Trash writing as a property of “media chaos”
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-10-122-133
Abstract
A relatively new phenomenon of “thrash writing” – the technology of writing texts with increased emotional stress, the use of colloquial and obscene language – until recently was typical only for public social networks and messengers. However, an empirical study of local media in Krasnoyarsk revealed the use of that technology by professional editorial offices. Such speech strategy is typical for the so-called “chaotic media” – professional and amateur media that seek to destabilize the communicative space for the sake of their own political or commercial interests.
About the Author
K. A. Zorin
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kirill A. Zorin, Cand. of Sci. (Philosophy), associate professor
6-6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047
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Zorin K.A. Trash writing as a property of “media chaos”. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2025;(10):122-133. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-10-122-133
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