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Methodological Considerations of
Diachronic Internet Research
Genres on the Internet between
Stability and Change
Peter Grube, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
New document genres have emerged,
while older ones have blended,
changed, and been incorporated into
different social endeavours [...] new
electronic genres emerging frequently
appear to be shuffled, disassembled,
and then put together again, in a
seemingly chaotic manner.
(Crowston & Kwásnik 2005: 79)
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A Dynamic Genre Model
Genre as Multi-Layered Phenomenon
Structure
Situation
Function
Genre
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Form of Communication
Structure
Situation
Function
Genre
Form of Communication
Multimodality:
• pictures, videos…
• layout
• hyper textual elements
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Function
Structure
Situation
Genre as Social Action
Genre
Form of Communication
A Community’s
Social Practice
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Function
Structure
Situation
Form of Communication
A Community’s
Social Practice
Diachronic Research on the Internet
Internet Archive and Wayback-Machine
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Looking for a Needle in the Haystack…
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Research Corpus: DIABLOK
Part I: 1997-2000
19 Weblogs listed on
Infoshift (1999)
Part II: 2002-2011
Personal Weblogs
collected at Globe
of Blogs
DIABLOK = Diachrones Blog Korpus
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Applying the Model…
… Preliminary Results
General Change: Length of Postings
InfoShift 1998
One Ideal Life 2011
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General Change: Length of Postings
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
1998-1999 2002-2005 2006-2008 2009-2011
Average Length of Postings
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General Change
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Genre Split V
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Personal Homepage and Personal Weblog
Blog Joe Clark
(1999) 18
Pattern Embedding
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Pattern Embedding: Tweets
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Form of Communication I
Migration
Form of Communication II
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Conclusion