Week3

Week 3: Why are new genres created? Why is the definition of genre controversial and not so applicable to the formation of digital genres?

Genres are often defined as a group of texts in which have specific features or "rules" which tend to be attached to a certain classification. Genres tend to be very dynamic in the ideology that they are always changing and adapting to different groups, medias and purposes, which is why new genres are created. The emergence of a new genre is to support the formation of new communcation ideas and values in a "socially and cognitively compatible form". As we emerged into the 21st century there has been alot of controversy in the development of "digital genres." It has been argued that "digital genres frequently borrow heavily from the paper world even though the media is very different" -- referring to the ideology that digital genres are just fabrications of genres that already exist and inputing them into the digital world. This lack of originality has resulted in the controversy if the definition of genre can be applicable to "digital genres."