Open Access(Russian) Writer‐Bloggers: Digital Perfection and the Aesthetics of Imperfection
Author(s) -
Rutten Ellen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of computer‐mediated communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.15
H-Index - 119
ISSN - 1083-6101
DOI - 10.1111/jcc4.12086
Subject(s) - foregrounding , perfection , imperfect , interdependence , sociology , linguistics , aesthetics , preference , psychology , epistemology , art , philosophy , social science , economics , microeconomics
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 .