Popcultural References in Milblogs
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Very common in Milblogs with a range of possible intentions:
- Create a known atmosphere for the reader to strengthen his indentification with the blog
- Strengthen the "Hollywood Effect" of the blog
- Create Jokes, use Popculture to imply irony and/or sarcasm (e.g. Kaboom)
- Self-Staging of the bloggers live
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To use Popcultural References within Milblogs, many different media are used:
- Videos of the bloggers live
- Popcultural Videos tied in to the story
- Music (e.g. Kaboom)
- Quotes (e.g. in camptions or embedded in the text)
- Usage of scenarios describing combat scenes in a "Saving Private Ryan D-Day" style (high paced storytelling, switching from past tense to present tense to draw the reader into the situation)
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