OK Boomer: Structuring and Perceiving Millennials and Boomers as Online Communities

diplomski rad

• Autor: Tena Filetin
• Mentor: Marina Grubišić (mentor)
• Član povjerenstva: Ivana Bašić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Član povjerenstva: Anđel Starčević (član povjerenstva)
• Ustanova koja je dodijelila akademski / stručni stupanj: Sveučilište u Zagrebu; Filozofski fakultet; (Odsjek za anglistiku); Zagreb
• Datum i država obrane: 2020-05-26, Hrvatska
• Znanstveno / umjetničko područje, polje i grana: HUMANISTIČKE ZNANOSTI; Filologija; Anglistika

Sažetak

The omnipresence of the Internet in present times has inevitably led to the construction of different communities, which can be observed in the same fashion as all real-life communities. The flexibility of time and space on the Internet allows the already-existing sociolinguistic theories to be applied to Internet communities just as successfully. This paper incorporates Anderson’s theory of imagined communities, as well as theories of speech communities and communities of practice in order to show how two generations of people shaped by completely different experiences in regard to digital competence are constructed as online communities. Furthermore, it will be shown that these two communities operate almost exclusively in a relational fashion – their group identity depends on the existence of the other group’s identity. Because of this, it is important to analyse how the respective groups perceive each other and structure each other’s identities. In order to do this, different excerpts from online conversations, as well as memes and general Internet correspondence will be used.

• Ključne riječi: sociolinguistics; online; the Internet; community; speech community; imagined community; community of practice; boomers; millennials; memes
• Jezik: engleski
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:103483
• Studijski program: Naziv: Anglistika (dvopredmetni); smjerovi: lingvistički, književno-kulturološki, prevoditeljski, nastavnički; Smjer: lingvistički; Vrsta studija: sveučilišni; Stupanj studija: diplomski; Akademski / stručni naziv: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (mag. philol. ang.)
• Vrsta resursa: Tekst
• Način izrade datoteke: Izvorno digitalna
• Prava pristupa: Otvoreni pristup
• Datum i vrijeme pohrane: 2020-05-26 13:22:22