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You guys rocked last night!
At least, I thought you did.
OK, this is the week we really focus on words, on rhetoric, on writing style. Does the blogosphere have its own writing aesthetic? Is that aesthetic seeping in and possibly corrupting (or animating!) other writing? What kinds of tropes and literary tendencies are you picking up. Who are the stylistic innovators? What kinds of freedom takes hold of a writer who doesn't really have to worry about readers?
Go back and read some of the web-writing you've liked. If there are other writers you've stumbled across who merit our attention, let me know, in your blogs or in an email.
And read these:
big rep as a strong writer
buncha crazy innovators...what they up to?
interesting interplay of text and photo
not sure WHO this is
clearly attempting literature
let's go back and read her again more closely ... maybe she'll come to class
ok, this is weird
posted by Printer's Devil @ 5:42 AM
9 Comments:
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Hey, it was great to visit all of you last night. Let me toss in a few thoughts about the question and the class.
Does the blogosphere have its own writing aesthetic? I think, as illustrated by the drawing on the board about different communities within the blogosphere, it may be useful to think about writing aesthetics withing the blogosphere on a more community by community basis. Political blogs are going to have a very different writing aesthetic than teen angst blogs.
I mentioned Xanga in class last night. You might want to check out the 8500+ xanga blogs in the Hartford area here.
Go out and look at the use of different colors, fonts and emoticons. Also, note the use of 'IM' type speak.
e,g,
"i love u, IAN MICHAEL PAVITT hehehe....so much...and i miss u...."
Note the use of lower case i's abbreviating 'you' to 'u', 'are' to 'r' and my favorite 'Why?' to 'pq?'
Also note heavy use of elipsis, and ways of laughing on line. hehehe LOL, ROFLMAO ;-)
Another interesting area to explore is some of the blogs that are much more community building and conversational. In particular, I like to point out Michele Agnew
Her posts are very focused on getting people to interact. She is more 'grown up' so instead of using weird colors and IM style abbreviations, she uses a more restrained typographic style. She still uses bold, and italics and a little bit of color. Her writing is closer to full sentences.
For those interested in a more rigorous study of this topic, I would suggest doing searches on 'content analysis computer mediated communications' as well as looking for writings about 'social cues'.
One of the first things you are likely to find is references to Susan Herring's work in Computer-Mediated Discourse Analysis.
Her paper, Women and Children Last: The Discursive Construction of Weblogs is a great starting point on the academic side. It also has a lot of great links at the bottom.
It is also worth noting that it follows at least some of the form of blogs. with categories, comments and linkrolls. Clearly, academic bloggers have their own writing aesthetic.
Even this message, starting of with "Hey..." is reflecting part of a conversational aesthetic online.
Just a few random thoughts. Have a great class.
Thanks for taking all the good ideas Aldon. Now what the hell am I going to write about. Geez, I can't stand these smart people.
Hi, you linked to me, saying, "I'm not sure WHO this is." I'm not sure WHO you are either, but thanks for reading! If you have any specific questions, please don't hesitate to ask. - Rumblelizard
Aha. Now, how's WRTC doing?
I lived in Farmington as a sullen punk teen -- show was the Ramones at Stage West, 1982.
Not sure exactly what your blogging class entails...
But thank you for visiting my weblog.
I think it's interesting that blogging is becoming part of the college curriculum, as it is an amazing phenomenon.
Blogging spans a wide spectrum, and there're so many different ones to read.
Thanks for reading mine.
Brett,
I don't want to take all the good ideas... I'm not even in the class. However, I hope my comments will provide you good starting points.
So, let me toss out a few different blogs I've recently stumbled across that you all might like:
Asking My Students To Write Stories Without Words As a Means to Consider the Elements of Writing
Union Square Ventures
State of the Heart
Is that aesthetic seeping in and possibly corrupting (or animating!) other writing?
This is a question that goes both ways.
A fairly striking number of left-political bloggers have professional writing experience. Among our immediate pals and colleagues at Sadly, No, at least a dozen (including two of our three main contributors) have published in mainstream journals.
We see our mission as corrupting other writing, certainly. But it's also true that the game of commercial (or professional) writing seems, to an extent, to lead people toward an ideal of anonymous self-publishing.
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