Abstract
This paper discusses the changing relationship between texts, producers and audiences and
tries to understand user-generated audio-visual content or to be more precise, intertextuality in
user-generated videos in relation to distribution formats, cultural form and genres.
Continuing on from the work of John Fiske and the notion of vertical and horizontal
intertextuality this paper tries to develop Fiske's original ideas so that his model incorporates
the changing relationship between producers and their audiences, the text generated by
mainstream media and the text generated by ordinary people, in particular user-generated
videos uploaded and shared in social media networks online.
Finally we are informed by Paul Ricoeur's work on hermeneutics and self as another, we
explore the role of user-generated content as a specific kind of mediated sociability we suggest
that user-generated content may be seen as a collaborative effort to navigate the meaning of
life. Hence we address questions of mediated sociability, offering a critical perspective on
textual self-expression and self-identity.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | 2009 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | Keywords in Communication 2009 Conference of the ICA - Chicago, Illinois Duration: 21 May 2009 → 25 May 2009 |
Conference
Conference | Keywords in Communication 2009 Conference of the ICA |
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City | Chicago, Illinois |
Period | 21/05/2009 → 25/05/2009 |
Keywords
- Intertextuality
- Self-Identity
- Sociability
- Social media
- User-generated content