THE PHENOMENON OF INTERNET-POETRY POPULARITY THROUGH THE RESEARCH OF ITS READER
The research is about the phenomenon of internet-poetry popularity in the time of its mass spread in social networks. Our internet-epoch is characterized by the equality between authors and readers for there is no expert, professional selection of literature and everyone can publish their own works or express their opinion about the other. That's why it is vital to research the interrelation between the mass internet authorships and its demand from the readers. It is assumed that style and language features of internet-poetry depend on reader's expectation. There was a survey among high-school and the Faculty of Philology students. The results showed tastes and preferences of internet-poetry readers and their ways to estimate popular verses. It was found out that all the specific features of internet-poetry - such as subjectivity of poem texts, their simplicity and conventionality - are the one that attract modern readers. To our mind, the reason of this phenomenal popularity of internet-poetry is that it helps to feel a part of art and to satisfy the common need for self-expression. What is more, both of these characteristics describe authors and readers of this type of poetry altogether as they are equal in the Internet.