Cyber socialising: emerging genres and registers of intimacy

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dc.contributor.authorBock, Zannie
dc.date.accessioned20/08/2013 15:35
dc.date.available20/08/2013 15:35
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe popularity of digital media networks for socialising among the youth is well documented. Much has been written on the emerging norms of textese, the global shorthand for chatting. However, becoming a proficient user involves more than simply mastering this code: it requires knowing the appropriate genres and registers for chatting. This article aims to explore these conventionalised genres and styles from a discourse analytical perspective. It analyses data collected by first-year students in the Linguistics Department at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) who use an application called MXit for chatting with their friends. The analysis shows how, despite the seemingly unrestrained and non-standard nature of MXit chatting, it is highly conventionalised and structured and requires a particular �register of intimacy� which relies heavily on evaluative language and affective markers. However, it is simultaneously fluid and innovative thereby enabling users to �style� for themselves identities which combine elements of global sophistication with local situatedness.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationBock, Z. (2013). Cyber socialising: emerging genres and registers of intimacy. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Southern Africa, 44(2): 68-91en_US
dc.identifier.issn1022-8195
dc.identifier.issn1753-5395
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/680
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherUNISA Press
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsCopyright Taylor & Francis and Unisa Press. Permission granted to reproduce the journal article in this Repository.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2013.784924
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectCyber socialisingen_US
dc.subjectGenreen_US
dc.subjectIntimacyen_US
dc.subjectMXiten_US
dc.subjectRegisteren_US
dc.subjectSocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectTexteseen_US
dc.subjectYouthen_US
dc.titleCyber socialising: emerging genres and registers of intimacyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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