International journal
ISSN 2311-0759 (Online)
ISSN 2311-0740 (Print)


classification of Internet commentaries

Internet comments as a network genre: General characteristics, diological potency, classification problems

The article deals with current problems of modern communicative linguistics and network genre studies. The author presents general characteristics of such a relatively new network genre as Internet commentary. The research emphasizes dialogical orientation of this genre, which meets the urgent need of Internet users for feedback and represents a media embodiment of the addressee factor that is in demand and meets the spirit of the times.