More fic

[hope]

Alas, not another mathom request fulfilment. Sorry, guys. Just something else that popped out this arvo.

Perennial
Supernatural; Winchesters (+ OFC), pre-series (circa 1987), PG-13. Spawned by some throwaway lines in the first of Three times the Winchesters grew older.

Now that I have the time, I'm going to attempt more discipline with writing, try to get something down every day, no matter how crap it is. We'll see how that goes. *g*

Comments

[shehasathree]

wooh, fic!
i have gone insane(r) with teh essaying...

CMC has recently come to be conceptualised as a 'hybrid' form of communication (e.g. Crystal, 2001). Exhibiting neither all the characteristics of written nor spoken forms, CMC is rendered primarily through typing, yet as a mode of communication, it is characteristically far more spontaneous and interactive than traditional written forms (Werry, 1996; Yates, 1996). Much everyday speech is playful, and CMC echoes this feature of spoken language in particular (Carter, 2004). Brenda Danet and her colleagues identify four characteristics of CMC as fostering playfulness in online communication: ephemerality, speed, interactivity and “freedom from the tyranny of materials” (Danet, Ruedenberg-Wright, & Rosenbaum-Tamari, 1997). Seeking to counter both the vaunted theoretical view of CMC as a 'cold' medium and the underlying assumption of a lack of social cues which has led to this received view, Riva (2002) notes the emergence of emotional expression, context definition and identity creation as characteristic of forms of CMC as diverse as blogging, instant messaging and chat. The discourse of Riva’s “sociocognitive” account differs only superficially from linguistic perspectives on these phenomena:, 'emotional expression' is analogous with aspects of Rooksby's (2002) work, as is 'context definition', which may also be seen as akin to Goffman's work on framing (1974). 'Identity creation', as Riva puts it, may be linked back to ‘context definition’ through Krolokke’s (2003) observation that people ”create identities that are to be understood within a specific setting” [emphasis added].

[weaverandom.livejournal.com]

I couldn't sleep loast night, so I checked my downloads, and then I checked my flist, and there was this, and I read it and went to bed with wee winchesters and OW JOHN and OH BOYS dancing in my head. And it was awesome. You for the win!

[hope]

Yaaaay! Dancing Winchesters! Thank YOU :)

[hope]

ooer. what does CMC stand for?

[nixwilliams.livejournal.com]

computer mediated communication.

this is really interesting stuff - i get so sick of reading texts that buy into the "theoretical view of CMC as a 'cold' medium", as you say. (also the ones that are all like: smileys are an important element of internet based cmc ... women use more emoticons than men ... i am a stupid old sexist twat who has never actually participated in online communications of any depth, and all my emails look like letters.)