Un subgen discursiv în comunicarea mediată de calculator: Ask Me Anything (AMA)

Abstract

The Ask Me Anything (AMA) interaction occurs in online forums and has a particular discourse structure and selection of topics, shaping its emergence as a distinct subgenre of computer-mediated communication. The article points out several formal features of Romanian AMAs, most importantly, titles and flairs. We identify no thematical specificities for this kind of interaction. We consider the AMA interaction to have a distinct structure in terms of discursive power, with the „host” of the AMA available to be interrogated by a large group of interlocutors. This allows for multiple strategies of negociating identities in interaction.