Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2016

10/10 Would Review Again: Variation in the Player Game Review Genre

Luke Thominet Florida International University

Abstract

Using a move-strategy genre analysis of 180 video game user reviews posted to six websites, this article describes typical characteristics of the genre as well as significant variations in genre construction. By creating new audiences and purposes for the genre, emerging genre variants have opened critical debates within the user community about genre change. Ultimately, the author argues that tracing genre variations could have implications for how technical communication scholars and practitioners support the needs and goals of user-generated genres.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2016-07-02
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2016.1185158
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