to 'the couch request'. It is true that many forms of modern genres including forums have adopted key aspects of original genres such as the essay. The Forum is an interesting form of genre as it allows users to comment and contribute to another users post through questions and answers. Of course, this is because the internet has provided a platform where people are able to do so. The online setting gives the reader and writer a sense of doing something different with the diary instead of keeping it on paper (McNeill, 2001). I believe this is very true and the forum is a great example of how the written diary as changed as a result of the internet.
ReplyDeleteReferences:
McNeill, L. (2011). Dairy 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.313-3325). Creskill, NJ: Hampton.