Connecting Genres and Languages in Online Scholarly Communication: An Analysis of Research Group Blogs

Written Communication Oct 2017

Connecting Genres and Languages in Online Scholarly Communication: An Analysis of Research Group Blogs

María José Luzón Universidad de Zaragoza

Abstract

Blogs provide an open space for scholars to share information, communicate about their research, and reach a diversified audience. Posts in academic blogs are usually hybrid texts where various genres are connected and recontextualized; yet little research has examined how these genres function together to support scholars’ activity. The purpose of this article is to analyze how the affordances of new media enable the integration of different genres and different languages in research group blogs written by multilingual scholars and to explore how various genres are coordinated in these blogs to accomplish specific tasks. The study reported in this article shows that the functionalities of the digital medium allow research groups to incorporate myriad genres into their genre ecology and interconnect these genres in opportunistic ways to accomplish complex objectives: specifically, to publicize the group’s research and activities, make the work of the group members available to the disciplinary community, strengthen social links within their community and connect with the interested public, and raise social awareness. Findings from this study provide insights into the ways in which scholars write networked, multimedia, multigenre texts to support the group’s social and work activity.

Journal: Written Communication
Published: 2017-10-01
DOI: 10.1177/0741088317726298
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multimodality multilingual writers

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