Digital genres through linguistic approach – problems and prospects

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of Internet-communication. A great variety of texts in this communicative environment has led to the appearance of the system of digital genres. It contributed to the development of studying digital genres through linguistic approach – a new field of Internet linguistics. The issues associated with working out unified terminology in this sphere, common criteria to identify digital genres, making up their classification are analyzed. It is proposed to classify digital genres into genres of web 1.0, web 2.0 and web 3.0 – a classification based on the technological criteria.