While browsing through the World Wide Web, I've found a highly
frequented website which i do not understand in detail. It is part
of the Stackexchange network and is about topics from Academia https://academia.stackexchange.com/ For example about a phd career,
doing publication in a journal or writing together in a group. One thing
was remarkable. The topics are not discussed in an abstract form but in
a personalized style.

Let me give an example. Usually somebody would open a thread with the
title “What is needed for a phd career?”, or an author would ask “how much does the APC charge cost in a journal?”. Not so in the forum. What
they are using as a stylistic markup is an ego-centric storlytelling
mode. That means, they are inventing a story about a virtual character
in a 3d roleplaying game, who has experienced a certain situation and
this is posted to the forum.

So my question is: Did I have interpreted the stylistic tone correct and
is there a certain reason to use individual language but avoid to discuss academic topics from a bird's view? What is the sense to explain all the
topics in a puppet theatre but not discussion the formal conditions under
which science take place?

Perhaps I can tell what I've researched so far. I've found a paper about sensemaking in business careers. In the paper, the need for storytelling
is explained with the following quote:

“At a time when elite actors are increasingly ‘under fire’, when awareness of social inequalities is heightened, self-legitimacy is keenly sought.“
Maclean, Mairi, Charles Harvey, and Robert Chia. "Sensemaking, storytelling
and the legitimization of elite business careers." Human Relations 65.1
(2012): 17-40.

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