@article {854,
	title = {Conceptualizing Personal Media},
	journal = {New Media \& Society},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2008},
	note = {+ pdf},
	month = {2008},
	pages = {683{\textendash}702},
	abstract = {The digitalization and personal use of mediatechnologies have destabilized the traditional
dichotomization between mass communication and
interpersonal communication, and therefore between
mass media and personal media (e.g. mobile phones,
email, instant messenger, blogs and photo-sharing
services). As private individuals use media technologies
to create and share personal expressions through digital
networks, previous characteristics of mass media as
providers of generally accessible information are no
longer accurate.This article may be situated within a
medium-theoretical tradition, as it elucidates technical
and social dimensions of personal media and revises the
distinction between mass media and personal media.
A two-dimensional model suggests locating personal
media and mass media according to an interactional axis
and an institutional/professional axis: personal media are
de-institutionalized/de-professionalized and facilitate
mediated interaction.The implementation of digital
media technologies has important consequences for
social networks and fits well within a theoretical
discussion of the post-traditional self.
},
	keywords = {CMC, communication, genre, medium theory, multimodality},
	author = {L{\"u}ders, Marika}
}
@article {855,
	title = {Emerging Personal Media Genres},
	journal = {New Media \& Society},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2010},
	note = {+ pdf},
	month = {2010},
	pages = {947{\textendash}963},
	abstract = {In this article we argue that the concept of genre has a valuable function within sociological theory, particularly for understanding emerging communicative practices within social and personal media. Genres span the whole range of recognizable forms of communication, play a crucial role in overcoming contingency and facilitate communication. Their function is to enhance composing and understanding of communication by offering interpretative, recognizable and flexible frames of reference. As such, genres generate a sense of stability in modern complex societies. Genres ought to be seen as an intermediary level between the levels of media and text, however influenced by both. They operate as interaction between two interdependent dimensions, conventions and expectations, both of which are afforded by media and specific texts. In this article these relationships are illustrated through two cases of emerging personal media genres: the online diary and the camphone self-portrait.},
	keywords = {affordance, blog, camphone, camphone self-portrait, digital, emerging genre, genre, innovation, medium, online diary, personal media, self-portrait, social media, stability, text},
	author = {L{\"u}ders, Marika and Pr{\o}itz, Lin and Rasmussen, Terje}
}
