PB1B: Inspecting Genre Generators

             PB1B lets us better understand genre in our everyday lives.  With the studying of several genre generators, we are able to understand the formula or conventions of a different type of genre or writing.  Such generators can better help you understand how to write or apply specific genres that we have studied.

             Starting with the SCIgen generator, you can easily figure out that the generated genre is in the category of an academic paper.  Such an article starts out with a large complex and academic title that provides the audience with the understanding of the overall subject of the article.  Underneath, are the submitted names to act as the authors of the paper.  As the paper starts, an Abstract section takes up the first section followed by an Introduction, Related Work, and other seemingly important topics to cover in the paper.   Such an article has a very distinct audience of which it is trying to relay information to.  The audience and tone reflects the professional and scholarly audience of the paper.

             Next, the comic strip generator has even stronger conventions than that of the academic paper generator.  Right away you notice that it is a generator of comics.  The conventions of this particular comic strip are based mainly on the layout of the strip.  The strip contains 3 large boxes of which the dialogue is contained.  The dialogue is also writing in a bubble format to portray the fact that it is dialogue not just text.  This specific comic strip contains two specific characters, one that wears a green shirt and the other a maroon one.  The comic audience and tone is informal and crude.  It is mainly intended for people that find shock or crude humor funny. 

             Next, the meme generator is extremely helpful in fully understanding what the conventions of a meme truly are.  When you first notice a meme you understand that it is a type of cartoon or comic.  Such a comic as that of a meme is contained in one square box, unlike the previous comic that took up three.  The dialogue also is contained to the top and bottom of the square.  The main feature or highlight of the meme is contained within the main center of the square.  A large picture or cartoon takes up the majority of the space.  Sometimes the dialogue even is ontop of the displayed picture.  The main differential between a comic and a meme is usually the relevant and mostly satirical content.  The audience and tone are directly targeted at a young demographic with knowledge of current trends.  Memes are a successful way to poke or make fun of a current world issue while providing a better understanding of that topic through a picture or comic. 

             Lastly, I choose another generator to better assist in the understanding of conventions within specific genres.  I used a tweet generator.  A tweet is a short sentence or so that is spread on the social media platform of Twitter.  Such a generator I found on eviltrailmix.com/tweet/.  The mechanics of a tweet is very distinct and easy to understand.  The tweet is characterized by a sentence or saying that is less than 140 characters.  A tweet usually contains the “@” symbol which indicates a specific direction or association with the tweet.  Also, a hashtag symbol is used to connect similar tweets together that share the same hashtag phrase.  The audiences of the tweet are those who use the specific social media site, a site consisting mainly of younger generations that what to share their reactions to world issues, popular culture, and other areas of interest.  Overall, the tone is extremely informal due to the multiple abbreviations that are used within the tweet and the character limitations.  The tweet is a very interesting genre and understanding its many conventions can better you in overall understanding of genre conventions.