The postcard as media

Östman, Jan-Ola

doi:10.1515/text.2004.017

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“…Emoticons are thus among the micro-level phenomena which Brought to you by | New York University Bobst Library Technical Services Authenticated Download Date | 6/15/15 2:16 AM are most "characteristic" of language use in CMC, although their actual shape and frequency of use differ according to a number of factors. As smiley face icons predate the Internet, and emoticons can now also be found in "snail-mail" letters and postcards (Östman 2004;Runkehl et al 1998), it seems more appropriate to classify them as "characteristic" than to call them "a unique feature of the electronic language register" (Tseliga 2007: 121; see also Herring 1996) or an "exclusively digital phenomenon" (Tseliga 2007: 126).…”

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19. Micro-linguistic structural features of computer-mediated communication

Bieswanger¹

2013

Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication

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19. Micro-linguistic structural features of computer-mediated communication

Bieswanger¹

2013

Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication

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“…This is clearly of much interest to those interested in digital communications as indeed to the broader public: text messages, tweets and so forth currently appear almost daily at the heart of mass media news coverage (Jones and Salter ). Even though postcards can be thought of as an epistolary genre, perhaps prototypically dyadic, their semi‐public nature has also been recognised (Östman ). Open to the readership of others, (especially the postman, a frequent visitor to one's door, and potentially anyone in the household) they were regarded in their own time as public communications.…”

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“…Tagliamonte and Dennis ). Sims (: 22) deplored, ‘The postcard is utterly destructive of style, and give absolutely no play to the emotions.’ The journalist Douglas (: 379) reflected, ‘There are still some ancient purists who regard postcards as vulgar, fit only for tradesmen.’ A further concern was that the postcard dangerously violated the private/public divide, invading privacy and making visible communications that should be kept hidden (Östman ).…”

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“…Basing his analysis on a study of his own collection and secondary sources, Rogan identified four main factors to account for their popularity: aesthetics of the picture; function as souvenir; collectible object; and means of communication. Östman () discussed the postcard as semiotic space and focussed on the semi‐public characteristic of postcards, and, drawing on empirical analyses collected by Laakso and Östman (), suggests that this causes some indirectness in linguistic strategies. Some studies have focussed on the interplay between postcard image and message, in specific contexts of use (Laakso and Östman ; Laurier and Whyte ; Hook ; Hall and Gillen ; Becker and Malcolm ).…”

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Writing Edwardian postcards

Gillen

2013

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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The Picture Postcard was an extraordinarily popular innovation at the beginning of the twentieth century in Europe, enabling writers to send brief, multimodal messages through a cheap communications channel, in a ‘culture of speed’. With several deliveries a day, this could be experienced as closer to the synchronicity of the digital communications than vernacular written communications in the intervening period. I examine the writing of ten British Edwardian picture postcards from a collection of three thousand. Analysis of the writing, writtenness and multimodality of the postcards is combined with historical investigations of public records. Through this innovative approach to the construction of text histories, I demonstrate the value of applying the ethnographic sensibility of Literacy Studies to these communications that accomplished diverse and rich purposes and explore connections with claims made about contemporary digital practices.

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“…An enduring open and participatory media, the postcard conveys to the intended reader and opportune onlooker a timely and often reflective message. The postcard, as material technology, has long afforded multimodal collaboration and interpretation (Östman, 2004).…”

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Playing (with) POST cards

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Kupperman

2016

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Purpose This article illustrates through word, image and design the back-and-forth exchange characteristic of Project Oriented Semantic Trading (POST) Cards, a game-based professional learning ritual relevant to educators’ problems of practice. In describing the iterative designs and features of POST Cards, this article intentionally depicts alternative means of narrative and scholarship via imaginative, playful and visual (re)presentation. Design/methodology/approach Both POST Cards and this inquiry use a design-based process driven by theory about play, intended to improve education practice, and iteratively co-created with participants. As an annotated and dialogical worked example, this representation of game play moves beyond the monolithic medium of printed text. With the intention to provoke discussion about the content and configuration of inquiry, this article traces the literal and figurative tradeoffs associated with the development and play of POST Cards. Findings In surveying the design and enactment of POST Cards across two iterations, and a related Quote Cards mutation, three design principles are relevant to fostering greater playfulness in higher education: embrace the inevitability of tradeoffs, invite players to co-create new features and iterations, and create conditions whereby everyday rituals and social practices are transformed into improvisational and discursive play. Originality/value As an annotated narrative constructed in the form and spirit of POST Cards, this inquiry is notable for presenting an experimental form of multimodal literacy and also for revealing how higher education settings and practices may be designed as playgrounds upon which to render visionary, risky and expressive approaches to game-based collaboration and creative scholarship.

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The postcard as media

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19. Micro-linguistic structural features of computer-mediated communication

19. Micro-linguistic structural features of computer-mediated communication

Writing Edwardian postcards

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