Textsorte, kommunikative Gattung oder Medienformat? Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?
Text genre, communicative genre or media format? Old wine in new bottles?

Summary/Abstract: Abstract patterns of complex symbols that facilitate and shape the processing of given forms of communication are primarily associated by linguists, communication scholars, and media researchers with terms such as text genre [Textsorte], communicative genre [kommunikative Gattung], or media format [Medienformat]. Our goal is to illuminate these terms from various perspectives: to show relationships between them, and to highlight their potential interpretations that might enable their differentiation.

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