Discourse Communities: From Origins to Social Media
WEBJun 8, 2017 · Thurlow and Mroczek explore several research methods for studying discourse communities, using various technological tools such as text messages, online gossip, a language-learning community in Facebook, microblogging, online photo sharing, and YouTube video.
Understanding Discourse Communities – Writing Spaces: …
WEBThe chapter explains how genres operate within discourse communities, why different discourse communities have different expectations for writing, and how to understand what qualifies as a discourse community.
1b. Discourse Communities – Writing as Inquiry - University of …
WEBIdentify the various discourse communities of which you are a part. Understand how a discourse community shapes your writing. Consider ways to craft a unique voice within a discourse community. Reflect on how knowledge …
Discourse Communities - ENGL 1010: English Composition 1010 - Research …
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Swales outlined six characteristics of discourse communities: 1) common public goals; 2) methods of communicating among members; 3) participatory communication methods; 4) genres that define the group; 5) a lexis; and. 6) a standard of knowledge needed for membership. (Swales, 471-473).
RC 2001 Research Guide: Discourse Communities and Research
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Getting a grasp on your academic discourse community and its conventions is the first step to becoming a successful researcher in your field. Just as discourse communities have specialized vocabularies and standards, different discourse communities pursue different kinds of questions.
12 Dan Melzer’s “Understanding Discourse Communities”
WEBOne way to better understand what an assignment, a class, or even a job is asking from is to examine the assignment in the context of its “discourse community.” In this chapter, Dan Melzer not only describes what a discourse community is but also how understanding that concept can aid us as writers and beyond.
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WEBAug 13, 2024 · An influential model of the defining characteristics of a discourse community was developed by Swales (1990), who lists the following characteristics. A discourse community: has a broadly agreed set of common public goals; has mechanisms of intercommunication among its members; uses its participatory mechanisms to provide information and feedback;
Discourse Communities and the Discourse of Experience
WEBApr 1, 2022 · Discourse can colonize the members of discourse communities, taking over domains of thought by means of ideology. The development of new discourse communities can serve positive ends, but discourse communities create risks as well.
English Composition 2089: Researching Discourse - University of …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · This guide provides resources for researching discourse communities and the documents, videos, reports, images and other materials they create.
WEBViewed broadly, a discourse community is a group of people bound by a common interest (i.e. physicists, English professors, investment bankers) who communicate through mutually-approved (implicitly if not explicitly) forums (i.e. Physics Reports, College English, The Wall Street Journal).