In this society, there are
countless types of genres. Media has had a major influence on the increase in
genre diversity. In recent years, the enhancements of media have created
opportunities for the general public to generate a personalized version of a specific genre.
Through the experimental use of the different genre generators, SCIgen, Comic
Strips, Memes, and the Song Lyric Generator, we are able to evaluate and
understand the certain characteristics and aspects that genuinely define a
genre.
SCIgen is a program that creates
a randomised computer science research paper that includes all its components. It
is evident that this generator for computer science research papers is very
specific to its genre. Through the observations of SCIgen, we are able to see
the conventions of a computer science research paper. The SCIgen generator made
me a computer science research paper with the topic, ‘Decoupling Sensor
Networks from Rasterization in Congestion Control. This type of genre commonly
includes features of an abstract, introduction, related work, implementation,
figures, results, conclusions, and references. Formal style of language is also
shown extremely important as computer science research papers are always
directed to professors, scientists, and doctors. Although this website is aimed
to more so amuse people, we are able to recognize the general features
contained in a computer science research paper.
Comic Strips generator is a
completely funny, randomized comic maker. It randomizes different situations in
different order using the same two characters each refresh click. There are
approximately 74,000 combinations. The effects of this randomized order of
comic slides create a new event or situation each time. The comic generator
produced a situation involving the first character with a bloody knife, the
second character with a shocked facial expression, and the first character
jumping in the air of enjoyment. The conventions evident in comic genres are
comprised of cartooned characters, an interpersonal conversation shown in
capital letters, close-up of characters to reveal an intensified facial
emotion, and genuinely include wittiness, especially swear words and humorous
violence. Informal language is mostly used in comics, as their audience is
usually young, adolescent boys as they enjoy humorous violence.
Meme Generator was the first
online meme generator, and allows the public to have a blog and create their
version of memes. Conventions of these meme captions always involve hilarity,
especially based on ‘first-world problems’, stereotyped people, being lazy,
sexual activity, being healthy, sarcasm, school-related, and struggles of daily
life, alongside with pictures from famous or trending movies, videos, pictures,
etc. For example, a meme picture steals a shot from the famous movie ‘Lord of
the Rings,’ along with the caption quoted from the movie, “one does not
simply…” together with the customized meme caption, “say no to bacon.” The
intended wittiness of these memes are directed for these adolescent to young
adult who heavily use social media, mostly ranging from ages 14-24 years old. It
is genuinely presented for amusement and entertainment, to receive responses
such as likes, re-tweets, and comments from various social media devices.
Lastly, I chose the song lyric generator
for the last genre. This song lyric generator provides a selection from varied
styles and asks specific questions to create a personalised song. Conventions
of all songs comprise of verses and a chorus. I chose a break up song as my specific
genre. The questions asked were based on the conventions and features of a
break up song genre that consist of best memory, sad scenery and weather,
outlook on the future, what went wrong, how much they miss them, and something
alone they did that day. Break up songs tend to include these features to
relate to those who have experienced similar break ups and emotions.
There is no doubt that media has
increased the genre variation. Various genre generator websites each follow
their own patterns of features. Observing these different genre generators,
SCIgen, Comic Strips, Meme generator, and song lyric generator allow us to
realise and understand the different components that categorize a genre.
Hi Steph! I think you analyzed each of the genres we were assigned properly and I liked the genre generator you chose. Song lyrics are a cool genre to analyze, specially because they come in some many different shapes, sizes, etc. I think it would have been nice if you mentioned how lyrics are also directly affected by the music genre they belong too. Even though some break up songs have the elements you mentioned, some other break up songs, depending the music genre, might not have the same elements. Although you listed what the convention of each genre were, I think it would be nice if you could expand your opinion about them a little bit more. The same about the analysis of how the genre generators helped us understanding genre better.
ReplyDeleteI think you were very detailed in your observations about the genres you observed. I also liked how you gave a brief explanation of what each generator was, but I think you could've gone a little more in-depth. You only talked about the memes, comic, and paper from the generators and I think it would be even better if you compared it to other research papers, memes, or comic strip that you have read or seen. But overall, it was structured very well and you made your points very clear. Also maybe talk a little more about how these generators helped you figure out the conventions for each genre.
ReplyDeleteYamada!
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned this in class, and I thought it was spot-on: “Of her 65.9 million Instagram followers, her targeted audience are mostly worldwide young adult girls ranging from 18-25 years old. This generation of these specific ages are very self-aware and conscious of their beauty and looks. They idolise and want to be more like these famous people like Kim Kardashian with flawless skin, curves, tiny waist, modern fashion wear, immaculate makeup, etc. as they have the want for fame and beauty.” Right on—to get the most out of thinking about genres+conventions, it’s important to think about all the possible social aspect(s) behind the text too.
Your meme analysis was tremendous. This has the exact level of thoroughness and specificity that I want: “Conventions of these meme captions always involve hilarity, especially based on ‘first-world problems’, stereotyped people, being lazy, sexual activity, being healthy, sarcasm, school-related, and struggles of daily life, alongside with pictures from famous or trending movies, videos, pictures, etc. For example, a meme picture steals a shot from the famous movie ‘Lord of the Rings,’ along with the caption quoted from the movie, “one does not simply…” together with the customized meme caption, “say no to bacon.” The intended wittiness of these memes are directed for these adolescent to young adult who heavily use social media, mostly ranging from ages 14-24 years old. It is genuinely presented for amusement and entertainment, to receive responses such as likes, re-tweets, and comments from various social media devices.” Ha! Great work. ☺
In Writing 2, we’re trying to train you to become super-observant so that you can get down to the nittiest of details and adhere (if that’s what you want to do) to the audience’s expectations. By gaining a deeper and more critical reading awareness, you’ll be able to adopt/adapt writer’s choices (their writing) into your own writing—we’re not quite there yet (that’s WP2!), but we’ve got a good start.
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