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Blog jako gatunek tekstu w kontekście monetyzacji treści
Blog as a genre of text in the context of content monetization

Author(s): Piotr Kładoczny
Subject(s): Media studies, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: blog; text genre; hypertext; internet communication; web;

Summary/Abstract: A Blog is a hypertext genre with a large span of pattern in structural, pragmatic, cognitive and stylistic terms. This is due to its short history and large changes in Internet communication. The author of the blog must publish articles regularly for a long time to make money thanks to the blog. It introduces many modifications to the quality standard in order to match its activities. The most pronounced changes relate to the structure of the genre and include the addition of advertisements, sponsored articles, activation links and separate cards on the website (e.g. training, workshops, camps and shop). There is a strong influence of advertisers or principals who indirectly participate in the process of creating the text and assume the role of the message controller. Author’s message is more likely than other blogs to be persuasive to promote their own activities and products. Presenting positive feedback on the products offered is one of the assumptions of the cognitive aspect of blogging. The second assumption is to build such an image of the author, which influences gaining confidence and acquiring as many visitors as possible to the blog. The style of blogging is very varied thematically and individually, and its main purpose is to realize pragmatic and cognitive assumptions.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 147-160
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish